Stojan Vranješ (

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: Стојан Врањеш; born 11 October 1986) is a Bosnian professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Early career

Vranješ started his career at his hometown club

Borac Banja Luka Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бopaц Бања Лука, ) is a Bosnian professional association football club, based in the city of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is the major part of th ...

. There, he spent a total of five seasons, before moving to Romania, where he played for Pandurii and

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Vojvodina

On 6 February 2013, Vranješ signed a two-year contract with Serbian giants

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. He scored his first goal for Vojvodina in a 2–1 win against

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on 27 February 2013. He scored a goal from distance in a 3–0 win against Donji Srem on 19 March 2013, which Donji Srem manager Bogić Bogićević dubbed a "euro-goal".

Adventure in Poland

In February 2014, Vranješ was transferred from Vojvodina to Polish club

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football club based in Gdańsk. The club was founded in 1945 by people expelled from Lwów, who were supporters of Poland's oldest football team Lechia Lwów, founded in 1903. The club's name comes from Lechia, a ...

for 200,000 Euros. After impressing at Lechia, scoring 16 goals in 52 appearances, he was transferred to

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on 29 August 2015. While at Legia, Vranješ won both the

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

and

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in 2016. On 9 January 2017, shortly after leaving Legia, he signed a contract with

Piast Gliwice Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice () is a Polish association football, football club based in Gliwice. In the 2018–19 Ekstraklasa, 2018–19 season, Piast won its first Polish championship. As of 2022–23, it competes in the Ekstraklasa, ...

. On 15 January 2018, Vranješ left the club after not having enough playing time in that

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. Both sides said they are on good terms still to this day.

Željezničar

On 23 January 2018, Vranješ signed a one and a half-year deal with

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club Željezničar. On 9 May 2018, he won the

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after Željezničar beat Krupa in the two legged final of that season's cup. On 31 January 2019, Vranješ left Željezničar.

Return to Borac

On 1 February 2019, 9 years after leaving the club, Vranješ once again became the new player of Borac in the First League of RS. He made his official debut for Borac on 27 February 2019, in a 2–1 away loss in a

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game against

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. In the 2018–19 First League of RS season, Vranješ's Borac 5 games before the end of the season won the league title and got promoted back to the Bosnian Premier League. On 12 January 2020, he extended his contract with the club until the summer of 2023. Vranješ won his first league title with Borac on 23 May 2021, one game before the end of the

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season, getting crowned Bosnian Premier League champions. He terminated his contract with Borac and left the club in November 2021.

Bashundhara Kings

On 20 November 2021,Vranješ joined Bangladesh Premier League team Bashundhara Kings for the 2021–22 season.

International career

Vranješ made his senior debut for

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on 1 June 2009, against

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. On 31 May 2012, Vranješ was at the center of a media storm for a mistake he made in a friendly match in

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against

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, which resulted in a last-minute goal for Mexico, who won 2–1.

Personal life

Vranješ has a younger brother,

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, who is also a professional footballer.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Borac Banja Luka *

: 2009–10 * First League of RS: 2018–19 CFR Cluj *

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: 2011–12 Vojvodina *

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: 2013–14 Legia Warsaw *

: 2015–16 2016-17 *

: 2015–16 Željezničar *

: 2017–18

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vranjes, Stojan 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina under-21 international footballers Association football midfielders Bosnia and Herzegovina international footballers Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina FK Borac Banja Luka players CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu players CFR Cluj players FK Vojvodina players Lechia Gdańsk players Legia Warsaw players Piast Gliwice players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Liga I players Serbian SuperLiga players Ekstraklasa players First League of the Republika Srpska players Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in Poland Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriates in Poland Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Romania