Goran Pandurović (; born 16 July 1963) is a
Serbia
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n former
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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.
Club career
While playing for
Sloboda Užice
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in the 1980s, Pandurović made over 100 appearances in the
Yugoslav Second League
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. He was later transferred to
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 ...
in the summer of 1989. Over the next three seasons, Pandurović served as a backup to
Fahrudin Omerović
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, as the side won the
1991–92 Yugoslav Cup
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The republics of Croatia and Slovenia declared their indep ...
. He became the club's first-choice goalkeeper in the following
1992–93 season, helping Partizan win the league title. Following
Gordan Petrić
Gordan Petrić (; born 30 July 1969) is a Serbian football manager and former player who is the manager of Serbian SuperLiga club Partizan.
Club career
Petrić made his senior debut with OFK Beograd in the 1985–86 season, as the club suffere ...
's departure in late 1993, Pandurović was named as the team's captain, celebrating
the double at the end of
the season. He made a total of 115 league appearances in six seasons with Partizan, even scoring once. In the summer of 1995, Pandurović moved abroad and signed with French side
Rennes
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. He spent three seasons at the club, before retiring from the game in 1998.
International career
At international level, Pandurović was capped four times for
FR Yugoslavia
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between 1994 and 1995, making his debut in a friendly against
Brazil
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.
Post-playing career
After hanging up his boots, Pandurović joined
Rad
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as an assistant to
Radmilo Ivančević
Radmilo Ivančević ( sr-cyr, Радмило Иванчевић; born 4 September 1950) is a Serbian football manager and former footballer.
Coaching career
Ivančević's career began in 1983 as manager of Serbian amateur club Šumadija Aranđ ...
in June 2004. He subsequently served as a long-term goalkeeping coach for his former club Partizan.
Later on, Pandurović worked as assistant manager to
Aleksandar Stanojević
Aleksandar Stanojević ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Станојевић, ; born 28 October 1973) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player.
Playing career
Stanojević started his playing career in Partizan youth squad. F ...
at
Maccabi Haifa
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and
Beijing BG
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, as well as to
Miroslav Đukić
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He spent 14 years of his professional career in Spain, notably at the service of Deportivo ...
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 ...
and
Sporting Gijón
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.
Honours
;Partizan
*
First League of FR Yugoslavia
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:
1992–93,
1993–94
*
FR Yugoslavia Cup
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:
1991–92,
1993–94
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