Dragan Okuka

Dragomir "Dragan" Okuka (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгомир Драган Окука; born 2 April 1954) is a Serbian football coach and former player.

Dragan Okuka
Personal information
Full name Dragomir Okuka
Date of birth (1954-04-02) 2 April 1954
Place of birth Porija, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1974 Velež Nevesinje
1974–1985 Velež Mostar 214 (34)
1977–1978Leotar (loan) 33 (4)
1985–1987 Örebro SK 64 (8)
1987–1989 Motala AIF 58 (11)
International career
1978–1979 Yugoslavia U21 4 (1)
1981–1982 Yugoslavia U23 5 (0)
Managerial career
1995–1996 Bečej
1996–1997 Čukarički
1997–1998 Obilić
1999–2000 Budućnost Podgorica
2000 Vojvodina
2000–2003 Legia Warsaw
2005–2006 Serbia and Montenegro U21
2006 Wisła Kraków
2007 Omonia
2008–2010 Lokomotiv Sofia
2010 Kavala
2011–2013 Jiangsu Sainty
2014 Changchun Yatai
2016 Tianjin Teda
2018 Vojvodina
2019 Kunshan
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Mediterranean Games
1979 SplitTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

As a player, he was predominantly associated with his time with Velež Mostar where he won the 1981 Yugoslav Cup before joining Swedish club Örebro SK, the place his son, professional footballer Dražen, was born before ending his career soon after.

Starting his management career with FK Bečej, Okuka would win his first coaching honours with FK Obilić when he won the 1997–98 Yugoslav league title with them. Since then he has achieved success with Polish club Legia Warsaw and managed the Serbia and Montenegro under-21 team to a fourth-place finish at the 2006 European Under-21 Championship. He has also managed several other clubs.

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