Božidar Drenovac

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| name = Božidar Drenovac

| image =

| fullname = Božidar Drenovac

| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|1|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ćuprija, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|7|24|1922|1|2|df=y}}

| height =

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = 1936–1938

| youthclubs1 = Jugoslavija

| years1 = 1938–1939

| years2 = 1945–1948

| years3 = 1948–1953

| clubs1 = Jugoslavija

| clubs2 = Red Star Belgrade

| clubs3 = Partizan

| caps1 =

| caps2 = 35

| caps3 = 79

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 4

| goals3 = 20

| nationalyears1 = 1947

| nationalteam1 = Yugoslavia

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1960–1965

| manageryears2 = 1965–1966

| manageryears3 = 1968–1969

| manageryears4 = 1969–1970

| manageryears5 = 1970–1971

| manageryears6 = 1971–1972

| managerclubs1 = Étoile Sahel

| managerclubs2 = Panachaiki

| managerclubs3 = Pierikos

| managerclubs4 = Étoile Sahel

| managerclubs5 = OFK Beograd

| managerclubs6 = Borac Banja Luka

}}

Božidar Drenovac ({{Lang-sr-cyr|Божидар Дреновац}}; 2 January 1922 – 24 July 2003) was a Serbian football player and manager.

Club career

He was born in Ćuprija[http://www.ogol.com.br/jogador.php?id=255839&epoca_id=80 Božidar Drenovac] at zerozero.ps in 1922. Still young he joined Belgrade club SK Jugoslavija in 1936, making his senior debut in the 1938–39 Yugoslav First League. After the Second World War, he signed with the newly formed Red Star Belgrade that inherited most of the property and players of the now disbanded, SK Jugoslavija. He played with Red Star until 1948. Next he move to the biggest rivals, FK Partizan where he would play until 1953, achieving even more success by winning the national championship (1949) and Yugoslav cup (1952).

International career

He played one match for the Yugoslavia national football team on 14 September 1947 in Tirana, against Albania, for the Balkan Cup, a 4-2 win.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=5011|title=Božidar Drenovac, international football player|access-date=6 July 2024|website=EU-football.info}}

Managerial career

After retiring, he graduated in Economics, but never abandoned his passion for football, becoming a coach. His coaching career took him to countries like Tunisia, Greece, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Libya, but he also managed a number of Yugoslav top league clubs, such as NK Čelik Zenica, OFK Beograd, FK Borac Banja Luka{{cite web |url=http://www.boracbl.net/fkborac/uspjesi.html |title=Fk borac-uspjesi |access-date=2009-12-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724043641/http://www.boracbl.net/fkborac/uspjesi.html |archive-date=2009-07-24 }} or FK Sutjeska Nikšić.