Dragan Holcer

Dragan Holcer (19 January 1945 – 23 September 2015) was a Croatian football defender. He played for FK Radnički Niš, HNK Hajduk Split, VfB Stuttgart, FC Schalke 04 and the Yugoslavia national team.

Dragan Holcer

Personal information
Date of birth	(1945-01-19)19 January 1945
Place of birth	Zwiesel (Berggießhübel), Nazi Germany
Date of death	23 September 2015(2015-09-23) (aged 70)
Place of death	Split, Croatia
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1967	Radnički Niš	96	(8)
1967–1975	Hajduk Split	215	(0)
1975–1981	VfB Stuttgart	179	(2)
1981–1982	Schalke 04	12	(0)
Total		502	(10)
National team
1965–1974	Yugoslavia	52	(0)
Honours Men's Football Representing  Yugoslavia European Championship 1968 Italy Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Holcer was born in a Nazi prison camp in Zwiesel, Bavaria, Germany. His mother was Austrian-Italian and his father was Slovenian.

Holcer died on 23 September 2015 in Split, aged 70.^[1]