Dragan Okuka
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Dragomir "Dragan" Okuka (Serbian Cyrillic: Дpaгoмиp Окука Дpaгaн) (born April 2, 1954 in Porija
Porija
Porija is a village in the municipality of Kalinovik, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Kalinovik
Kalinovik
Kalinovik is a town and municipality in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Kalinovik is located about 40 kilometres south of Sarajevo, in the middle of one of the karstic landscapes characteristic of the region...

, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

) is a Serbian
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

 football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 manager and former player.

On 10 May 2011, Chinese Super League
Chinese Super League
The Chinese Football Association Super League , commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the Pirelli Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional association football in China, operating under the auspices of the...

 club Jiangsu Sainty
Jiangsu Sainty
Jiangsu Sainty F.C. is a Chinese professional football club based in Nanjing, China that currently participates in the Chinese Super League. Home matches are played at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center...

 signed Okuka as new head coach of the team.

His son Dražen
Dražen Okuka
Dražen Okuka is a Serbian football player who currently plays for Kaposvári Rákóczi FC.His father Dragan was also a professional footballer and is now a coach.-References:* *...

 is also a professional footballer.

Honours

  • FK Obilić
    FK Obilic
    Fudbalski klub Obilić is a football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. Named after legendary Serbian medieval hero Miloš Obilić, the club currently competes in the Druga beogradska liga - grupa Dunav .The club's stadium is also named accordingly; to venerate the Serbian knight it is called the...

     - won the Yugoslav Championship with the formation 3-5-2.
  • Legia Warsaw  - won the Polish Championship with the formation 3-4-1-2.
  • Serbia U21
    Serbia national under-21 football team
    The Serbia national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Serbia and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia....

     play with the formation 4-4-2
  • Wisła Kraków  - play with the formation 4-4-2.
  • AC Omonia
    AC Omonia
    Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953...

     - play with formation 4-2-3-1


Okuka holds a BA in Law
Bachelor of Laws
The Bachelor of Laws is an undergraduate, or bachelor, degree in law originating in England and offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree...

 from the University of Mostar
University of Mostar
The University of Mostar is the only Croatian language university in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Roots of University of Mostar date back to 1895 when the Franciscan theological school was established. In 1950 Higher teacher-training school started with its work in Mostar...

. In 2011, he was voted coach of the year in China.

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