Stefan Dražić ( sr-cyr, Стефан Дражић; born 14 August 1992) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

APOEL APOEL FC (; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a Cypriot professio ...

Club career

Radnički Obrenovac

Dražić started playing football with FK Obrenovac 1905, and later was with

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 ...

youth selections for two years. Next he returned in

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and joined Radnički, where he ended youth career, and after that he joined the first team for the 2008–09 season. He made 12 league appearances and scored 4 goals, although he was 16. After first senior season, he was more experienced, and he more constant in the first squad. For 2009–10 season, Dražić made 26 appearances and scored 6 goals. For the 2010–11 season, he made 28 appearances and scored 7 goals. He was nominated for

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three times. In new season, for the difference of previous he played one more match and scored one more goal, so he ended the 2011–12 season with 29 caps and 8 goals. The fifth season with club from

was the best for Stefan Dražić. After 25 league goals in his previous career, for the 2012–13 season he scored 21 goals on 29 matches and was named as a

nine times with average rating 7.43.

Javor Ivanjica

Dražić was on trials and trained with

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for two times as a member of Radnički Obrenovac, but he did not sign with club from

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. He joined

Javor Ivanjica FK Javor Ivanjica () is a professional football club based in Ivanjica, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian First League, the second tier of the national league system. History In 1912, a student named Milan Radojević brought the first football ...

in summer 2013, and scored his first goal for new club on his

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debut, against

. After that match Ifeanyi Onyilo transferred to

, and Dražić got more space in attack. Although Javor maybe had the best team than previous 10 years, the team was relegated to First League after the end of season. Dražić had 25 league appearances and scored 4 goals, and also played 1

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match until the end of season. Behind the relegation from

, Dražić definitely became the first choice as a

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, in new season, and he justified expectations, being the best scorer of

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in 2014–15 season with 13 goals. He had all 30 starts in league, and also played 1 cup match. Dražić and Ana Subotić were nominated for the best sportspeople of

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in 2014. Although some clubs interested for attacker, he started new season with the same club. He scored his first goal in 2015–16, in the 2nd fixture, against Spartak Subotica. Second goal in season he scored in away match against

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in the 9th fixture. In 14th fixture, against Partizan, Dražić scored first goal on the match, but Javor lost that match. He was a scorer in a first

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cup match against

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Voždovac

Dražić joined

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in June 2016. He scored his first goal for new club in 2nd fixture of the

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season, against Rad. During the autumn same year, Dražić also scored a goal against Mladost Lučani on 20 August and against

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in a cup match played on 21 September 2016. After Ilija Stolica replaced

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as a coach of

, Dražić started next two matches from the bench. Returning in the first squad, Dražić scored a goal and noted an assist for a 2–1 victory in away match against

, played on 30 November 2016, being also nominated for player of the fixture. Dražić was elected as a

in 4–1 victory against

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on 1 April 2017, scoring a goal and being fouled for a

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. He also scored a goal in the next fixture match, against his ex-club

Mechelen

On 7 July 2017, Dražić signed a three-year contract with the Belgian side

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. He scored on his debut for new club in 1–1 draw against

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on 30 July 2017.

Mezőkövesd

On 5 May 2018, he scored the first goal at the opening match of the

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in the

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season against

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Changchun Yatai

Dražić joined

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club

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in July 2019, providing an assist on his debut, a 3–1 away victory over Nei Mongol Zhongyou.

Career statistics

Honours

Individual *

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References

External links

Stefan Dražić Stats
at utakmica.rs * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Drazic, Stefan 1992 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade Men's association football forwards Serbian men's footballers Serbia men's youth international footballers FK Radnički Obrenovac players FK Javor Ivanjica players FK Voždovac players K.V. Mechelen players Mezőkövesdi SE footballers Changchun Yatai F.C. players Diósgyőri VTK players Serbian First League players Serbian SuperLiga players Belgian Pro League players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players China League One players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in China Serbian expatriate sportspeople in China