Radovan Vujanović (born 18 February 1982) is an Austrian-Serbian former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Vujanović was born in Aranđelovac, then Yugoslavia. He began his football career at his home town club

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before moving to Vienna. There he played for the amateur team of Rapid Wien, then

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and DSV Fortuna 05, before he joined

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in January 2004, playing 14 matches in the third-tier Regionalliga Ost. His 19 goals for the club aroused interest from German third-tier side

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who signed Vujanović in January 2005. With his new club he won promotion to the

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and played four matches in Germany's professional second-tier league before joining Regionalliga Süd side

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in January 2006. Despite scoring three goals in eleven matches, Vujanović moved on in the summer 2006, joining

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in the Regionalliga Nord. After initial difficulties he established himself as a regular, scoring 22 goals in 60 matches. After his Emden contract ran out, Vujanović joined

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at the beginning of the 2007–08 season. He became a first team regular and was the only player to appear in all 34 matches in that season, also becoming the club's top scorer with 20 goals. For the 2009–10 season, Vujanović was made captain. When Magdeburg missed out on promotion to the

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, Vujanović dissolved his contract and joined Hansa Rostock for the 2010–11 season. He signed for

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on loan in August 2011.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vujanovic, Radovan Living people 1982 births Sportspeople from Aranđelovac Austrian people of Serbian descent Austrian men's footballers Serbian men's footballers Men's association football forwards 2. Liga (Austria) players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Favoritner AC players SC Paderborn 07 players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players Kickers Emden players 1. FC Magdeburg players FC Hansa Rostock players SC Preußen Münster players LASK players SV Horn players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Austrian expatriate men's footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Serbian expatriate men's footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Germany