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Saša Drakulić
Personal information
Full name Saša Drakulić
Date of birth (1972-08-28) 28 August 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Vinkovci, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 Red Star Belgrade 0 (0)
1993 → Priština (loan)
1994 → Borac Čačak (loan)
1994 → Obilić (loan) 8 (3)
1995–1998 Daewoo Royals 57 (16)
1998–1999 Suwon Bluewings 40 (25)
2000 Kashiwa Reysol 2 (0)
2000 → Suwon Bluewings (loan) 14 (5)
2001–2003 Ilhwa Chunma 90 (27)
2004 AEK Larnaca 6 (1)
2005 Vojvodina 1 (0)
2006 ČSK Čelarevo 17 (14)
2006–2007 Mladost Apatin 21 (7)
2007 Vojvodina 12 (4)
2008–2009 Proleter Novi Sad 20 (14)
2010 Mladost Apatin 5 (2)
2010 Cement Beočin 5 (4)
2014–2015 Borac Novi Sad
2016–2017 Brodarac
Total 302 (123)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Saša Drakulić (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Дракулић; born 28 August 1972) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a forward. He went to South Korea in 1995 and during his nine seasons in the K League made a name for himself as one of the most successful foreign players ever in the league.

Career

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Drakulić joined Red Star Belgrade in 1993.

In Asia

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In 1995, he joined the Korean side Busan Daewoo Royals, scoring eight goals the first season. He played for the Busan Daewoo Royals until July 1998, when he made the switch to Suwon Samsung Bluewings. With the Bluewings he won two consecutive K-League Championships in 1998 and 1999, before making an ill-fated switch to J. League Division 1 side Kashiwa Reysol.

He spent a short unhappy period in Japan before returning to Suwon in May 2000, He was returned Suwon Samsung Bluewings as loan trade with Hwang Sun-hong in May 2000.[1]

In 2001, he was on the move again, joining Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma. Drakulić won three Championship medals from 2001–2003 with the Chunma before departing the K-League and signing for Cypriot side AEK Larnaca.

During his nine seasons in K League, Drakulić scored 104 goals in his 271 matches (Regular season and League Cup, at the time the second-highest scoring tally in the history of the league. He holds the record for the most shots on goal with 941 strikes.

Return

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In 2005, he moved back to the First League of Serbia and Montenegro with Vojvodina, but subsequently moved on to second division side ČSK Čelarevo at the start of 2006. After ČSK, Drakulić joined Mladost Apatin in July 2006.

After a successful year with Mladost, Drakulić moved back to Vojvodina in the summer of 2007, and made an appearance in the UEFA Cup tie against Hibernians FC. His Vojvodina contract was cancelled in December 2007 after he picked up a cruciate knee injury whilst playing in an indoor football tournament without the permission of his club.

Honours

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Busan Daewoo Royals

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Seongnam Ilhaw Chunma

Individual

Club statistics

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Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Obilić 1994–95 8 3 — — — 8 3
Busan Daewoo Royals 1995 25 7 — 6 1 — 31 8
1996 19 3 1 0 — 20 3
1997 13 6 15 5 — 28 11
1998 0 0 13 4 — 13 4
Total 57 16 35 10 — 92 26
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1998 16 8 0 0 2 0 18 8
1999 24 17 11 5 2 1 37 23
Total 40 25 11 5 4 1 55 31
Kashiwa Reysol 2000 2 0 0 0 2 0
Suwon Samsung Bluewings (loan) 2000 14 5 0 0 14 5
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2001 25 10 9 5 34 15
2002 26 9 11 10 37 19
2003 39 8 0 0 39 8
Total 90 27 20 15 110 42
AEK Larnaca 2004–05 6 1 — 2 0 — 8 1
Career total 217 77 66 30 2 0 4 1 289 108

References

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  1. ^ <프로축구> 황선홍-샤샤 '적절한' 거래 (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 9 May 2000.
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