Dragan Bošnjak
Personal information
Full name Dragan Bošnjak
Date of birth (1956-10-19)19 October 1956
Place of birth Kanjiža, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death 27 March 2019(2019-03-27) (aged 62)
Place of death Kanjiža, Serbia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1976 Spartak Subotica 21 (2)
1976–1979 Vojvodina 92 (9)
1980–1984 Dinamo Zagreb 101 (4)
1985 Dinamo Vinkovci 5 (0)
1985–1987 Gaziantepspor
1987–1988 Figueres
1988–1989 Westerlo
Total 219+ (15+)
International career
1978 Yugoslavia U21 5 (0)
Medal record
Gold medal – first placeUEFA Under-21 Championship1978
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dragan Bošnjak (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Бошњак; 19 October 1956 – 27 March 2019) was a Serbian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]

Club career

After playing for Spartak Subotica in the 1975–76 Yugoslav Second League, Bošnjak spent three and a half years with Vojvodina and won the Mitropa Cup in the 1976–77 season, before moving to Dinamo Zagreb in the winter of 1980. He helped them win the Yugoslav First League in the 1981–82 season, as well as two Yugoslav Cups (1980 and 1983). In 1985, Bošnjak spent half a season at Dinamo Vinkovci.

Later on, Bošnjak played professionally in Turkey (Gaziantepspor), Spain (Figueres), and Belgium (Westerlo).[2]

International career

At international level, Bošnjak was a member of the Yugoslavia under-21 team that won the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in 1978.[3]

Death

Bošnjak died in his hometown of Kanjiža on 27 March 2019.[4][5]

Honours

Vojvodina

Dinamo Zagreb

Yugoslavia U21

References

  1. ↑ "Dragan Bošnjak" (in Croatian). gnkdinamo.hr. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Dragan Bošnjak: Gos'n Ćiro je bio naše 'čudovište' od čovjeka i trenera" (in Croatian). jutarnji.hr. 20 May 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Dragan Bosnjak". 11v11.com. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Preminuo Dragan Bošnjak" (in Croatian). gnkdinamo.hr. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Podignut nadgrobni spomenik Draganu Bošnjaku" (in Croatian). gnkdinamo.hr. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
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