Dragan Mutibarić


Dragan Mutibarić is a former Serbian football player.

Career

Born in Sombor, SR Serbia, Mutibarić begin his career in 1960 in FK Bečej and afterwards, as a perspective goalkeeper, he signed for lower league FK Srem. It was in this period, more precisely in 1964, that he begin playing for the Yugoslav U-21 team with whom he won the 1968 UEFA European U23 Cup.
In 1966, he moved to Skopje and signed with FK Vardar playing back then in the Yugoslav First League. He stayed there nine straight seasons playing a total of 239 league matches. In 1975, he moved to Germany and played one season with FC Schalke 04 in the German Bundesliga. Next season he played with another German club, BSV 07 Schwenningen, before returning in 1977 to sign with FK Trepča who was playing their first historical season in the top Yugoslav League. That season, the club ended up relegated and after playing another season this time in the Second League he left the club and returned to FK Vardar where he played five further seasons. In 1984, he signed with FK Teteks where he played until 1988 before signing with lower league FK Makedonija Skopje where, despite his already advanced age, he made a record of having 1,084 minutes without conceding a goal. He finished his career at age of 49 playing for FK Mikrogranulat in Gostivar playing in Vardar Regional League.
Mutibarić played ten matches for the Yugoslav national team. He debuted on 26 February 1969 in a friendly match against Sweden in 1969.
He played over 600 matches for Vardar, and is considered one of the Macedonian football legends by the Football Federation of Macedonia.