Goran Pandurović (; born 16 July 1963) is a

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n former

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who played as a

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Club career

While playing for

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in the 1980s, Pandurović made over 100 appearances in the

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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 Fahrudin Omerović ( born 26 August 1961) is a Bosnian former Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He serves assistant coach at Fenerbahçe S.K., Fenerbahçe. In Turkey, Omerović became kn ...

, as the side won the

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. 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

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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

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between 1994 and 1995, making his debut in a friendly against

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Post-playing career

After hanging up his boots, Pandurović joined

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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 ...

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...

and

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, as well as to

Miroslav Đukić Miroslav Đukić ( sr-cyr, Мирослав Ђукић, ; born 19 February 1966) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a sweeper, and a manager. He spent 14 years of his professional career in Spain, notably at the service of Deportivo ...

and

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Honours

;Partizan *

First League of FR Yugoslavia The First League of Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Прва савезна лига / Prva savezna liga) was the top football league of Serbia and Montenegro, before the country's dissolution in 2006. The league was formed following the breakup of Yu ...

: 1992–93, 1993–94 *

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: 1991–92, 1993–94

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