Goran Bunjevčević

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Personal information
Goran Bunjevčević
Full name	Goran Bunjevčević
Date of birth	February 17, 1973
Place of birth	Karlovac, Yugoslavia
Height	6'1 (185cm)
Position	Defender
Club information
Current club	ADO Den Haag
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1993-1997 1997-2001 2001-2006 2006-	Rad Belgrade Red Star Belgrade Tottenham Hotspur ADO Den Haag	100 (6) 125 (16) 51 (0) 14 (1)
National team**
1998–2003	Serbia and Montenegro	16 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 10, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of May 10, 2006.

Goran Bunjevčević (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Буњевчевић) (born February 17, 1973 in Karlovac, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a professional Serbian football (soccer) player who plays as a defender. He currently plays for ADO Den Haag having been released by Tottenham Hotspur in May 2006.

Bunjevčević started his career at Rad and Red Star Belgrade, the latter for which he won League and League Cup trophies. The Serbia and Montenegro international suffered badly with injuries in his first season at Tottenham, sustaining a fractured cheekbone early in his career against Chelsea.

Bunjevčević's second season was relatively injury-free and Glenn Hoddle picked Goran in a number of positions in the first team - central defence, left-back, left wing-back and as the midfield anchor man.

Since Hoddle's departure in 2003, the player has found first team games hard to come by. His ability at Premiership level was widely questioned by Tottenham Hotspur fans, and once the new coach Martin Jol arrived Bunjevčević completely fell out of the first team picture. He had, though become a regular in Tottenham's reserve side, and provided experience and a calmed style for emerging younger players to learn from. He was released on May 26, 2006 after five years at White Hart Lane and joined Dutch outfit ADO Den Haag.