Jurica Vranješ

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Jurica Vranješ
Personal information
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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Croatia Croatia squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Croatia

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 Croatia squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Croatia

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