Career
He is well known for his performances as a tough-tackling centre-back. Basel Dragović started his career by playing in the youth teams of Austrian giants and started playing for their B-squad in 2007. As of 1 February 2011 Dragović transferred to Football Club Basel in the Swiss Super League.
During Basel"s 2012-2013 season the team missed their Champions League aim.
But in the 2012-2013 Union of European Football Associations Europa League Basel advanced as far as the semifinals, meaning that they played a total of 20 European matches. Dragović missed solely the second leg of the semi-final at Stamford Bridge due to a yellow card suspension, but had played in all the other European ties.
In the domestic championship he played in 32 of the 36 games. He scored three goals in the domestic league this season, all three being against Servette.
Dynamo Kyiv On 26 July 2013, Dragović had signed a 5-year contract with Ukrainian club Football Club Dynamo Kyiv.
On 4 November 2015, Dragović scored his first ever Union of European Football Associations Champions League goal in the group stage against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on the 78th minute, as well as scoring an own goal on the 34th. Dynamo ended up losing that match 2-1. In that season he helped Dynamo reach the 1/8 of the Union of European Football Associations Champions League for the first time in 16 years, getting knocked out by Manchester City 1-3 on aggregate.
Dragović also used to be part of the national under-17 and under-19 Austrian teams.
He was called up for the national team of Austria for their 2010 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup qualification match against Romania, but due to an injury he was unable to play. He was called up again by the Austrian head coach Dietmar Constantini for the match against Serbia.
He made his international debut in this match on 6 June 2009. Dragović scored his first goal on 18 November 2014 in a 1–2 home defeat to Brazil.
Club Basel Swiss Super League: 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013 Swiss Cup: 2012 Dynamo Kyiv Ukrainian Premier League: 2014-2015 Ukrainian Cup: 2013-2014, 2014-2015 Individual.