Saša Drakulić

Saša Drakulić (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Дракулић; born 28 August 1972) is a retired Serbian footballer. The striker 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.

Saša Drakulić
Personal information
Full name Saša Drakulić
Date of birth (1972-08-28) 28 August 1972
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)
1994Obilić (loan)
1995–1998 Pusan Daewoo Royals 57 (16)
1998–1999 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 44 (26)
2000 Kashiwa Reysol 2 (0)
2000Suwon Samsung Bluewings (loan) 14 (5)
2001–2003 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 90 (27)
2004 Larnaca 6 (1)
2005–2006 Vojvodina Novi Sad 1 (0)
2006ČSK Pivara (loan) 17 (14)
2006–2007 Mladost Apatin 21 (7)
2007 Vojvodina Novi Sad 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 294 (120)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Drakulić joined Red Star Belgrade in 1993.

In Asia

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 2011, 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

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

Club

Busan Daewoo Royals

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Seongnam Ilhaw Chunma

Individual

Club statistics

Stats in K League

Club Season K League Classic KFA Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Assists
Busan
Daewoo Royals
19952570---610N/AN/A00 3180
19961935200100N/AN/A00 2235
199713641001551N/AN/A00 29115
19980000001340N/AN/A00 1340
Busan
Total
57169300351010000952610
Suwon
Samsung Bluewings
19981881100000?000 19+?81
19992618300010311+?113 38+?254
20001451000120?000 15+?71
Suwon
Total
5831510011511+?11372+?406
Seongnam
Ilhwa Chunma
200125103200951N/AN/A00 36154
2002269400011104N/AN/A11 38208
20033989000---2+?21+?1 42+?119
Seongnam
Total
902716200201552+?22+?21164621
Career Total 205 74 30 6 0 0 66 30 7 3+? 3 3+? 5 283+? 112 37

Stats in J1 League

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
2000Kashiwa ReysolJ1 League20000020
CountryJapan 20000020
Total 20000020

References

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