Ivica Dragutinović

Football player infobox
playername = Ivica Dragutinović


fullname = Ivica Dragutinović
height = height|m=1.86
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|11|13
cityofbirth = Prijepolje
countryofbirth = SFR Yugoslavia
currentclub = Sevilla FC
clubnumber = 3
position = Center back, left back
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1992-1993
1993-1994
1994–1996
1996–2000
2000–2005
2005–
clubs =FK Bor
Prijepolje
FK Borac Čačak K.A.A. Gent Standard Liège Sevilla FC
caps(goals) = 06 (0)
17 (0)
56 (3)
94 (12)
160 (3)
92 (3)
nationalyears = 2000-
nationalteam = Serbia
nationalcaps(goals) = 42 (0)
pcupdate = 30 August 2007
ntupdate = 14 September 2008

Ivica Dragutinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ивица Драгутиновић; born November 13, 1975 in Prijepolje, Serbia, Yugoslavia), sometimes called Drago, is a Serbian footballer. He currently plays for Spanish La Liga side, Sevilla FC.

He began his career at Serbian side FK Borac Čačak before heading to Belgium's Jupiler League to join K.A.A. Gent. He left Ghent but stayed in Belgium, signing for Standard Liège in 2000. He was an overwhelming success at Standard and played over 200 games for them. In the Summer of 2005, many teams attempted to buy him, with Sevilla FC succeeding. Dragutinović is contracted to Sevilla until the Summer of 2008, but on August 2, 2007, the Spanish sports paper "Marca" claimed that he had agreed to join Newcastle United in the English Premier League.

However, on August 7, 2007, the Serbian defender put pen on a new four year deal with Sevilla FC, staying with the Andalusian club until 2011.Fact|date=August 2007

Dragutinović has played 33 games for Serbia and Montenegro and was part of their "Famous Four" defense, which conceded only one goal (Raúl González, Spain) during qualifying for the 2006 World Cup [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060506/7/6p5g.html] . The other members of the famous four are Goran Gavrančić of Dynamo Kiev, Manchester United's Nemanja Vidić, and Mladen Krstajić of Schalke 04.

He was notably the first one to the aid of Antonio Puerta after a sudden heart attack on the pitch against Getafe CF. He may be accredited to prolonging his life by keeping Puerta from swallowing his own tongue. Unfortunately this was not enough and Puerta later died in hospital.

He also holds a Belgian passport, so he is not included in the three non-EU player quota of La Liga.

As opposed to his full surname, he wears his nickname - 'Drago' - on the reverse of his shirt when playing for his club.

Holds the dubious honour of being punched by Portugal boss Luiz Felipe Scolari during the Euro 2008 qualifiers in September 2007. [http://footyblog.net/2007/09/15/the-punch-by-luiz-felipe-scolari-video/]

Honours

evilla

*UEFA Cup: 2006, 2007
*European Super Cup: 2006
*Copa del Rey: 2007
*Spanish Super Cup: 2007

External links

* [http://www.beliorlovi.net/ivica-dragutinovic.html players profile and stats]