Dragan Stojkovic
| Dragan Stojkovic | ||
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | March 3, 1965 | |
| place of birth | Niš , SFR Yugoslavia | |
| size | 175 cm | |
| position | midfield player | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Radnički Niš | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1981-1986 | Radnički Niš | 70 (8) |
| 1986-1990 | Red Star Belgrade | 116 (54) |
| 1990-1992 | Olympique Marseille | 11 (0) |
| 1991-1992 | → Hellas Verona (loan) | 19 (1) |
| 1992-1994 | Olympique Marseille | 18 (5) |
| 1994-2001 | Nagoya Grampus Eight | 183 (57) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1983-2001 | SFR Yugoslavia / BR Yugoslavia | 84 (15) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 2008-2013 | Nagoya Grampus Eight | |
| 2015– | Guangzhou R&F | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Dragan Stojković ( Serbian - Cyrillic : Драган Стојковић ; born March 3, 1965 in Niš , Yugoslavia ), also known by his nickname "Piksi" (Пикси) (a character from the US cartoon Pixie and Dixie ), is a former Yugoslavian Soccer player and official as well as current Serbian soccer coach .
As an active soccer player from Red Star Belgrade , he won the Yugoslav Championship twice in 1988 and 1990 and the Yugoslav Cup in 1990 . With Olympique Marseille , Stojković won the French championship in 1991 and reached the final of the European Cup .
Another championship followed two years later, as well as winning the Champions League, which was held for the first time . After his first international engagement at Olympique Marseille ended in the 1993/94 season, he won the Japanese Cup with Nagoya Grampus Eight in 1995 and Supercup winner in 1996 . In Japan, Stojković reached the final of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup in 1997 and had another cup victory in 1999.
Between 1984 and 2001 he completed 85 international matches for the national soccer team of Yugoslavia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , in which Stojković scored 15 goals. As team captain he reached the quarter-finals with the Yugoslav national team at the 1990 World Cup in Italy and the 2000 European Championship in Belgium and the Netherlands .
As a technician, Stojković preferred to play in the central midfield as a classic playmaker . He is referred to by some sources as one of the best Yugoslav players of his generation. In 2011, the US sports magazine Bleacher Report selected him as one of the 100 most important players in the history of the World Cup .
After his active career, Stojković was President of the Football Association of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro from 2002 to 2005 . Between 2005 and 2007 he was President of Red Star Belgrade. In 2008, Stojković took over for the first time as the head coach of the Nagoya Grampus Eight professional team. He won the first Japanese championship in club history with the team in 2010 and the Supercup a year later.
Club career
Radnički Niš
Stojković began his professional career in his hometown at FK Radnički Niš , where he made his debut in the 1st Yugoslav League during the 1981/82 season at the age of 16. In his second season in Niš, Stojković was used 17 times in the league and scored 1 goals. During this season he was able to qualify with his team for the UEFA Cup .
In the first round of the 1983/84 UEFA Cup , Stojković made his first European game against FC St. Gallen . In the 3-0 home win, he was in the starting line-up and scored his first goal at the club's international level with the 2-0 win. In the second round you fail at the later semi-finalist Hajduk Split . In the 1983/84 season he came to a total of 27 league appearances and three hits at the age of 18.
In the following season Stojković had to do his military service and could not be used for the entire season. His club was relegated to the second division. There Stojković completed another 25 missions in the 1985/86 season and scored four goals. With Radnički Niš he managed to win the championship and the direct rise. In the total of five seasons at Radnički Niš, Stojković made 70 league appearances and eight goals, as well as six cup games and two goals. In 1986, at the age of 21, he moved to the record and runner-up champions FK Red Star Belgrade .
Red Star Belgrade
He made his debut for his new club on August 10, 1986 on the first day of the Yugoslav Championship away against FK Pristina in the starting line-up. The game ended 1-0 and Stojković scored his first competitive goal. On September 17, 1986, he had his European Champions Cup premiere in the starting line-up for Red Star in the first round against Panathinaikos Athens . In the 3-0 home win, Stojković prepared the third goal. In the quarter-finals, Red Star Belgrade was eliminated by Real Madrid . In the domestic league, however, he reached third place with his team and the semi-finals of the Yugoslav Cup . In his first season for Red Star, Stojković made 32 appearances and 17 goals, as well as six cup games.
In the following season 1987/88 he succeeded on September 6, 1987 during the 81st Eternal Derby in a 3-2 away win, the so far only directly transformed corner in the history of this duel. Stojković scored his first European Cup goal for Red Star during the UEFA Cup in the second round against Club Bruges with a penalty to make it 3-1, but his team failed in the second leg at the later semi-finalists. At the end of the season Stojković was Yugoslav champions for the first time with a Red Star and reached the cup final, where they lost 1-0 to the second division Borac Banja Luka . Previously, Stojković failed in the 81st minute when the score was 0: 1 with a penalty from goalkeeper Slobodan Karalić . In his second season in Belgrade he made a total of 27 appearances and 15 hits, as well as three cup games and 1 goal. At the end of the season, Stojković won the Yugoslav Footballer of the Year election .
In the round of 16 of the 1988/89 European Cup , the Belgrade team met AC Milan . In the San Siro , Red Star achieved a 1: 1. First, Stojković shot the 1-0 lead. The second leg was canceled in the 64th minute by referee Dieter Pauly due to fog and repeated the next day. Stojković scored the 1-1 equalizer in the replay. In the end, Roter Stern was eliminated from the eventual cup winner after a penalty kick. In 1989 he was voted Yugoslavia's Footballer of the Year for the second time.
Olympique Marseille & Hellas Verona
After a season in which Stojković won the French championship , he finally came with his new team to the final of the 1990/91 European Cup , where Olympique Marseille and his ex-club Red Star met. Red Star Belgrade won the 100th final of a European soccer competition in the San Nicola stadium in Bari . Stojković came on as a substitute for Éric Di Meco in the 112th minute in the final, which the French lost 5-3 on penalties . Although Marseille coach Franz Beckenbauer previously designated Stojković as one of the shooters, Stojković informed him that he was not responsible for taking a penalty against his ex-team and only offered himself as the last penalty taker.
Due to chronic knee problems, Stojković was used sporadically, so he then moved to Hellas Verona in Serie A on loan for a year . He then played again at Olympique Marseille, this time for two years. Despite susceptibility to injury, Stojković won another championship there and also the first-time Champions League in 1992/93 under coach Raymond Goethals with a 1-0 win over AC Milan in the Munich Olympic Stadium .
In three years with Marseille, he came on only 28 missions because he was often injured. In 2010 the fans of Olympique Marseille voted him into their team's eleven of the century on the occasion of the club's 110th birthday. At the age of 29, Stojković went to Japan.
Nagoya Grampus Eight
In the summer of 1994 Stojković moved to the Japanese J-League , in which he was named J. League Footballer of the Year in 1995 . Under Arsène Wenger Stojković was able to win the trophy and Super Cup. After seven years with Nagoya, he ended his career at the age of 36. In Japan, Stojković made 183 appearances and 57 goals.
National team career
For the Yugoslav national team , Stojković took part in the 1984 European Championship , the 1990 World Cup , the 1998 World Cup and the 2000 European Championship .
National coach Todor Veselinović nominated Stojković in the squad for the European Football Championship 1984 in France . He made his debut in the tournament when he was substituted on for Mehmed Baždarević in the 68th minute in Lens when the score was 2-0 in the group game against Belgium .
At the 1990 World Cup, Yugoslavia defeated Spain 2-1 in the round of 16 after two goals by Stojković. In the quarter-finals they played against defending champions Argentina, who lost on penalties. Dragan Stojkovic and other players missed their penalty.
During the 1998 World Cup, Yugoslavia played with European champions Germany in Group F. Germany managed to catch up a 2-0 lead with an own goal and a goal from Oliver Bierhoff . Previously, Stojković shot the 2-0 lead. Finally, his team failed in the round of 16 against the Netherlands.
Functionary and coaching career
Stojković was President of the Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro from 2002 to 2005 and President of Red Star Belgrade from July 2005 to October 2007. In 2008 he took over the coaching position at the Japanese club Nagoya Grampus Eight , with which he won the championship in 2010 and was named Japanese coach of the year. In 2013 he was released from there.
successes
As a player
- UEFA Cup semi-finals : 1982
- Champion of the 2nd Yugoslav League: 1986
- Yugoslav champion : 1988, 1990
- Yugoslav Cup Winner : 1990
- Yugoslav double winner: 1990
- Champions League winner : 1993
- Finalist of the European Champion Clubs' Cup : 1991
- French champion : 1993
- Japanese runner-up: 1996
- Japanese Cup Winner : 1995, 1999
- Japanese Super Cup : 1996
As a trainer
- Japanese champion : 2010
- Japanese Super Cup: 2011
Awards
As a player, he was voted Yugoslavia's Footballer of the Year twice in 1988 and 1989 and Japan's Footballer of the Year in 1995 . Stojković is also one of only five players to be awarded the Star of the Star title in 1989, awarded only to players who have had a tangible impact on the history of Red Star.
As a coach, he was named Japan's Coach of the Year in 2010.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b IBWM: Talking to Piksi: A conversation with Stojković
- ↑ Daily Mail : Video Special: Yugoslavia legend Dragan Stojković scores from 50 yards and gets sent off for his troubles
- ↑ a b Bleacher Report : World Football: The 100 Greatest World Cup Players of All Time - Dragan Stojković
- ↑ Red Star vs. Panathinaikos Athens 3-0 - (1986/1987) on YouTube
- ↑ Directly transformed corner by Dragan Stojković from Roter Stern during the 81st Belgrade Derby - Partizan vs. Red Star 2: 3 (2:30 to 3:50 - September 6, 1987) on YouTube
- ↑ a b c d e BBC : How Milan's success was 'born in Belgrade fog'
- ^ AC Milan - Red Star 1: 1 (Dragan Stojković) - 1988/89 on YouTube
- ↑ a b The Inside Left: Then and now: Dragan Stojković (2nd Left)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Stojković, Dragan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pixi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Serbian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Niš |