Dragan Stojkovic (born 3 March 1965), also known by the nickname Piksi, is a Serbian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current head coach of the Serbia national team. Stojkovi\u0107 was a long time captain of the Yugoslavia national team and Red Star Belgrade, and is considered one of the greatest of all-time in Yugoslav and Serbian football.
He was a star player for Yugoslavia at the 1990 (where he was selected for the World Cup All-Star Team) and 1998 FIFA World Cups, serving as captain at the latter.
He is one of only five players to be awarded the "Star of the Red Star" and is widely considered to have never shown his true potential in Europe,[4] as injury prevented him from establishing himself at Marseille over the long term. Despite this, there is consensus among critics that he displayed an extraordinary ability throughout his career in spite of his chronic injuries, his renown being greatest in Japan.
In 2021, he was appointed as coach of the Serbia national team, leading them to qualification for both 2022 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2024.<\/P>","147403B66C8CB5C7":"165","75B83B44A2FCDD1B4FF631FCD2E3CC16":"999","D1BA8203CB065367D63301112214EF98":"0","F52748F924D1E675":"72kg","2F200EF80307E2A90BE724565D2038D0":"2021-3-3","D1BA8203CB0653674BC0BB939FB9C9015E7A5DD213AB87AF":"1","1BB8AF7BD3F66066":"175cm","90579B4DEA63C3E4":"Dragan Stojkovic","3B9127F7BC829326":"1","0E9052569923A91555E1DAF3C456F9CD":"
Player
CLUB<\/U>
Red Star Belgrade
<\/STRONG>Yugoslav First League: 1987–88, 1989–90
Yugoslav Cup: 1989–90
Marseille
<\/STRONG>Division 1: 1990–91
UEFA Champions League: 1992–93
Nagoya Grampus Eight
<\/STRONG>Emperor's Cup: 1995, 1999
Yugoslavia
<\/STRONG>Summer Olympic bronze medalist: 1984
INDIVIDUAL<\/U><\/STRONG>
J. League MVP:<\/STRONG>
1995
J. League Best Eleven:<\/STRONG>
1995, 1996, 1999
Japanese Footballer of the Year:
<\/STRONG>1995
Best Athlete of SD Crvena Zvezda:
<\/STRONG>1987, 1988, 1989
Zvezdina Zvezda:
<\/STRONG>1990
Yugoslav League MVP:
<\/STRONG>1988, 1989
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team:
<\/STRONG>1990
Yugoslav Footballer of the Year:
<\/STRONG>1988, 1989
The Dream Team 110 years of OM:
<\/STRONG>2010
FIFA XI:
<\/STRONG>1991, 1998
J.League 20th Anniversary Team
<\/STRONG>
Manager
CLUB<\/U>
Nagoya Grampus Eight
<\/STRONG>J.League Division 1: 2010
Japanese Super Cup: 2011
INDIVIDUAL<\/U><\/STRONG>
J.League Manager of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2010
Sportsperson of the Year of Nis (2010)
<\/STRONG>
Serbian Coach of the year:
<\/STRONG>2016, 2021<\/P>","8084EC95B881D770":"Serbia","816C8DE73A2D153866B49ADDE8EB04C4":"Serbia","7777CB48C34672EC8F83E174F0B7EFC7":"","e_index":2};