Aleksandar Dragovic

Aleksandar Dragovic (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Драговић, pronounced [aleksaːndar draɡoʋitɕ]; born 6 March 1991) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serbian SuperLiga club Red Star Belgrade and the Austria national team. He is well known for his performances as a tough-tackling centre-back.

Club Career

Basel

Dragovic started his career by playing in the youth teams of Austrian giants Austria Wien and started playing for their B-squad in 2007. As of 1 February 2011, Dragovic transferred to FC Basel in the Swiss Super League. He made his team debut in the 3:0 home win over FC St. Gallen. At the end of the 2010–11 Swiss Super League season Dragovic won the Swiss Championship title with FC Basel. In July 2011 he played with his new club in the Uhrencup and won the tournament. He scored his first Super League goal in the 3–0 home win against Servette FC on 1 October 2011. At the end of the 2011–12 season Dragovic won the Double, the League Championship title and the Swiss Cup with Basel.

During Basel's 2012–13 season the team missed their Champions League aim. But in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Basel advanced as far as the semifinals, meaning that they played a total of 20 European matches. Dragovic missed solely the second leg of the semi-final at Stamford Bridge due to a yellow card suspension, but had played in all the other European ties.

In the domestic championship he played in 32 of the 36 games. He scored three goals in the domestic league this season, all three being against Servette. At the end of the Swiss Super League season 2012–13 Dragovic won the Championship title and was Swiss Cup runner up with Basel.

Dynamo Kyiv

On 26 July 2013, Dragovic had signed a five-year contract with Ukrainian club FC Dynamo Kyiv.

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