Jurica Vranješ

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Personal information
Jurica Vranješ
Full name	Jurica Vranješ
Date of birth	31 January 1980
Place of birth	Osijek, Croatia
Height	184cm
Position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	Werder Bremen
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1997-00 2000-03 2003-05 2005-	NK Osijek Bayer Leverkusen VfB Stuttgart Werder Bremen	54 (10) 46 (0) 39 (0) 32 (2)
National team**
1999-	Croatia	24 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 October 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 22 June 2006.

Jurica Vranješ [ˈjuritsa ˈʋraɲɛʃ] (born January 30, 1980) is a Croatian football midfielder. He currently (as of 2006) plays for Werder Bremen in the German Bundesliga.

Vranješ was born in Osijek, Croatia (then SFR Yugoslavia). He played for NK Osijek between 1997 and 1999. He then moved to Bayer Leverkusen where he played three seasons until moving to VfB Stuttgart in 2003 and finally to Bremen in 2005.

Vranješ was part of the Croatian national team in 2002 FIFA World Cup where he played in two games. He also played in the Croatian team at the 1998 Under-18 European Championship when they won the third place.

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Profile on JadranSport.org (English)

	Croatia squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Pletikosa \| 2 Šerić \| 3 Šimunić \| 4 Tomas \| 5 Rapaić \| 6 Živković \| 7 Vugrinec \| 8 Prosinečki \| 9 Šuker \| 10 N. Kovač \| 11 Bokšić \| 12 Butina \| 13 Stanić \| 14 Soldo \| 15 Šarić \| 16 Vranješ \| 17 Jarni \| 18 Olić \| 19 Vlaović \| 20 Šimić \| 21 R. Kovač \| 22 Balaban \| 23 Vasilj \| Coach: Jozić

	Croatia squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Pletikosa \| 2 Srna \| 3 Šimunić \| 4 R. Kovač \| 5 Tudor \| 6 Vranješ \| 7 Šimić \| 8 Babić \| 9 Pršo \| 10 N. Kovač \| 11 Tokić \| 12 Didulica \| 13 Tomas \| 14 Modrić \| 15 I. Leko \| 16 J. Leko \| 17 Klasnić \| 18 Olić \| 19 N. Kranjčar \| 20 Šerić \| 21 Balaban \| 22 Bošnjak \| 23 Butina \| Coach: Z. Kranjčar

SV Werder Bremen - Current Squad
1 Reinke \| 3 Pasanen \| 4 Naldo \| 5 Wome \| 6 Baumann \| 7 Vranješ \| 8 Fritz \| 9 Zidan \| 10 Diego \| 11 Klose \| 14 Hunt \| 15 Owomoyela \| 16 Andreasen \| 17 Klasnić \| 18 Wiese \| 19 Polenz \| 20 D. Jensen \| 22 Frings \| 23 Almeida \| 24 Borowski \| 26 Mohr \| 27 Schultz \| 29 Mertesacker \| 30 K. Jensen \| 32 Schachten \| 33 Vander \| 34 Harnik \| 35 Mosquera \| 37 Rockenbach \| 38 Bischoff