Vedran Runje

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Personal information
Vedran Runje

Date of birth	February 10, 1976 (1976-02-10) (age 32)
Place of birth	Sinj, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Lens
Number	1
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996–1998 1998–2001 2001–2004 2004–2006 2006–2007 2007–	Hajduk Split Standard Liège Olympique Marseille Standard Liège Besiktas JK RC Lens	23 (0) 96 (0) 92 (0) 68 (0) 32 (0) 27 (0)
National team²
2006–	Croatia	4 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 September 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 16 October 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Vedran Runje (born 10 February 1976 in Sinj), is a Croatian football goalkeeper who currently plays for RC Lens.

Vedran Runje began his career at Hajduk Split back in 1996. Between 1998 and 2001 he played for Standard de Liège before he went to Olympique de Marseille. In France, he had two great years, but during the third season he lost his place to Fabien Barthez and returned to Belgium to play for Standard de Liège, again. Vedran Runje had won the best goalkeeper in Belgium award three times (in the 1998-1999, 2000-2001, and 2005-2006 seasons), before coming to Turkey to play for Beşiktaş J.K. in 2006. In 2007 he left Beşiktaş to join RC Lens.

Runje is married to his first love Tihana she is also known as the Victoria Beckham of Croatia , together they have a son Roko. Vedran's little brother is also a professional goalkeeper and played for Hajduk Split & AA Gent.

On November 15th 2006, he made his debut for the Croatian national football team against Israel. Croatia won 4-3.

Preceded by Ronny Gaspercic	Belgian Goalkeeper of the Year 1999	Succeeded by Filip De Wilde
Preceded by Filip De Wilde	Belgian Goalkeeper of the Year 2001	Succeeded by Franky Vandendriessche
Preceded by Silvio Proto	Belgian Goalkeeper of the Year 2006	Succeeded by Daniel Zítka

[edit] External links

Besiktas JK Official Site Player Profile

v • d • e Croatia squad - UEFA Euro 2008

1 Pletikosa • 2 Šimić • 3 Šimunić • 4 Robert Kovač • 5 Ćorluka • 6 Vejić • 7 Rakitić • 8 Vukojević • 9 Kalinić • 10 Niko Kovač • 11 Srna • 12 Galinović • 13 Pokrivac • 14 Modrić • 15 Knežević • 16 Leko • 17 Klasnić • 18 Olić • 19 Kranjčar • 20 Budan • 21 Petrić • 22 Pranjić • 23 Runje • Coach: Bilić

v • d • e RC Lens – current squad

1 Runje • 2 Ramos • 3 Hilton • 4 Coulibaly • 5 Diane • 6 Mangane • 7 Boukari • 8 Maoulida • 10 Carrière • 11 Belhadj • 14 Monnet-Paquet • 15 Laurenti • 16 Le Crom • 18 Monterrubio • 20 Hermach • 21 Yaya Keita • 22 Lacourt • 23 Kovačević • 25 Biševac • 26 Demont • 27 Dindane • 28 Sablé • 40 Brocard • 41 Pollet • Coach: Wallemme