Emblematic player of the defunct Yugoslavia, president of the Serbian Football Association and later coach, Dragan Stojkovic will be in charge of commanding the Serbian National Team in the Qatar 2022 World Cup. It will be the third time that, under this name, the country participates in the highest National Team tournament on the planet.
Information about the Serbian National Team that will participate in group G of the 2022 World Cup.
• DT: Dragan Stojković
• Captain: Dušan Tadić
• Figure: Dušan Vlahović
• Promise: Filip Stevanović
• This is how he plays and possible eleven
• History in World Cups
• This is how he arrives at Qatar 2022
• The road to the World Cup
• The best in its history
• Origin of football in the country
• The groups
• The calendar
Stojkovic had an extensive playing career that spanned 20 years. in which he wore the jerseys of the Yugoslavian National Team, Radnicki Nis (Serbia), Belgrade Red Star, Olympique de Marseille, Hellas Verona and Japan’s Nagoya Grampus, where he hung up his boots.
Compared, at the time, with Diego Armando Maradona Due to his technique to leave rivals in the way, his vision inside the field and the mischief with which he played, he did not become the star that was expected due to the large number of injuries he suffered.
When he retired in 2001, he became president of the Serbian Football Association and between 2005 and 2008 he was also the top manager of Red Star Belgrade, a club where he was an idol as a player. In addition, he was elected as a member of the UEFA technical committee and the FIFA football committee.
After finishing his role as a manager in football, in 2008 he began his career as a coach at Nagoya Grampus.where he had retired. He was on the Japan team for five years and after being two without working, he took the reins of the Guangzhou of China.
After completing his stage in the eastern country, he was chosen to carry out the project in the Selection of his country. On March 3, 2021, his birthday, the official announcement was made. He has managed 18 games in which he has accumulated 11 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses (66.6% effectiveness).
The legendary French coach Arsene Wenger he had Stojkovic under him in Japan, before taking the reins at Arsenal from England for nearly 22 years. the DT praised the work of the Serbian teams, the football they displayed and even stated that he could be a great candidate to lead the Gunners in the future.
Stojkovic’s teams play the same way he did on the pitch: they are fast, with a player base with great vision. from midfield forward and excellent ability to find free spaces where few see them. In addition to showing great discipline when it comes to defending, they have the freedom to break lines as they deem most appropriate, so they are not afraid to «get out» of the DT’s script.
Implementing an offensive game and columnists behind Stojkovic’s ideas, Serbia will seek to strike in Group G that it shares with Brazil, Switzerland and Cameroon to access the 8th round of the Qatar World Cup 2022.