Dragan Mance

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Dragan Mance
Dragan Mance
Date of birth	26 September 1962
Place of birth	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death	September 3, 1985 (aged 22)
Place of death	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1979-1980 1980-1985	Galenika Zemun FK Partizan	262 (145)
National team
1983	Yugoslavia	4 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Dragan Mance (Belgrade, September 26, 1962 - Belgrade, September 3, 1985) was a legendary footballer of FK Partizan Belgrade.

[edit] Biography

He lived in Zemun with his father Ferdinand, mother Dušanka and younger brother Goran. He was unmarried. He died in car accident on highway Belgrade - Novi Sad in his 23rd year.

[edit] Football career

He started in the youngest categories of Galenika Zemun.He was very talented,and with only 17 he made his debut for FK Zemun first team. At the time,FK Zemun was member of Yugoslav second division. Because of his great football skills, he was targeted by FK Partizan and he went to Stadion JNA in September 15, 1980. Mance played for Partizan 262 times scoring 145 goals. He also won one Yugoslav championship in the season where he was club's best goalscorer with 15 goals. Dragan made 4 international caps for Yugoslav national football team. Even today, Dragan Mance is considered to be the greatest club legend by Grobari, fans of Partizan. He will be remembered for his way of celebrating goals, and his famous goals against club's fiercest rivals Red Star Belgrade. Goal which Dragan scored against English side QPR in 1984 is considered by many as the most remarkable goal in history of Partizan.