Slobodan Drapić (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Драпић, Hebrew: סלובודאן דראפיץ'; born 28 February 1965) is a football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Bnei Sakhnin. Born in Yugoslavia, he represented Israel at international level.

Slobodan Drapić
Drapić coaching Beitar Jerusalem in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-02-28) 28 February 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1986 Novi Sad 36 (0)
1988–1995 Maccabi Netanya 122 (7)
1995–1998 Beitar Nes Tubruk
International career
1988 Israel[1] 1 (0)
Managerial career
1999–2000 Maccabi Netanya (assistant)
2000 Maccabi Netanya (caretaker)
2000–2002 Tzafririm Holon (assistant)
2001 Tzafririm Holon (caretaker)
2003–2008 Maccabi Haifa (assistant)
2008–2009 Hapoel Kfar Saba
2009–2010 Maccabi Herzliya
2010–2011 Bnei Sakhnin
2012 Partizan (assistant)
2013–2015 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla
2015–2016 Beitar Jerusalem
2016–2020 Maccabi Netanya
2020–2021 Beitar Jerusalem
2021–2022 Ironi Kiryat Shmona
2022–2023 Hapoel Tel-Aviv
2023 Ironi Kiryat Shmona
2023– Bnei Sakhnin
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Drapić was born and grew up in Novi Sad, where he played for the local side RFK Novi Sad for two years in the Yugoslav Second League. In 1988, he moved to play in Israel for Maccabi Netanya and made aliyah.[2] On 23 November 1988, he was called up for the Israeli national team and won his one and only cap for the national side in a friendly game against Romania.[3]

Drapić played with Netanya for seven years in the Liga Leumit until the club got relegated in the end of the 1994–95 season. The following season he moved to play for Beitar Tubruk, where he also retired as a player.[4]

Coaching career

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In a long coaching career in Israel he became the assistant coach with Maccabi Netanya, Tzafririm Holon and Maccabi Haifa.[5] When Ronny Levy left Maccabi Haifa, he also wanted to leave the club. Partizan Belgrade offered him a job as a scout and coach assistant, but he refused the offer because he wanted to stay in Israel.

On 27 September 2010, Drapić signed a two-year contract as manager of Bnei Sakhnin.[6]

In the second half of the 2011–12 season he worked for Partizan as the assistant coach of Avram Grant.[7]

In June 2013 he became the manager of Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla. He worked as the manager of the club until 7 June 2015, when he signed a contract as the manager of Beitar Jerusalem. The following season he returned to his former club of Maccabi Netanya.

Personal life

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Drapić is married to his Israeli wife Anita. They have four children; the youngest is Dolev, who is a professional basketball player in Barak Netanya.[8]

Managerial stats

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Team Nat From To Record
P W D L Win %
Hapoel Kfar Saba   26 June 2008 10 June 2009 43 10 15 18 023.26
Maccabi Herzliya   11 June 2009 1 June 2010 38 13 10 15 034.21
Bnei Sakhnin   27 September 2010 4 April 2011 28 5 6 17 017.86
Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla   23 June 2013 5 June 2015 81 24 27 30 029.63
Beitar Jerusalem   7 June 2015 1 June 2016 44 21 7 16 047.73
Maccabi Netanya   2 June 2016 3 July 2020 151 70 37 44 046.36
Beitar Jerusalem   4 September 2020 20 March 2021 26 8 8 10 030.77
Ironi Kiryat Shmona   9 November 2021 31 May 2022 26 13 6 7 050.00
Hapoel Tel Aviv   19 September 2022 10 January 2023 13 3 4 6 023.08
Ironi Kiryat Shmona   14 Febaury 2023 10 2 6 2 020.00
Total 460 169 126 165 036.74

References

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  1. ^ "The Israel Football Association". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ "דראפיץ' חתם לשנתיים בנתניה: חזרתי הביתה" [Derpitz signed for two years in Netanya: I returned home]. 2 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Slobodan Drapić, international football player". EU-football.info. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  4. ^ TheSportsChannel (7 June 2015). "בוקר ספורט 04.06.15 - אבות ובנים - סלובודאן ודולב דראפיץ'" – via YouTube.[dead link]
  5. ^ "Drapic a candidate for Kfar Saba job (hebrew)". 24 June 2008.
  6. ^ "Haim Levy sacked from Bnei Sakhnin, Drapić signed in a two years contract" (in Hebrew). . One. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  7. ^ "Grant dovodi čoveka za vezu". Sportske.net. 20 January 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  8. ^ "אופס! תקלה". www.basket.co.il.
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  NODES
Association 2
INTERN 3
Note 1