| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dušan Savić | ||
| Date of birth | (1955-06-01)1 June 1955 (age 70) | ||
| Place of birth | Ub,PR Serbia,FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1982 | Red Star Belgrade | 202 | (120) |
| 1982–1983 | Sporting Gijón | 13 | (3) |
| 1983–1985 | Lille | 70 | (25) |
| 1985–1989 | Cannes | 103 | (38) |
| Total | 388 | (186) | |
| International career | |||
| 1975–1982 | Yugoslavia | 12 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dušan "Dule" Savić (Serbian Cyrillic:Душан "Дуле" Савић; born 1 June 1955) is a retired Serbianfootballer.
Savić started playing football in the local sideJedinstvo Ub in his hometown. He arrived for a tryout at Red Star's Marakana Stadium on 21 March 1972, and was promptly included in the club's youth system. Two years later in 1974, he became a first team player. He quickly grew into a feared striker and a fan favourite. He ended up playing more than 400 official matches for Red Star Belgrade.
After leaving Red Star halfway through the 1982–83 season, Savić had a six-month stint in La Liga withSporting de Gijón where he was brought by countrymanVujadin Boškov who was the head coach at theAsturian club. Savić then spent six seasons in French Ligue 1: two withLille OSC, and four withAS Cannes.
At still only 19, he made his national team debut for Yugoslavia in a May 1975friendly match against theNetherlands. He would earn a total of 12 caps (4 goals) and won his final one in an October 1982 defeat away againstNorway.[1]
Savić performed the role of Red Star's sporting director from 1998 until 2005 under club presidentDragan Džajić.
Savić is married to TV journalist Marina Rajević who hosted a popular one-on-one talk-showDok anđeli spavaju onRTS' third channel and later onBKTV.
They have two sons: Uroš andVujadin and a daughter named Teodora. Vujadin was also a professional football player.
In addition to being a Red Star former great, fondly remembered by football fans across Serbia, Savić unexpectedly grew into somewhat of apop-culture hero during the late 1990s. Several things contributed to this.
The 1998 movieThe Wounds directed bySrđan Dragojević, features a scene with two main characters chanting "Duuuule Savić" during sexual intercourse with aprostitute. The chant is delivered in fashion similar to the way neighbourhood kids exclaim their favourite player's name after scoring a goal on the playground. Also, name Dule Savić is yelled out by disabled soldier in Dragojević's 1996 moviePretty Village, Pretty Flame when he tries to kick papaya thrown to him by couple of junkies.
Then in 1996,rock bandPrljavi Inspektor Blaža i Kljunovi released a track titled "Dule Savić" that is playing on the new meaning of "Dule Savić" with sexual connotations introduced byThe Wounds movie.
Finally, in the 2000 comedyMunje! byRadivoj Andrić, Savić plays himself asdeus ex machina of sorts in a scene featuring the main characters being stranded with a broken down vehicle in the middle of the night. Just as they are discussing Savić's famous1979UEFA Cup 3rd round goal vs.Arsenal F.C. atHighbury, he suddenly appears out of nowhere in hisoldtimer, dispenses some random life advice, and rides off into the night.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Red Star Belgrade | 1973–74 | 9 | 6 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 9 | 6 |
| 1974–75 | 30 | 20 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 30 | 20 | |
| 1975–76 | 19 | 9 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 19 | 9 | |
| 1976–77 | 25 | 15 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 25 | 15 | |
| 1977–78 | 16 | 6 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 16 | 6 | |
| 1978–79 | 30 | 24 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 30 | 24 | |
| 1979–80 | 28 | 11 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 28 | 11 | |
| 1980–81 | Mandatoryarmy service | ||||||||
| 1981–82 | 30 | 16 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 30 | 16 | |
| 1982–83 | 15 | 13 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 15 | 13 | |
| Total | 202 | 120 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 202 | 120 | |