Saša Drakulić

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Saša Drakulić
Full name	Saša Drakulić
Date of birth	August 28, 1972 (1972-08-28) (age 35)
Place of birth	Podgorica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	?
Playing position	forward
Club information
Current club	no club
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-1994 1995-1998 1998-2000 2000 2001-2003 2004-2005 2005 2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-	Red Star Belgrade Daewoo Royals Suwon Bluewings Kashiwa Reysol Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma AEK Larnaca Vojvodina Novi Sad ČSK Pivara Mladost Apatin Vojvodina Novi Sad	11 0(2) 57 (16) 58 (31) 02 0(0) 90 (27) 06 0(1) 01 0(0) 17 (14) 24 0(7) 07 0(3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Saša Drakulić (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Дракулић), (b. 28th August 1972 in Yugoslavia) is a Serbian footballer. The striker went to Korea in 1995 and during his eight seasons in the K-League made a name for himself as one of the most successful imports ever in the league.

Drakulić joined Red Star Belgrade and Prishtina in 1993. In 1995 he joined the Korean side Daewoo Royals, scoring eight goals the first season. He played for the Royals until 1997, when he made the switch to Suwon Samsung Bluewings which was founded the previous year. With the Bluewings he won two consecutive K-League Championships in 1998 and 1999, before making an ill-fated switch to J-League side Kashiwa Reysol.

He spent a short unhappy period in Japan before returning to Suwon in mid-2000, but at the end of that year he was on the move again, joining Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma. Drakulić won three Championship medals from 2001-2003 with the Chunma before departing the K-League and signing for Cypriot side AEK Larnaca.

During his eight seasons in South Korea, Drakulić scored 104 goals in his 271 matches, at the time the second-highest scoring tally in the history of the league. He holds the record for the most shots on goal with 941 strikes.

In 2005 he moved back to the Serbo-Montenegrin Football League with Vojvodina Novi Sad, but subsequently moved on to second division side ČSK Pivara at the start of 2006. After CSK Pivara, Drakulic joined Mladost Apatin in July 2006.

After a successful year with Mladost, Drakulic moved back to Vojvodina in the summer of 2007, and made an appearance in the UEFA Cup tie against Hibernians FC. His Vojvodina contract was cancelled in December 2007 after he picked up a cruciate knee injury whilst playing in an indoor football tournament without the permission of his club.