Dražen Bolić

{{Short description|Serbian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dražen Bolić

| image =

| fullname = Dražen Bolić

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|09|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Karlovac, SFR Yugoslavia

| height = 1.84 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Duga Resa

| years1 = 1993–1994

| clubs1 = Obilić

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1994–1998

| clubs2 = Partizan

| caps2 = 90

| goals2 = 19

| years3 = 1998–2001

| clubs3 = Salernitana

| caps3 = 85

| goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2001–2004

| clubs4 = Ancona

| caps4 = 83

| goals4 = 4

| years5 = 2004–2005

| clubs5 = Vicenza

| caps5 = 19

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2005–2009

| clubs6 = Lanciano

| caps6 = 97

| goals6 = 8

| totalcaps = 374

| totalgoals = 34

| nationalyears1 = 1995–2000

| nationalteam1 = FR Yugoslavia

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2015–2016

| managerclubs1 = Partizan (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2020–2021

| managerclubs2 = Metalac Gornji Milanovac (assistant)

| manageryears3 = 2021–2024

| managerclubs3 = TSC (assistant)

}}

Dražen Bolić ({{Lang-sr-Cyrl|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.{{Cite web | url=https://partizanopedia.rs/drazenbolic.html | title=Dražen Bolić | language=sr | publisher=partizanopedia.rs | access-date=20 August 2022}} 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.{{Cite web | url=http://calcio-seriea.net/scheda_giocatore/1986/1611/ | title=BOLIC Drazen | language=it | publisher=calcio-seriea.net | access-date=20 August 2022}}

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.{{Cite web | url=http://www.reprezentacija.rs/bolic-drazen | title=Bolić Dražen | language=sr | publisher=reprezentacija.rs | access-date=20 August 2022}}

Post-playing career

After hanging up his boots, Bolić served as assistant manager to Ivan Tomić at Partizan from 2015 to 2016.{{Cite web | url=http://mondo.rs/a861841/Sport/Fudbal/Ivan-Tomic-trener-Partizana.html | title=Ivan Tomić: Da puna Humska grmi i raširi šalove | language=sr | publisher=mondo.rs | date=31 December 2015 | access-date=10 December 2016}} He also worked as an assistant to Žarko Lazetić at Metalac Gornji Milanovac and TSC.{{Cite web | url=https://gminfo.rs/leontijevic-lazetic-i-bolic-jos-dve-godine-u-fk-metalac/ | title=Leontijević, Lazetić i Bolić još dve godine u FK Metalac | language=sr | publisher=gminfo.rs | date=17 May 2021 | access-date=20 August 2022}}

Career statistics

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|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year{{Cite web | url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=2220 | title=Dražen Bolić, international football player | publisher=eu-football.info | access-date=20 August 2022}}

!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals

rowspan="6"|FR Yugoslavia

|1995

10
199610
199720
199800
199920
200010
colspan="2"|Total70

Honours

References

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