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Full name
  
Predrag Đajić

Place of death
  
Warsaw, Poland

Died
  
1979, Warsaw, Poland

Date of birth
  
(1922-05-01)1 May 1922

Playing position
  
Midfielder

Position
  
Midfielder

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Place of birth
  
Sarajevo, Kingdom of SCS

Date of death
  
13 May 1979(1979-05-13) (aged 57)

Predrag Đajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Ђајић) (1 May 1922 in Sarajevo, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes – 13 May 1979 in Warsaw, Poland) was a notable Bosnian Serb and Yugoslav footballer. He had started his playing career before World War II, and had played in Slavija Sarajevo in the 1930s before coming to SK Jugoslavija Belgrade in 1940.

After the war, he was one of the founders of Red Star Belgrade in 1945, and played for the club until his retirement in 1955. He played 439 games (143 in the Yugoslav First League) and scored 59 goals for the club. He was state champion with Red Star in 1951 and 1953 and he won the national cup in 1948, 1949 and 1950.

He made his debut in Yugoslavia national team in 1949 and was a member of the squad until 1953. He played three games on the World Cup 1950. He was a member of the national team in 17 games.

Parallel to his football career Đajić earned an Economics diploma and later worked in foreign trade. He was stationed in Warsaw when he suffered a heart attack in May 1979 at the age of 57.

References

Predrag Đajić Wikipedia