Rade Paprica

Rade Paprica
Personal information
Full nameRade Paprica
Date of birth29 November 1956
Place of birthFoča, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing positionForward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–1977Sutjeska Foča
1977–1984Željezničar Sarajevo164(50)
1984–1986PAOK39(7)
1986Željezničar Sarajevo17(9)
1986–1987Beşiktaş19(3)
1987–1988Apollon Kalamarias25(6)
1988–1991APOP Paphos
Total264(75)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Rade Paprica (born 29 November 1956) is a Bosnian Serb former professional footballer who played in the former Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey.

Career

Born in Foča, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, Paprica started playing at local FK Sutjeska Foča.[1] From 1977 to 1984 he played for FK Željezničar Sarajevo.

Paprica played for Greek side PAOK Thessaloniki from 1984 to 1986.[2] He was one of the key players when PAOK FC last won the Greek championship in 1985.[3]

He also played for Beşiktaş J.K. for a year, Apollon Kalamarias F.C. the next year, and went to Cyprus to play for APOP Paphos for three years (1988–1991).

After retiring from playing football in 1992, Paprica moved to Thessaloniki where he worked as a coach in PAOK's youth team.[3]

References

  1. History at club website.
  2. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander. "Foreign players in Greece since 1959". RSSSF.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kouventidis, Giorgos (29 February 2008). Ράντε Πάπριτσα Το κουβάρι των αναμνήσεων (in Greek). Makthes.gr.

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