Dragoje Leković

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dragoje Leković

| image = Iran vs. Montenegro 2014-05-26 (136).jpg

| caption = Leković in 2014

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|11|21}}

| birth_place = Sivac, SFR Yugoslavia

| height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Skoj Sivac

| youthyears2 = 1984–1985 | youthclubs2 = Mornar

| years1 = 1985–1991

| years2 = 1991–1992

| years3 = 1992–1993

| years4 = 1994

| years5 = 1994–1998

| years6 = 1998

| years7 = 1998–2000

| years8 = 2002–2003

| clubs1 = Budućnost Titograd

| clubs2 = Red Star Belgrade

| clubs3 = Mogren

| clubs4 = Budućnost Titograd

| clubs5 = Kilmarnock

| clubs6 = Sporting Gijón

| clubs7 = Málaga

| clubs8 = AEK Larnaca

| caps1 = 109

| caps2 = 17

| caps3 = 23

| caps4 = 24

| caps5 = 96

| caps6 = 5

| caps7 = 7

| caps8 = 24

| caps9 = 13

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| totalcaps = 305

| totalgoals = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1987

| nationalyears2 = 1990

| nationalyears3 = 1988–1998

| nationalteam1 = Yugoslavia U20

| nationalteam2 = Yugoslavia U21

| nationalteam3 = FR Yugoslavia{{refn|group=note|Including 4 caps for SFR Yugoslavia.{{Reprezentacija|lekovic-dragoje}}}}

| nationalcaps1 = 6

| nationalcaps2 = 6

| nationalcaps3 = 14

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2011–2019 | managerclubs1 = Montenegro (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2019–2021 | managerclubs2 = Al-Gharafa (assistant)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|Representing {{fb|YUG}}}}

}}

Dragoje Leković ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Драгоје Лековић}}, {{IPA|sh|drâɡoje lêːkoʋitɕ|pron}}; 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 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 finals, losing out to FK Partizan.

After 18 months with modest club FK Mogren and a brief comeback spell at Budućnost, Leković joined Kilmarnock in Scotland in fall 1994, 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.{{cite book |last=Cairns |first=Richard |date=2011 |title=Killie 'Til I Die |publisher=Fasprint Services (Irvine) Ltd |isbn=978-0-9541653-1-4}}

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{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12282281.lekovic-stuns-kilmarnock-as-he-moves-for-100000/|newspaper=Herald Scotland|title=Lekovic stuns Kilmarnock as he moves for #100,000|date=15 January 1998|access-date=9 November 2024}} and Málaga CF but was only second-choice goalkeeper at both clubs. Leković 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,{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1992/05/27/pagina-27/1245648/pdf.html|website=Mundo Deportivo|title=Pancev también renuncia a la Eurocopa|language=es|date=25 May 1992|access-date=5 June 2019}} 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.{{FIFA player|174702}}

Career statistics

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year{{cite web \|title=International caps by year \|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=12017 \|website=eu-football.info/ \|access-date=27 April 2024}}
rowspan="5"\|SFR Yugoslavia \|1988	2	0
1989	1	0
1990	0	0
1991	1	0
1992	0	0
rowspan="6"\|FR Yugoslavia \|1993	colspan="2"\|—{{refn\|group=note\|FR Yugoslavia was banned from international football due to UN sanctions.}}
1994	0	0
1995	0	0
1996	0	0
1997	6	0
1998	4	0
colspan="2"\|Total	14\|\|0