Ranko Borozan (25 July 1933 – 2 April 2020) was a Yugoslav

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Club career

Born in

Mostar Mostar (, ; sr-Cyrl, Мостар, ) is a city and the administrative center of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina. Mostar is sit ...

, he played as a defender in 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, ...

for

FK Velež Mostar Fudbalski klub Velež Mostar ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Beлеж Мостар; English: Football club Velež Mostar) is a professional football club based in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club has a history of being one of the ...

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...

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 ...

and

OFK Belgrade OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburma, ...

during the 1950s. He played as well with Jedinstvo Zemun in the season 1962–63. He played for Partizan a total of 43 league matches having scored 3 goals between 1954 and 1957. He played for Red Star a total of 22 league matches between 1957 and 1960. He played half-season for OFK Belgrade, in 1959-60 having played 9 matches and scored twice. He played with Partizan against

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in the kick-off match of the European competitions, held in Belgrade on 3 September 1955 for the Champions Cup. With

Borozan won 2 Yugoslav Cups (1954, 1957), with

he won 2 Yugoslav Championships (1959, 1960), 2 Yugoslav Cups (1958, 1959) and Danube Cup (1958). He later played with Red Star Belgrade, and during the winter break of the 1959–60 season, he moved to

. His career was interrupted then due to an injury, and despite joining FK Jedinsvo Zemun two years later, he will never really retake his career again.Book: "Rođeni - Prvoligaške generacije 1952 - 1991" by Zoran Mrđenović, pag. 26 He died on 2 April 2020, aged 86.

International career

He played seven matches for the Yugoslavia U-21 team and played once for Yugoslav B national team.

References

1933 births 2020 deaths Footballers from Mostar Men's association football defenders Yugoslav footballers FK Velež Mostar players FK Partizan players Red Star Belgrade footballers OFK Beograd players FK Zemun players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav Second League players {{Yugoslavia-footy-bio-stub