Dragoljub Kostić

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

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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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
AppsGoals
Priština 1971–72 317
1972–73 3313
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76 2412
Total 8832
Napredak Kruševac 1976–77 255
1977–78 166
1978–79 195
1979–80 3417
1980–81 3115
1981–82 111
Total 13649
Career total 22481

Honours

Club
Napredak Kruševac

Individual

References
  1. "Sportski spomenar" (in Serbian). rts.rs. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  2. "Yugoslavia/Serbia - List of Topscorers". rsssf.com. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  3. 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.
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