Dragan Holcer

Yugoslav footballer (1945–2015)

Dragan Holcer (19 January 1945 – 23 September 2015) was a Croatian football defender. He played for FK Radnički Niš, HNK Hajduk Split, VfB Stuttgart, FC Schalke 04 and the Yugoslavia national team.

Dragan Holcer
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-01-19)19 January 1945
Place of birth Zwiesel (Berggießhübel), Nazi Germany
Date of death 23 September 2015(2015-09-23) (aged 70)
Place of death Split, Croatia
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1967 Radnički Niš 96 (8)
1967–1975 Hajduk Split 215 (0)
1975–1981 VfB Stuttgart 179 (2)
1981–1982 Schalke 04 12 (0)
Total 502 (10)
National team
1965–1974 Yugoslavia 52 (0)
Honours
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1968 Italy Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Holcer was born in a Nazi prison camp in Zwiesel, Bavaria, Germany. His mother was Austrian-Italian and his father was Slovenian.

Holcer died on 23 September 2015 in Split, aged 70.[1]

References change

  1. "Nakon teške bolesti preminuo Dragan Holcer > Slobodna Dalmacija > Hajduk". slobodnadalmacija.hr (in Croatian). 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.