Dražen Bolić

Dražen Bolić
Personal information
Full name Dražen Bolić
Date of birth (1971-09-12) 12 September 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Karlovac, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Duga Resa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 Obilić
1994–1998 Partizan 90 (19)
1998–2001 Salernitana 85 (3)
2001–2004 Ancona 83 (4)
2004–2005 Vicenza 19 (0)
2005–2009 Lanciano 97 (8)
Total 374 (34)
International career
1995–2000 FR Yugoslavia 7 (0)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Partizan (assistant)
2020–2021 Metalac Gornji Milanovac (assistant)
2021–2024 TSC (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dražen Bolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дражен Болић; born 12 September 1971) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

After playing for Obilić, Bolić was transferred to Partizan in 1994, spending the next four seasons with the Crno-beli.[1] He then went abroad to Italy and signed with Serie A club Salernitana in 1998. In his debut season, Bolić played regularly for the side, but the club failed to avoid relegation to Serie B. He spent the following 10 years in the country, also playing for Ancona, Vicenza, and Lanciano.[2]

International career

At international level, Bolić was capped seven times for FR Yugoslavia between 1995 and 2000, making his debut in a 2–0 friendly loss to Greece.[3]

Post-playing career

After hanging up his boots, Bolić served as assistant manager to Ivan Tomić at Partizan from 2015 to 2016.[4] He also worked as an assistant to Žarko Lazetić at Metalac Gornji Milanovac and TSC.[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National team Year Apps Goals
FR Yugoslavia 1995 1 0
1996 1 0
1997 2 0
1998 0 0
1999 2 0
2000 1 0
Total 7 0

Honours

Partizan

References

  1. ^ "Dražen Bolić" (in Serbian). partizanopedia.rs. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. ^ "BOLIC Drazen" (in Italian). calcio-seriea.net. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Bolić Dražen" (in Serbian). reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Ivan Tomić: Da puna Humska grmi i raširi šalove" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Leontijević, Lazetić i Bolić još dve godine u FK Metalac" (in Serbian). gminfo.rs. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Dražen Bolić, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 20 August 2022.