Dragan "Doug" Utješenović ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Утјешеновић; born 8 October 1946) is a former

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player who played as a defender. Born in Yugoslavia, he was a member of the

Australian Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Aus ...

1974 FIFA World Cup The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the 10th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the ...

squad in

West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...

. He went on to make 61 appearances for the team between 1972 and 1976, scoring two goals, as well as representing both

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

and

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

. Utješenović played his club football in both Yugoslavia and Australia, playing for

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English language, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club''), also known in English as OFK Belgrade and currently referred to as OFK ...

Footscray JUST Footscray Jugoslav United Soccer Team, commonly referred to as J.U.S.T, Footscray or simply JUST, was an association football club from Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia. The club was established by Yugoslavs, Yugoslav migrants in 1950, ...

, St George Budapest and Hong Kong Second Division side Kui Tan, before coaching

APIA Leichhardt APIA Leichhardt Football Club, also known simply as APIA (Associazione Poli-sportiva Italo Australiana), is a semi-professional soccer club based in the suburb of Leichhardt, New South Wales, Leichhardt in Sydney, Australia. The club was forme ...

in 1988,

Parramatta Eagles Parramatta Football Club, commonly known as Parramatta Melita Eagles or just Melita, are a semi-professional Australian Association football, soccer club based in South Granville, New South Wales, South Granville, New South Wales. The club was e ...

1997 and 1998, and

Bonnyrigg White Eagles Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC is an Australian semi-professional association football, soccer club based in Bonnyrigg, New South Wales, Bonnyrigg, Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, currently playing in the NSW League One. The club was founded in 1968 ...

2000 to 2001.

References

External links

Career Record at OzFootball
* 1946 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade Serbian emigrants to Australia Australian people of Serbian descent Australian men's soccer players Australia men's international soccer players 1974 FIFA World Cup players National Soccer League (Australia) players Footscray JUST players OFK Beograd players St George FC players Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC managers Parramatta FC managers Yugoslav emigrants to Australia Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Men's association football defenders Australian soccer managers Naturalised soccer players of Australia Australian expatriate men's soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-footybio-stub