Dragoje LekoviÃÂ (, ; born 21 November 1967) is a retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Lekoviàwas born in Sivac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. He mostly played for Yugoslav First League club FK BuduÃÂnost Titograd and also spent one season with the well known club, Red Star Belgrade. Lekoviàplayed in 17 of 30 matches in the 1991âÂÂ92 Yugoslav First League and also started both legs of the 1991âÂÂ92 Yugoslav Cup finals, losing out to FK Partizan.
After 18 months with modest club FK Mogren and a brief comeback spell at BuduÃÂnost, LekoviÃÂ joined Kilmarnock in Scotland in fall 1994, where he was the first choice goalkeeper during his spell and was part of the squad that won the 1997 Scottish Cup versus Falkirk at Ibrox Stadium. with the only goal of the game scored in the 20th minute by Paul Wright.
In January 1998, Lekoviàstarted an unassuming stint in Spain, where he experienced relegation from La Liga and promotion from the Second Division respectively with Sporting de Gijón and Málaga CF but was only second-choice goalkeeper at both clubs. Lekoviàclosed out his career at the age of 36 after playing for AEK Larnaca.
Lekoviàgained 14 caps for Yugoslavia with his debut on 27 April 1988 resulting in a 2âÂÂ0 friendly defeat to Republic of Ireland.
Lekovic was in the country's final roster for two FIFA World Cups: 1990 and 1998 but did not see a single minute of action at either tournament as he was the third choice goalkeeper. He was also called to UEFA Euro 1992, but the nation would be suspended due to the Yugoslav Wars.
Previously, LekoviÃÂ was a member of the highly talented Yugoslavia under-20 team that won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile, playing all the games in the tournament.