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Dragoljub Kostić

Yugoslav and Serbian footballer

Dragoljub Kostić
Personal information
Full name	Dragoljub Kostić
Place of birth	Pristina, Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Priština
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1976	Priština	88	(32)
1976–1982	Napredak Kruševac	136	(49)
Total		224	(81)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dragoljub Kostić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгољуб Костић) is a former Yugoslav and Serbian footballer who played as a striker.^[1]

Career

Kostić started out at his hometown club Priština, competing in the Yugoslav Second League. He was transferred to newly promoted Yugoslav First League side Napredak Kruševac in the summer of 1976. With 17 goals, Kostić was the Yugoslav First League joint top scorer in the 1979–80 season, alongside Safet Sušić.^[2] He thus helped his team to a fourth-place finish, their highest-ever position in the top flight, while earning a spot in UEFA competitions for the first time in history. He reportedly had an offer to play for Tottenham Hotspur in England but declined.^[3]

Before retiring from the game, Kostić spent the final years of his career with Jedinstvo Paraćin, playing in the lower leagues.

Statistics

Club	Season	League
Club	Season	Apps	Goals
Priština	1971–72	31	7
	1972–73	33	13
	1973–74
	1974–75
	1975–76	24	12
	Total	88	32
Napredak Kruševac	1976–77	25	5
	1977–78	16	6
	1978–79	19	5
	1979–80	34	17
	1980–81	31	15
	1981–82	11	1
	Total	136	49
Career total		224	81

Honours

Club

Napredak Kruševac

Yugoslav Second League: 1977–78

Individual

Yugoslav First League Top Scorer: 1979–80

References

^ "Sportski spomenar" (in Serbian). rts.rs. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^ "Yugoslavia/Serbia - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^ Mitrović, Dragan (25 October 2016). "NAPREDAK SA TRI ŠPICA U EVROPU Sećanje predsednika Miše Rajkovića na vreme kada su Čarapani harali po fudbalskim jugo terenima". Sports Kevesti.