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Dragoje Leković
	Leković in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	21 November 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth	Sivac, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Skoj Sivac
1984–1985	Mornar
Senior career*
Years	Team
1985–1991	Budućnost Titograd
1991–1992	Red Star Belgrade
1992–1993	Mogren
1994	Budućnost Titograd
1994–1998	Kilmarnock
1998	Sporting Gijón
1998–2000	Málaga
2000–2002	AEK Larnaca
Total
International career
1987	Yugoslavia U20
1988–1998	SFR Yugoslavia / FR Yugoslavia
Managerial career
2011–2019	Montenegro (assistant)
2019–	Al-Gharafa (assistant)
Medal record
Representing Yugoslavia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dragoje Leković ( Serbian Cyrillic: Драгоје Лековић, pronounced [drâɡoje lêːkoʋitɕ]; born 21 November 1967) is a retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Leković was born in Sivac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. In Yugoslavia, he played mainly for lowly Yugoslav First League club FK Budućnost Titograd and also spent one season with the well known club, Red Star Belgrade. Leković played in 17 of 30 matches in the 1991–92 Yugoslav First League and also started both legs of the 1991–92 Yugoslav Cup, losing out to FK Partizan.

After 18 months with another modest club FK Mogren, Leković joined Kilmarnock in Scotland, where he was the first choice goalkeeper during his spell and was part of the squad that won the 1997 Scottish Cup versus Falkirk at Ibrox Stadium. with the only goal of the game scored in the 20th minute by Paul Wright.^[1]

In January 1998, Leković started an unassuming stint in Spain, where he experienced relegation from La Liga and promotion from the Second Division respectively with Sporting de Gijón and Málaga CF but was only second-choice goalkeeper at both clubs. Lekovic closed out his career at the age of 36 after playing for AEK Larnaca.

International career

Leković gained 14 caps for Yugoslavia with his debut on 27 April 1988 resulting in a 2-0 friendly defeat to Republic of Ireland.

Lekovic was in the country's final roster for two FIFA World Cups: 1990 and 1998 but did not see a single minute of action at either tournament as he was the third choice goalkeeper. He was also called to UEFA Euro 1992,^[2] but the nation would be suspended due to the Yugoslav Wars.

Previously, Leković was a member of the highly talented Yugoslavia under-20 team that won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile, playing all the games in the tournament.^[3]

References

^ Cairns, Richard (2011). Killie 'Til I Die. Fasprint Services (Irvine) Ltd. ISBN 978-0-9541653-1-4.
^ "Pancev también renuncia a la Eurocopa". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 25 May 1992. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
^ Dragoje Leković – FIFA competition record (archived)

External links

Dragoje Leković at Soccerbase
Dragoje Leković at BDFutbol
Dragoje Leković at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
Dragoje Leković at National-Football-Teams.com
Dragoje Leković – FIFA competition record (archived)

[1] Cairns, Richard (2011). Killie 'Til I Die. Fasprint Services (Irvine) Ltd. ISBN 978-0-9541653-1-4.

[2] "Pancev también renuncia a la Eurocopa". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 25 May 1992. Retrieved 5 June 2019.

[3] Dragoje Leković – FIFA competition record (archived)

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