Dragan Stojković

Dragan Stojkovic (born 3 March 1965 in Nis, Yugoslavia) is a former Serbian star footballer.

A 175cm 73kg midfielder and occasional forward, 'Pixy' began his professional playing career with Yugoslav First League side Radnicki Nis in 1981-82 when he made one first-team appearance. The next four seasons Stojkovic appeared in 69 matches for Nis and scored 8 times. He spend the next five(?) seasons at Red Star Belgrade scoring 48 times in 120(?) appearances. The side won the European Cup (the equivalent of today's Champions League) in 1991.

Pixy also played a season with Verona and two(?) seasons with Olympique de Marseille. The losers to Red Star in 1991, Olympique with Pixy in the squad won the European Cup in 1993.

In the spring of 1994 Stojkovic signed with Japanese J-League team Nagoya Grampus Eight, managed by Arsène Wenger and featuring Gary Lineker. Pixy spent seven seasons with the Grampus Eight, retiring as a player in 2001. He played 183 matches for the club, scoring 57 times. He was named J-League MVP for the 1995 season.

Playing for the Yugoslavia national football team, Pixy made 84 career appearances and scoring 15 times. Upon retiring, he became manager of the national team.

Stojkovic is curently president of the Serbia and Montenegro national football team.