Mladen Žganjer (born 17 May 1966) is a
Croatian professional
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
coach and former player. He currently serves as a goalkeeping coach for the
Iran national football team under head coach
Dragan Skočić
Dragan Skočić (born 3 September 1968) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player.
Prior to his coaching career, Skočić started his playing career with the local club Rijeka and then abroad when he signed for Las Palmas in ...
.
Career
Born in
Rijeka
Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...
, as a goalkeeper he spent much of his career with
HNK Rijeka
Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football, football club from the city of Rijeka.
HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top ...
, playing in both 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, ...
and
Prva HNL
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. During the
1993-94 Prva HNL season he did not concede a goal for 622 minutes, making him the club's record holder in top tier competitions.
[Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. , pp. 351–2.] Before finishing his career, he played for
SV Spittal
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in Austria, before returning to Croatia, where he played for NK Pomorac Kostrena.
Career statistics
References
1966 births
Living people
Footballers from Rijeka
Men's association football goalkeepers
Yugoslav men's footballers
Croatian men's footballers
HNK Orijent players
HNK Rijeka players
SV Spittal/Drau players
NK Pomorac 1921 players
Yugoslav First League players
Croatian Football League players
2. Liga (Austria) players
Croatian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
HNK Rijeka non-playing staff
Association football goalkeeping coaches
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