Dragan Mutibarić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Мутибарић; born 10 November 1946) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Dragan Mutibarić
Personal information
Full name Dragomir Mutibarić
Date of birth (1946-11-10) 10 November 1946 (age 78)
Place of birth Sombor, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Bečej
Srem
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1975 Vardar 239 (0)
1975–1976 Schalke 04 2 (0)
1976–1977 BSV 07 Schwenningen 22 (0)
1977–1978 Trepča 21 (0)
1979–1984 Vardar 23 (0)
1984–1988 Teteks 44 (0)
1988–1989 Makedonija Gjorče Petrov 49 (0)
1989–1995 Mikrogranulat Gostivar 57 (0)
Total 457 (0)
International career
1967–1969 Yugoslavia U21 5 (0)
1969–1970 Yugoslavia 10 (0)
Managerial career
1995–2006 Vardar (goalkeeper coach)
2006–2008 Rabotnički (youth team coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Born in Sombor, SR Serbia, Mutibarić begin his career in 1960 in FK Bečej and afterwards, as a perspective goalkeeper, he signed for lower league FK Srem. It was in this period, more precisely in 1964, that he begin playing for the Yugoslav U21 team with whom he won the 1968 UEFA European U23 Cup.

In 1966, he moved to Skopje and signed with FK Vardar playing back then in the Yugoslav First League. He stayed there nine straight seasons playing a total of 239 league matches. In 1975, he moved to Germany and played one season with FC Schalke 04 in the German Bundesliga. Next season he played with another German club, BSV 07 Schwenningen, before returning in 1977 to sign with FK Trepča who was playing their first historical season in the top Yugoslav League. That season, the club ended up relegated and after playing another season this time in the Second League he left the club and returned to FK Vardar where he played five further seasons. In 1984, he signed with FK Teteks where he played until 1988 before signing with lower league FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov where, despite his already advanced age, he made a record of having 1,084 minutes without conceding a goal.[1] He finished his career at age of 49 playing for FK Mikrogranulat Gostivar playing in Vardar Regional League.

Mutibarić played ten matches for the Yugoslavia national team. He debuted on 26 February 1969 in a friendly match against Sweden in 1969.[2]

He played over 600 matches for Vardar, and is considered one of the Macedonian football legends by the Football Federation of Macedonia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Драган Мутибариќ-Муто" (in Macedonian). Football Federation of Macedonia. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Loopia parking" У СУСРЕТ ШВЕЂАНИМА: занимљивости (први део) (in Serbian). Football Association of Serbia. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2013.[dead link]
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