Goran "Goca" Jurić (born 5 February 1963) is a Croatian former professional

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who played as a defender. During his career, he played for Velež Mostar,

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

Celta Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta de Vigo or simply Celta, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues) ...

, Croatia Zagreb,

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, and

NK Zagreb Nogometni klub Zagreb (''Zagreb Football Club''), commonly known as NK Zagreb or simply Zagreb (), is a Croatian amateur football club based in the Croatian capital city of Zagreb. It currently competes in the fifth tier league competition of ...

. He earned 4 caps for the

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in 1988, and 16 caps for the

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International career

He made his debut for

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

in a September 1988

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away against

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. After the break-up of the country, he started to represent

Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...

, playing his first game for them in April 1997. He was a non-playing member of the squad for the

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, where Croatia finished third. His final international was an October 1999 European Championship qualification match against

Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

Career statistics

Club

International

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Honours

Club

Velež Mostar *

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

: 1985–86 Red Star Belgrade *

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, ...

: 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91 *

: 1989–90 *

European Cup The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

: 1990-91 Celta de Vigo *

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: 1991–92 Dinamo Zagreb *

Croatian First League The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva ...

: 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000 *

Croatian Cup Croatian Cup may refer to: *Croatian Football Cup *Croatian Football Super Cup * Croatian Women's Football Cup *Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup *Croatian Handball Cup *Croatian Water Polo Cup *Croatian Minute Movie Cup ...

: 1996–97, 1997–98

Individual

Croatia *

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Third place:

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

Orders

Ribbon of an Order of the Croatian Wattle

Order of the Croatian Interlace The Order of the Croatian Interlace or Order of the Early Croatian three-strand pattern ( hr, Red hrvatskog pletera) is the seventeenth most important medal given by the Republic of Croatia. The order was founded on 1 April 1995. The medal is aw ...

- 1998

References

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Goran Jurić profile
at Reprezentacija.rs {{DEFAULTSORT:Juric, Goran 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Mostar Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Croatia Association football defenders Yugoslav footballers Yugoslavia international footballers Croatian footballers Croatia international footballers Dual internationalists (football) 1998 FIFA World Cup players FK Velež Mostar players Red Star Belgrade footballers RC Celta de Vigo players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players NK Zagreb players Yokohama F. Marinos players Yugoslav First League players La Liga players Croatian Football League players J1 League players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Japan Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Japan