Dragoljub Simonović (footballer)

This article is about the Bulgarian footballer. For the Serbian politician, see Dragoljub Simonović (politician).

Dragoljub Simonović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгољуб Симоновић, Bulgarian: Драголюб Симонович, romanized: Dragolyub Simonovich; born 30 October 1972) is a former footballer. Born in Yugoslavia, he represented Bulgaria internationally.

Dragoljub Simonović

Personal information
Date of birth	(1972-10-30) 30 October 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1995	Hajduk Kula	14	(3)
1997–2001	Litex Lovech	55	(24)
2001–2002	CSKA Sofia	1	(0)
International career
1998	Bulgaria	1	(0)
Managerial career
2003–2004	Litex Lovech
2005–2006	Litex Lovech (assistant)
2006–2008	Sliven
2009	Spartak Varna
2009–2010	Sliven
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Simonović began his club career at the local Hajduk Kula, before transferring to Bulgarian Litex Lovech in 1997, where he won the 1998–99 Bulgarian Championship. In 2001, he transferred to CSKA Sofia.

He also played one match for the Bulgaria national team, against Algeria national team in 1998.^[1]

Coaching career

He had been appointed on 16 January 2006 as a manager of OFC Sliven 2000. Simonović won the Bulgarian second division thus qualified the club in top division for 2008–09 season. In January 2009 he became manager of Spartak Varna.