Goran Gavrilović (; born 16 July 1963) is a Serbian former professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who played as a
goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
.
Playing career
After coming through the youth system at
Partizan Partizan may refer to:
Sport
* JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs:
**AK Partizan, athletics
** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling
** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo
**FK Partizan, association fo ...
, Gavrilović spent five seasons with
Radnički Niš (1983–1988), making 40 appearances in the
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...
. He also appeared once in the
1983–84 UEFA Cup, keeping a clean sheet in a 3–0 home win over
St. Gallen
, neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach
, twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic)
, website ...
.
In the summer of 1988, Gavrilović switched to
Yugoslav Second League
Yugoslav or Yugoslavian may refer to:
* Yugoslavia, or any of the three historic states carrying that name:
** Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a European monarchy which existed 1918–1945 (officially called "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes" 1918–1 ...
side
Proleter Zrenjanin
Fudbalski klub Proleter Zrenjanin () is a football club from the city of Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia.
History
Early period
Soon after World War II, the club almost achieved promotion to the Yugoslav Second League after finishing top of the ...
. He helped them win promotion to the Yugoslav First League in his
second season. During his four-year stay at the club (1988–1992), Gavrilović collected 114 league appearances.
Following the
breakup of Yugoslavia
The breakup of Yugoslavia occurred as a result of a series of political upheavals and conflicts during the early 1990s. After a period of political and economic crisis in the 1980s, constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...
, Gavrilović moved abroad to Turkey and played for
Gençlerbirliği in the
1992–93 1.Lig, making 18 appearances. He subsequently returned to Proleter Zrenjanin and stayed at the club until 1997, except for a brief spell with
Borac Čačak
Borac may refer to:
* FK Borac Banja Luka, a football club from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
** RK Borac Banja Luka, an affiliated team handball club
** OK Borac, an affiliated volleyball club
* FK Borac Čačak, a football club from Čačak ...
in 1995.
Post-playing career
After hanging up his boots, Gavrilović worked as a goalkeeping coach for
Hajduk Beograd and Radnički Zrenjanin.
Career statistics
References
External links
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1963 births
Living people
Footballers from Belgrade
Yugoslav men's footballers
Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers
Serbian men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
FK Partizan players
FK Beograd (Serbia) players
FK Radnički Niš players
FK Proleter Zrenjanin players
Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers
FK Borac Čačak players
Yugoslav First League players
Yugoslav Second League players
Süper Lig players
First League of Serbia and Montenegro players
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Turkey