Stefan Dražić

Stefan Dražić (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Дражић; born 14 August 1992) is a Serbian football forward who plays for Mezőkövesd.

Stefan Dražić
Personal information
Full name Stefan Dražić
Date of birth (1992-08-14) 14 August 1992
Place of birth Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Mezőkövesd
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2002 Obrenovac 1905
2002–2004 Red Star Belgrade
2004–2008 Radnički Obrenovac
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2013 Radnički Obrenovac 124 (46)
2013–2016 Javor Ivanjica 91 (24)
2016–2017 Voždovac 34 (8)
2017 Mechelen 16 (1)
2018–2019 Mezőkövesd 42 (14)
2019–2020 Changchun Yatai 11 (1)
2020–2021 Diósgyőr 29 (4)
2021– Mezőkövesd 61 (22)
International career
2010 Serbia U18[1]
2011–2012 Serbia U20[2] 6 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 August 2016

Club career

Radnički Obrenovac

Dražić started playing football with FK Obrenovac 1905, and later was with Red Star Belgrade youth selections for 2 years.[3] Next he returned in Obrenovac and joined Radnički, where he ended youth career, and after that he joined the first team for the 2008–09 season. He made 12 league appearances and scored 4 goals, although he was 16.[4] After first senior season, he was more experienced, and he more constant in the first squad. For 2009–10 season, Dražić made 26 appearances and scored 6 goals.[4] For the 2010–11 season, he made 28 appearances and scored 7 goals. He was nominated for man of the match 3 times.[4] In new season, for the difference of previous he played one more match and scored one more goal, so he ended the 2011–12 season with 29 caps and 8 goals.[4] The fifth season with club from Obrenovac was the best for Stefan Dražić. After 25 league goals in his previous career, for the 2012–13 season he scored 21 goals on 29 matches and was named as a man of the match 9 times with average rating 7.43.[4]

Javor Ivanjica

Dražić was on trials and trained with Twente for 2 times as a member of Radnički Obrenovac, but he did not sign with club from Netherlands. He joined Javor Ivanjica in summer 2013, and scored his first goal for new club on his SuperLiga debut, against Red Star Belgrade. After that match Ifeanyi Onyilo transferred to Red Star Belgrade, and Dražić got more space in attack. Although Javor maybe had the best team than previous 10 years,[5] the team was relegated to First League after the end of season. Dražić had 25 league appearances and scored 4 goals, and also played 1 cup match until the end of season. Behind the relegation from SuperLiga, Dražić definitely became the first choice as a centre forward, in new season, and he justified expectations, being the best scorer of Serbian First League in 2014–15 season with 13 goals. He had all 30 starts in league, and also played 1 cup match. Dražić and Ana Subotić were nominated for the best sportspeople of Ivanjica in 2014.[6] Although some clubs interested for attacker, he started new season with the same club. He scored his first goal in 2015–16, in the 2nd fixture, against Spartak Subotica.[7] Second goal in season he scored in away match against Voždovac in the 9th fixture.[8] In 14th fixture, against Partizan, Dražić scored first goal on the match, but Javor lost that match.[9] He was a scorer in a first semi-final cup match against Borac Čačak.[10]

Voždovac

Dražić joined FK Voždovac in June 2016.[11] He scored his first goal for new club in 2nd fixture of the 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga season, against Rad.[12] During the autumn same year, Dražić also scored a goal against Mladost Lučani on 20 August and against Inđija in a cup match played on 21 September 2016. After Ilija Stolica replaced Bratislav Živković as a coach of FK Voždovac, Dražić started next 2 matches from the bench.[13] Returning in the first squad, Dražić scored a goal and noted an assist for a 2–1 victory in away match against Borac Čačak, played on 30 November 2016, being also nominated for player of the fixture.[14] Dražić was elected as a man of the match in 4–1 victory against Vojvodina on 1 April 2017, scoring a goal and being fouled for a direct free kick.[15] He also scored a goal in the next fixture match, against his ex-club Javor Ivanjica.[16]

Mechelen

On 7 July 2017, Dražić signed a three-year contract with the Belgian side Mechelen.[17] He scored on his debut for new club in 1–1 draw against Standard Liège on 30 July 2017.[18]

Mezőkövesd

On 5 May 2018, he scored the first goal at the opening match of the Diósgyőri Stadion in the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season against Diósgyőri VTK.[19]

Changchun Yatai

Dražić joined China League One club Changchun Yatai in July 2019, providing an assist on his debut, a 3-1 away victory over Nei Mongol Zhongyou.[20]

Career statistics

As of 13 May 2022[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Radnički Obrenovac 2008–09[4] Serbian League Belgrade 124124
2009–10[4] 266266
2010–11[4] 287287
2011–12[4] 298298
2012–13[4] 29212921
Total 1244600000012446
Javor Ivanjica 2013–14 Serbian SuperLiga 25410264
2014–15 Serbian First League 3013103113
2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga 36761428
Total 91248100009925
Voždovac 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga 34821369
Mechelen 2017–18 Belgian First Division A 16110171
Mezőkövesd 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 11300113
2018–19 3111533614
Total 42145300004717
Changchun Yatai 2019 China League One 11100111
Diósgyőr 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 29440334
Mezőkövesd 2021–22 30521326
2022–23 000000
Total 305210000326
Career total 3771032260000399109

References

  1. "Sivić objavio spisak za pripreme". b92 (in Serbian). 12 February 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  2. "Stefan Drazic" (PDF). am-ice.com (in Serbian). 16 August 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  3. "Ivanjica to ne pamti – dve nedelje na vrhu tabele!". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 17 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  4. "Drazic, Stefan". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  5. "Лишанин: Јавор има страшан тим, најбољи у последњих 10 година!". Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 14 August 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  6. "Ана Суботић и Стефан Дражић најбољи у Ивањици". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 27 January 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  7. "Uživaju na vrhu: Javor zaljuljao i Subotičane!". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 25 July 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  8. "Голеада на Бањици, Чачани лако са играчем више, Војводина стрепела после 3:0". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 13 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  9. "Партизан победио Јавор на дебију тренера Друловића". Politika (in Serbian). 18 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  10. "KUP SRBIJE Sjajni golovi u Ivanjici, Javor za gol bolji od Borca". Blic (in Serbian). 16 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  11. "Вождовац довео осморицу нових играча, отишла десеторица". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 16 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  12. "2.Kolo: Rad - Voždovac". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). 30 July 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  13. Stefan Dražić at Soccerway
  14. "Igrač kola: Sjajna partija Stefana Dražića u pobedi zmajeva nad čačanskim Borcem". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). 2 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  15. "VOŽDOVAC – VOJVODINA 4:1 (2:0)". FK Voždovac official website (in Serbian). 1 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  16. "Dražić presudio, Voždovac u plej ofu". FK Javor Ivanjica official website (in Serbian). 9 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  17. "Nieuwe spits voor KVM: Stefan Drazic tekent". KV Mechelen official website (in Dutch). 7 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  18. "Savršeni debi Stefana Dražića protiv Standarda, "Beli" sve upropastio (VIDEO)". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  19. "2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I: Diósgyőr 0–1 Mezőkövesd". Soccerway.com. 5 May 2018.
  20. "2019 China League One: Nei Mongol Zhongyou 1–3 Changchun Yatai". Soccerway.com. 27 July 2019.
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