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}} Dragan Stojković (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Стојковић, born 3 March 1965 in Niš, Serbia), also known under the nickname Piksi (Пикси) is a Serbian former footballer, and current manager of Guangzhou R&F. Stojković was long time captain of the Yugoslavia national football team and Red Star Belgrade,〔(Piksi ) on Red Star official web site〕 and is considered one of the best players in the history of Yugoslavian and Serbian football. He starred for Yugoslavia at the 1990 FIFA World Cup (where he was named in the World Cup All-Star Team) and 1998 FIFA World Cup where he captained the team. He is one of the five players to be awarded the title Star of the Red Star. He is widely considered to have never shown his true potential in Europe〔() Outside of the Boot: Dragan Stojkovic, one of the Greatest – By Uros Popovic. 17 May 2013〕 as injury prevented him from establishing himself at Marseille over the long term. Despite this, there is consensus among critics that he displayed an extraordinary ability throughout his career in spite of his chronic injuries, being most renowned in Japan.〔() Asian Football Feast: Top 10 Japanese Foreigners: No 1 – Dragan Piksi Stojkovic. December 2012〕〔() The Inside Left: Then and Now: Dragan Stojkovic. By Dominic Bliss〕 Usually a playmaker, Stojković was especially famed for his vision, technique and passing ability. ==Early life== Born to father Dobrivoje and mother Desanka in Niš, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, Stojković took to football very early while growing up in Pasi Poljana community near Niš. He has been nicknamed Piksi after ''Pixie'', one of the characters from the cartoon ''Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks''.〔(Dragan Stojković Piksi ) 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dragan Stojković」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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