Goran Drulić (

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: Горан Друлић; born 17 April 1977) is a Serbian retired

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who played as a striker.

Club career

Born in

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, Drulić joined

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

's youth system at the age of 15, first attracting attention when he scored 51 goals in one season for the club's under-18 side. Before becoming a regular with the first team, he was loaned to

FK Voždovac Fudbalski klub Voždovac () is a professional football club based in Voždovac, Belgrade, Serbia, which competes in the Serbian First League, the second tier. Nicknamed "The Dragons", they experienced little success in the Yugoslavian era, but h ...

( 1995–96), FK Radnički Kragujevac (

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), and FC Barcelona B (

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). In the summer of 2001, Drulić was sold to Spain's

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for

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13 million. Injured, he could only make his

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debut on 6 February 2002, playing 29 minutes in a 1–1 home draw against

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. In four seasons with the

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ese club, Drulić only managed to appear in an average of ten league games, scoring just three goals (he played the 2002–03 campaign in

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, netting twice in 12 matches as the club promoted one year after being relegated). He then switched to K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen in the

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, moving in January 2006 to Greece's OFI Crete FC. In 2008–09, Drulić stayed in the country but dropped down to the second level, joining Kavala FC. In the following season he returned to Spain, signing for amateurs CD La Muela also in

and helping the club achieve a first-ever promotion to

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International career

Drulić made his debut for

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on 15 November 2000, in a 1–2 friendly loss in

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. In total he had four full

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, two in exhibition games and two in the

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qualification stage.

References

External links

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WorldSoccer biography
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