Xhevat Prekazi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Xhevat Prekazi | ||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Kosovska Mitrovica, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left wing | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1970–1975 | Trepča K. Mitrovica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1984 | Partizan Belgrade | 151 | (20) |
| 1984–1985 | Hajduk Split | 20 | (3) |
| 1985–1991 | Galatasaray | 169 | (41) |
| 1992 | Altay Izmir | 8 | (1) |
| 1992–1993 | Bakirköyspor | 7 | (1) |
| 1993–1994 | Trudbenik | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2001–2002 | Železnik | ||
| 2006– | OFK Beograd (youth team) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Xhevat Prekazi (born 18 August 1957) is a football manager and former player of Kosovar Albanian descent. He holds both Serbian and Turkish citizenship.
He is generally considered one of the best players to have worn the jersey of the Turkish club Galatasaray. Prekazi was instrumental in building up the Galatasaray team to a point where it became the strongest Turkish league team and a major force in European football. His typical "banana crossings" from left-line into the penalty box always created danger for opponent defence. He is renowned for his brilliant technique, dribbling, long shots and crosses.
He became a Turkish citizen as Cevad Prekazi in his late career. In Serbia, he is referred to as Dževad Prekazi. His older brother Luan also played for Partizan.
Xhevat Prekazi started playing at "Remont" football club in Kosovska Mitrovica, he also spent a short time at Trepča`s junior team before he started his professional career at Partizan Belgrade in 1976, where he was seen as a player with great potential. During this period, he won two Yugoslav Championships in the seasons 1977-78 and 1982-83. With Partizan he also won Mitropa cup (1978). Prekazi spent almost ten years in Partizan, and moved to Hajduk Split after a dispute with the management of the team. Prekazi was a part of Hajduk team that played in the semifinals of the UEFA Cup against Tottenham Hotspur.
After spending a year in Split, Prekazi moved to the United States where he played indoor soccer for six months under the name Jeff Prekazi with Baltimore Blast where other Serbian players such as Srboljub Stamenković and Rešad Kunovac already played.
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