Dragan Aničić (

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: Драган Аничић ; born 4 November 1970) is a Serbian

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coach and former player.

Playing career

Born in

Belgrade Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...

, Aničić started youth career in

FK Crvena Zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

in 1979. During his senior career he played as a defender for ,

FK Proleter Zrenjanin FK Proleter Zrenjanin () is a defunct football club based in Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia. History The club was founded on 27 June 1947 by the merger of three local rivals. Their first notable result was reaching the quarter-finals of the 1951 ...

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FK Palilulac Beograd FK Palilulac Beograd () is a football club based in Krnjača, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade Intermunicipal League, the sixth tier of the national league system. History The club was founded as BSK Zlatibor on 15 June 1924. The n ...

, Panargiakos FC in Greece,

FK Kolubara FK Kolubara () is a professional football club based in Lazarevac, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League Belgrade, the third tier of the national league system. History During the existence of SFR Yugoslavia, the club spent two con ...

, FK Beograd,

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and

FK BSK Borča Fudbalski klub BSK Borča ( sr-cyr, Фудбалски клуб БСК Борча) is a Serbian football club from Borča, City of Belgrade. It is the football club of the Sports Society BSK Borča, ''BSK'' stands for ''Borčanski sportski klub ...

Coaching career

After his playing career, Aničić began coaching. In 2003 he started coaching at BSK Borča youth academy and in 2006 became director of academy. In 2013 he had first senior coaching spell with

as a head coach in

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. After that he coached

FK Sloga Petrovac na Mlavi FK Sloga 33 () is a Association football, football club based in Petrovac, Serbia, Petrovac, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League West, the third tier of the Serbian football league system, national league system. History The club took part ...

and finally in January 2017 he was appointed head coach of

FK Mačva Šabac Fudbalski klub Mačva Šabac () is a Serbian professional football club based in Šabac, which competes in the Serbian First League. One of the oldest football clubs in Serbia, their nickname is (), which was first used in 1927, when the Urugua ...

, leading the team to promotion from

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after 65 years playing in lower divisions On 15 October 2018, Aničić was appointed head coach of

FK Voždovac Fudbalski klub Voždovac () is a professional football club based in Voždovac, Belgrade, Serbia, which competes in the Serbian First League, the second tier. Nicknamed "The Dragons", they experienced little success in the Yugoslavian era, but h ...

. In September 2019, Aničić returned to

as manager and stayed till December 2020. In January 2021, Aničić was appointed head coach of

FK Železničar Pančevo FK Železničar Pančevo () is a professional Association football, football club based in Pančevo, Vojvodina, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian SuperLiga, the top tier of the Serbian football league system, national league system. History Th ...

In September 2022, Aničić was appointed head coach of

FK Rudar Pljevlja FK Rudar Pljevlja, commonly known as Rudar Pljevlja or simply Rudar, is a football club based in Pljevlja, Montenegro. It currently plays in the Montenegrin Second League, the country's second tier. Rudar have played in the First League since it ...

In June 2023, Aničić was appointed head coach of

FK Novi Pazar Fudbalski klub Novi Pazar () is a Serbian professional association football, football club based in the ciry of Novi Pazar, which competes in the Serbian SuperLiga. The team plays their home games at the 6,900 capacity Novi Pazar City Stadium. T ...

In June 2024, Aničić was appointed head coach of

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In August 2024. Dragan Anicic left

and accepted an offer from Aleksandar Veselinovic to form part of the coaching staff of the Albanian

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team

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* * 1970 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers FK Proleter Zrenjanin players FK Dinamo Pančevo players FK Palilulac Beograd players Panargiakos F.C. players FK Kolubara players FK Beograd (Serbia) players FK Smederevo 1924 players FK BSK Borča players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Greece Serbian football managers FK BSK Borča managers FK Mačva Šabac managers FK Voždovac managers FK Rudar Pljevlja managers FK Novi Pazar managers Serbian SuperLiga managers Serbian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Montenegro Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Montenegro {{Serbia-footy-bio-stub