Slobodan Drapić

Slobodan Drapić was born in 1965 in Novi Sad

Drapić was born on 28 February 1965 in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, and grew up there. He played for 2 years for the local club in Novi Sad. He received Israeli citizenship through his Jewish maternal grandmother.

In 1988 he moved to Israel and joined Maccabi Netanya. He also played for Maccabi Jaffa and Hakoah Ramat Gan before returning to Netanya. On 23 November 1988 he played his only game for the Israel national team, a friendly against Romania. He ended his playing career at Beitar Tubruk.

In 1999 he became assistant coach at Maccabi Netanya, and from 2003 he assisted Ronny Levy at Maccabi Haifa. He later coached Hapoel Kfar Saba, Maccabi Herzliya and, from 2010, Bnei Sakhnin. In 2012 he became assistant to Avram Grant at Partizan Belgrade.

From 2013 he worked with assistant Shai Barda. He coached Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla, then Beitar Jerusalem, which finished third in 2015/16. At Maccabi Netanya he won promotion to the Premier League in 2017 and reached the 2019 State Cup final.

He later coached Beitar Jerusalem again, Ironi Kiryat Shmona, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Bnei Sakhnin and, in 2025, Maccabi Bnei Reineh. He is married to Anita, and they have 4 children.