Ivica Dragutinović

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Ivica Dragutinović
Full name	Ivica Dragutinović
Date of birth	November 13, 1975 (1975-11-13) (age 32)
Place of birth	Prijepolje, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Center back, left back
Club information
Current club	Sevilla FC
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-1994 1994–1996 1996–2000 2000–2005 2005–	Prijepolje FK Borac Čačak K.A.A. Gent Standard Liège Sevilla FC	17 (0) 56 (3) 94 (12) 160 (3) 90 (3)
National team²
2000-	Serbia	40 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 August 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 12 December 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Ivica Dragutinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ивица Драгутиновић; born November 13, 1975 in Prijepolje, Serbia, Yugoslavia), sometimes called Drago, is a Serbian footballer. He currently plays for Spanish La Liga side, Sevilla FC.

He began his career at Serbian side FK Borac Čačak before heading to Belgium's Jupiler League to join K.A.A. Gent. He left Ghent but stayed in Belgium, signing for Standard Liège in 2000. He was an overwhelming success at Standard and played over 200 games for them. In the Summer of 2005, many teams attempted to buy him, with Sevilla FC succeeding. Dragutinović is contracted to Sevilla until the Summer of 2008, but on August 2nd, 2007, the Spanish sports paper Marca claimed that he had agreed to join Newcastle United in the English Premier League.

However, on August 7th, 2007, the Serbian defender put pen on a new four year deal with Sevilla FC, staying with the Andalusian club until 2011.^{[citation needed]}

Dragutinović has played 33 games for Serbia and Montenegro and was part of their "Famous Four" defense, which conceded only one goal (Raúl González, Spain) during qualifying for the 2006 World Cup [1]. The other members of the famous four are Goran Gavrančić of Dynamo Kiev, Manchester United's Nemanja Vidić, and Mladen Krstajić of Schalke 04.

He was notably the first one to the aid of Antonio Puerta after a sudden heart attack on the pitch against Getafe CF. He may be accredited to prolonging his life by keeping Puerta from swallowing his own tongue. Unfortunately this was not enough and Puerta later died in hospital.

He also holds a Belgian passport, so he is not included in the three non-EU player quota of La Liga.

As opposed to his full surname, he wears his nickname - 'Drago' - on the reverse of his shirt when playing for his club.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Didier Ernst	Standard Liège Captain 2002-2004	Succeeded by Eric Deflandre

v • d • e Sevilla FC – current squad

1 Palop • 2 J. Navarro • 3 Drago • 5 Duda • 6 Adriano • 7 J. Navas • 8 Poulsen • 10 Luís Fabiano • 11 Renato • 12 Kanouté • 13 De Sanctis • 14 Escudé • 15 Mosquera • 17 D. Capel • 19 Chevantón • 20 de Mul • 22 Koné • 23 Boulahrouz • 25 Maresca • 26 Crespo • 27 Alfaro • 28 Fazio • Coach: Manolo Jiménez

v • d • e Serbia and Montenegro squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Jevrić • 2 Ergić • 3 Dragutinović • 4 Duljaj • 5 Vidić • 6 Gavrančić • 7 Koroman • 8 Kežman • 9 Milošević • 10 Stanković • 11 P. Đorđević • 12 Kovačević • 13 Basta • 14 N. Đorđević • 15 Dudić • 16 D. Petković • 17 Nađ • 18 Vukić • 19 Žigić • 20 Krstajić • 21 Ljuboja • 22 Ilić • 23 Stojković • Coach: I. Petković