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Aleksandar Dragović
Aleksandar Dragović in 2012
Personal information
Full name Aleksandar Dragović
Date of birth (1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Dynamo Kyiv
Number 8
Youth career
1997–2007 Austria Wien
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Austria Wien Amateure 8 (2)
2008–2011 Austria Wien 67 (1)
2011–2013 FC Basel 76 (4)
2013– Dynamo Kyiv 0 (0)
International career‡
2007– Austria U-17 11 (2)
2008– Austria U-19 6 (2)
2009– Austria 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2013, 24:00 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2011, 24:00 (UTC)

Aleksandar Dragović (born 6 March 1991 in Vienna) is an Austrian footballer currently playing for Dynamo Kyiv as a defender.

Personal

Dragović was born in Vienna to ethnic Serbian parents from Grocka, a neighbourhood of Serbian capital Belgrade.[1] He is a fan of the Red Star Belgrade.[1] He waited for and was never called up by the Football Association of Serbia, so when the Austrian Football Association called him up, he accepted.[1] Dragović attracted serious public criticism when he slapped the Swiss Bundesrat (Swiss Federal Council) Ueli Maurer several times on his head during the celebrations subsequent to the Cup Final in May 2012.[2] After he made further condescending comments stating that he was very reluctant to apologize and said that "on the inside everybody knows, so I believe, that it was very, very much fun doing it", he had to travel to the Bundeshaus in Berne and apologize personally to Ueli Maurer.[3]

Career

Dragović started his career by playing in the youth teams of Austrian giants Austria Wien and started playing for their B-squad in 2007. One year later, he was taken up into Austria Wien's first team and quickly became a key player.[4] He once acclamed that his favourite team, apart from Austria, is Red Star Belgrade.

As of 1 February 2011 Dragović transferred to FC Basel in the Swiss Super League.[5] He made his team debut in the 3:0 home win over FC St. Gallen. At the end of the 2010–11 Swiss Super League season Dragović won the Swiss Championship title with FC Basel. In July 2011 he played with his new club in the Uhrencup and won the tournament. He scored his first Super League goal in the 3–0 home win against Servette FC on 1 October 2011.[6] At the end of the 2011–12 season Dragović won the Double, the League Championship title[7] and the Swiss Cup[8] with Basel.

During Basel's 2012–13 season the team missed their Champions League aim. But in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Basel advanced as far as the semifinals,[9] meaning that they played a total of 20 European matches. Dragović missed soley the second leg of the semi-final at Stamford Bridge due to a yellow card suspension, but had played in all the other European ties.

In the domestic championship he played in 32 of the 36 games. He scored three goals in the domestic league this season, all three being against Servette. At the end of the Swiss Super League seaon 2012–13 Dragovic won the Championship title[10] and was Swiss Cup runner up with Basel.[11]

International career

Dragović also used to be part of the national under-17 and under-19 Austrian teams. He was called up for the national team of Austria for their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Romania, but due to an injury he was unable to play. He was called up again by the Austrian head coach Dietmar Constantini for the match against Serbia. He made his international debut in this match on 6 June 2009.

Honours and Titles

Austria Wien

Basel

Individual Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c http://sport.blic.rs/Fudbal/Evropski-fudbal/207089/Dragovic-FSS-me-nije-zvao-teska-srca-sam-prihvatio-poziv-Austrije
  2. ^ http://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/superleague/dragovic-hatte-keine-ahnung-wer-ueli-maurer-ist-id1889404.html
  3. ^ http://www.20min.ch/sport/fussball/story/Fall-Dragovic-eskaliert-zur-Staatsaffaere-20013412
  4. ^ "Talente in Österreich: Junge Welle gibt Hoffnung". www.transfermarkt.de. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help) Template:De icon
  5. ^ "Aleksandar Dragovic kommt zum FCB". FC Basel Internetseite. 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) Template:De icon
  6. ^ Weber, Dominik (2011). "Souveräner FC Basel schlägt Servette Genf mit 3:0". FC Basel Internetseite. Retrieved 1 October 2011. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) Template:De icon
  7. ^ "Jetzt hat Basel den Titel auf sicher". football.ch. 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) Template:De icon
  8. ^ "Matchtelegram FC Basel 1893 5:3 FC Luzern". football.ch. 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) Template:De icon
  9. ^ Haylett, Trevor (2013). "Basel take heart after Chelsea defeat". Eufa. Retrieved 3 May 2013. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  10. ^ Schifferle, Michael (2013). "Season review: Switzerland". Eufa. Retrieved 10 June 2013. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  11. ^ SFV (2013). "Telegramm Schweizer Cup Final". Schweizerischer Fussballverband. Retrieved 20 May 2013. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) Template:De icon

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