Goran Gavrančić

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Goran Gavrančić
Personal information
Full name Goran Gavrančić
Date of birth August 2, 1978 (1978-08-02) (age 29)
Place of birth    Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club PAOK Thessaloniki FC
Youth clubs
Red Star Belgrade
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1998-2001
2001-2008
2008-		 FK Čukarički
Dynamo Kyiv
→ PAOK Thessaloniki FC (loan)		 76 (1)
135(22)
7 (0)   
National team2
2002- Serbia 28 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 24 June 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 21 June 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Goran Gavrančić (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Гавранчић; born August 2, 1978 in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia), is a Serbian footballer. He is currently playing for PAOK Thessaloniki FC in the Greek Super League.

His career began at FK Čukarički Stankom, having played for Red Star Belgrade as a youth. His performances at Čukarički caught the eye of Dynamo Kyiv manager Valeri Lobanovsky and the Ukrainian club purchased him in 2002.

Gavrančić is part of the Serbia and Montenegro national team's "Famous Four" defence, which conceded just one goal during qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, which was their first World Cup appearance under that name (the same country had been in the second round of the 1998 World Cup, then known as FR Yugoslavia). The other members of the famous four are Ivica Dragutinović of Sevilla, Manchester United's Nemanja Vidić, and Mladen Krstajić of Schalke 04.

On January 30 2008 he signed a six month loan deal with PAOK Thessaloniki FC.

[edit] Links

  • [1] Goran's personal website (Serbian, Russian, English)
  • [2] PAOK FC announces loaning Goran Gavrančić for six months (English)
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Serbia and Montenegro squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Jevrić • 2 Ergić • 3 Dragutinović • 4 Duljaj • 5 Vidić • 6 Gavrančić • 7 Koroman • 8 Kežman • 9 Milošević • 10 Stanković • 11 P. Đorđević • 12 Kovačević • 13 Basta • 14 N. Đorđević • 15 Dudić • 16 D. Petković • 17 Nađ • 18 Vukić • 19 Žigić • 20 Krstajić • 21 Ljuboja • 22 Ilić • 23 Stojković • Coach: I. Petković
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PAOK F.C. – current squad

2 Arabatzis • 3 Konstantinidis • 5 Melissis • 6 Balafas • 7 Conceicao • 8 Iliadis • 10 Christodoulopoulos • 13 Malezas • 14 Iliev • 18 Vangelis • 22 Veron • 23 Lakis • 26 Delibasis • 27 Sznaucner • 28 Athanasiadis • 30 Gavrancic • 40 Kyriakidis • 44 Knol • 77 Glykos • 88 Pechlivanis •  Chalkias •  Ivic •  Georgiou •

Coach: Santos
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