Dragan Džajić

Dragan Džajić (Serbian Драган Џајић; * May 30, 1946 in Ub, Yugoslavia ) is a former Yugoslav football player who was active primarily as a left winger. Most recently, he was vice-president of the Serbian Football Association.

Career

National

Dragan Džajić had the highlight of his international career in the semi-final against reigning champions England at the European Championships in 1968. Shortly before the end of the game he scored the 1-0 winning goal, making the Yugoslav team moved into the final against Italy.

1974 reached Džajić with the Yugoslav national team at the World Cup Final, the second round of the tournament, in which he lost the first game against Germany with 0:2.

At the European Championship 1976 in Yugoslavia his team should repeat this success on home soil. In the semi-final against Germany in Belgrade led after 32 minutes 2-0, Džajić scored the second goal. The match was still lost with 2:4, the match for third place against the Netherlands ended with 2:3.

For the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, Yugoslavia could not qualify. His team failed to Spain. Džajićs international career was ended.

For the Yugoslav national team, he had accrued 85 times and had scored 23 goals in the process.

Clubs

Most of his career he played for Red Star Belgrade. At 15, he was already in the first team. From 1961 to 1975 he played for the Belgrade 590 games in which he scored 287 goals. Džajić led Red Star to five championships and four Cup victories. Then he went to France for two years for SC Bastia, returned to the Yugoslav capital and ended his career in 1979, after a final season for Red Star. He is considered one of the best Yugoslav football player of his era, which is why he was five times World and European national teams.

Later career

As technical director and later president of Red Star Belgrade Džajić led the club to numerous titles, including the 1991 European Champion Clubs' Cup.