Predrag Spasić ( sr-cyr, Предраг Спасић; born 13 May 1965) is a

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n former

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who played as a

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Club career

Spasić was born in

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. Over the course of his career he played for FK Radnički Kragujevac,

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, CA Osasuna, CA Marbella, FK Radnički Beograd and again FK Radnički Kragujevac, retiring at the age of 32. During his four-year spell in

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, Spasić amassed totals of 110 games and three goals, being relegated with Osasuna at the end of the 1993–94 season. On 19 January 1991, whilst at the service of Real Madrid, he scored an

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in a 1–2 away loss against

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, and was widely regarded as one of the club's worst signings.

International career

Spasić was capped 31 times for the Yugoslavia national team and scored one goal, appearing for the quarter-finalists at the

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(five complete matches). His debut arrived on 24 August 1988, when he played the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 friendly win in

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