Slobodan Drapić ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Драпић, ; born 28 February 1965) is a

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manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Maccabi Bnei Reineh. Born in Yugoslavia, he represented Israel at international level.

Playing career

Drapić was born and grew up in

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, where he played for the local side

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for two years in the

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...

. In 1988, he moved to play in Israel for

Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Netanya F.C. () is an Israeli professional football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club was a founding member of the Israeli League in 1949. After winning their first championship in 1971, the club's golden period last ...

and made

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. On 23 November 1988, he was called up for the Israeli national team and won his one and only cap for the national side in a friendly game against Romania. Drapić played with Netanya for seven years in the

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until the club got relegated in the end of the 1994–95 season. The following season he moved to play for Beitar Tubruk, where he also retired as a player.

Coaching career

In a long coaching career in Israel he became the assistant coach with Maccabi Netanya, Tzafririm Holon and

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa () is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football, Basketball, Weightl ...

. When Ronny Levy left Maccabi Haifa, he also wanted to leave the club.

Partizan Belgrade Jugoslovensko sportsko društvo Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Југословенско спортско друштво Партизан, lit=Yugoslav Sports Society Partizan), commonly abbreviated as JSD Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, ЈСД Партизан, lin ...

offered him a job as a

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and coach assistant, but he refused the offer because he wanted to stay in Israel. On 27 September 2010, Drapić signed a two-year contract as manager of

Bnei Sakhnin Bnei Sakhnin F.C. (, , ) is an Israeli professional football club based at the Doha Stadium in Sakhnin. They are the most successful club among the Arab-Israeli clubs in the country, having won the State Cup in 2004. History Early years Bn ...

. In the second half of the 2011–12 season he worked for Partizan as the assistant coach of

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. In June 2013 he became the manager of Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla. He worked as the manager of the club until 7 June 2015, when he signed a contract as the manager of

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. The following season he returned to his former club of Maccabi Netanya.

Personal life

Drapić is married to his Israeli wife Anita. They have four children; the youngest is

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, who is a professional

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player in Barak Netanya.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Drapic, Slobodan 1965 births Living people Footballers from Novi Sad Serbian emigrants to Israel Naturalized citizens of Israel Naturalised association football players Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Israeli men's footballers Israel men's international footballers RFK Novi Sad 1921 players Maccabi Netanya F.C. players Beitar Nes Tubruk F.C. players Yugoslav Second League players Israeli Premier League players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Israel Israeli football managers Maccabi Netanya F.C. managers Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. managers Maccabi Herzliya F.C. managers Bnei Sakhnin F.C. managers Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam F.C. managers Beitar Jerusalem F.C. managers Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. managers Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. managers Maccabi Bnei Reineh F.C. managers Israeli Premier League managers FK Partizan non-playing staff 20th-century Israeli sportsmen