Božidar Drenovac
Božidar Drenovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Божидар Дреновац) (2 January 1922 – 24 July 2003) was a Serbian football player and manager.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Božidar Drenovac | ||
| Date of birth | 2 January 1922 | ||
| Place of birth | Ćuprija, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | 24 July 2003 (aged 81) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1936–1938 | Jugoslavija Belgrade | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1938–1939 | Jugoslavija Belgrade | ||
| 1945–1948 | Red Star Belgrade | 35 | (4) |
| 1948–1953 | Partizan | 79 | (20) |
| National team | |||
| 1947 | Yugoslavia | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1960–1965 | Étoile Sahel | ||
| 1965–1966 | Panachaiki | ||
| 1968–1969 | Pierikos | ||
| 1969–1970 | Étoile Sahel | ||
| 1970–1971 | OFK Beograd | ||
| 1971–1972 | Borac Banja Luka | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Playing career
Club
He was born in Ćuprija[1] in 1922. Still young he joined Belgrade club SK Jugoslavija in 1936, making his senior debut in the 1938–39 Yugoslav First League. After the Second World War, he signed with the newly formed Red Star Belgrade that inherited most of the property and players of the now disbanded, SK Jugoslavija. He played with Red Star until 1948. Next he move to the biggest rivals, FK Partizan where he would play until 1953, achieving even more success by winning the national championship (1949) and Yugoslav cup (1952).
International
He played one match for the Yugoslavia national football team on 14 September 1947 in Tirana, against Albania, for the Balkan Cup, a 4-2 win.
Managerial career
After retiring, he graduated in Economics, but never abandoned his passion for football, becoming a coach. His coaching career took him to countries like Tunisia, Greece, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Libya, but he also managed a number of Yugoslav top league clubs, such as NK Čelik Zenica, OFK Beograd, FK Borac Banja Luka[2] or FK Sutjeska Nikšić.
References
- Božidar Drenovac at zerozero.ps
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2009-12-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External sources
- Profile at Reprezentacija.rs.