Ranko Borozan

Ranko Borozan
Personal information
Date of birth25 July 1933
Place of birthMostar, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1950–1954Velež Mostar70(10)
1954–1957Partizan43(3)
1957–1959Red Star Belgrade27(0)
1960OFK Beograd9(2)
1962–1963Jedinstvo Zemun1(0)
National team
Yugoslavia U-217(0)
Yugoslavia B1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).


Ranko Borozan (born 25 July 1933) is a former Bosnian footballer.

Born in Mostar,[1] he played as a defender in the Yugoslav First League for FK Velež Mostar, FK Partizan, Red Star Belgrade and OFK Belgrade during the 1950s.[2] He played as well with Jedinstvo Zemun in the season 1962–63.[3]

He played for Partizan a total of 43 league matches having scored 3 goals between 1954 and 1957.[4] He played for Red Star a total of 22 league matches between 1957 and 1960.[5] He played half season for OFK Belgrade, in 1959-60 having played 9 matches and scored twice.[6]

He played with Partizan against Sporting CP in the kick-off match of the European competitions, held in Belgrade on September 3, 1955 for the Champions Cup.[7]

With FK Partizan Borozan won 2 Yugoslav Cups (1954, 1957), with Red Star Belgrade he won 2 Yugoslav Championships (1959, 1960), 2 Yugoslav Cups (1958, 1959) and Danube Cup (1958).

He played seven matched for the Yugoslavia U-21 team, and played once for Yugoslav B national team.[1]

He later played with Red Star Belgrade, and during the winter break of the 1959–60 season, he moved to OFK Belgrade. His career was interrupted then due to an injury, and despite joining FK Jedinsvo Zemun two years later, he will never really retake his career again.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Book: "Rođeni - Prvoligaške generacije 1952 - 1991" by Zoran Mrđenović, pag. 26 (Serbian)
  2. Profile at ZeroZero.
  3. Pola veka fudbalskog kluba Zemun pag. 42
  4. Partizan players stats at clubs official website.
  5. 1946-1991 Red Star league squads and stats at forum site.
  6. OFK Belgrade historical stats at clubs unofficial website.
  7. Partizan made history playing first ever CC game at clubs official website.