Zoran Kokot (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Зоран Кокот; born June 28, 1985) is a Bosnian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

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for

FK Famos Vojkovići Fudbalski klub Famos Vojkovići (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Фамос Војковићи) is a football club from the Vojkovići, part of the City of Istočno Sarajevo in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club comp ...

Career

Early career

Kokot began his career in 2004 with

FK Slavija Fudbalski klub Slavija Sarajevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Славија Сарајево) is a professional association football club from the city of Istočno Sarajevo, Republika Srpska that is situated in Bosnia and Herze ...

in the

Bosnian Premier League The m:tel Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, m:tel Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine / м:тел Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), also known as Liga 12, is the top tier football league in Bosnia and He ...

. In 2007, he played abroad in the Ontario Soccer League with the Hamilton Serbians, where he finished as the top goalscorer in the Provincial West Division. Shortly after he signed with the Serbian White Eagles FC in the

Canadian Soccer League The Canadian Soccer League (CSL; french: Ligue canadienne de soccer — LCS) is a semi-professional league for Canadian soccer clubs primarily located in the province of Ontario, and claims the history of the Canadian National Soccer League (C ...

, where he assisted in securing the International Division title.

Abroad

After a season abroad he returned to FK Slavija and later played in the

Belgian Second Division The Belgian Second Division (known as the Proximus League for sponsorship reasons) was the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was founded by the Royal Belgian Football Associa ...

with

KSK Beveren Koninklijke Sportkring Beveren (''Royal Sporting Club of Beveren'') is a Belgian association football club from the town of Beveren in East Flanders. KSK Beveren was particularly successful during the late 1970s and early 1980s in which it won ...

. In May 2011, he signed with Mes Sarcheshme in the

Azadegan League The Azadegan League ( fa, ليگ آزادگان, ''Lig-e Âzâdegân''), also known as League 1 ( fa, لیگ یک, ''Lig-e Yek''), is the second highest division of professional football in Iran. It was the top-level football league in Iran from ...

. The following season he played with

Gol Gohar Sirjan F.C. Gol Gohar Sirjan Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فرهنگى ورزشى گل‌گهر سیرجان, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Gol Gohăr Sirjan'') is an Iranian football club based in Sirjan, Iran. They currently compete in the Persian Gulf Pro ...

Bosnia

In 2012, he returned to FK Slavija and later played with

FK Olimpik Fudbalski klub Olimpik Sarajevo ( en, Football Club Olimpik Sarajevo), commonly referred to as just Olimpik, was a professional football club from Sarajevo, based in the part of the city which is called Otoka. Being one of the first teams to be ...

. He played the first part of the 2014-15 season with Slavija. In February 2015, he signed a one-year contract with

FK Željezničar Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Željezničar Sarajevo ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Жељезничap Сарајево; English: Football Club Željezničar Sarajevo), commonly referred to as Željo, is a professional football club, based in Sarajevo ...

. Throughout his tenure with Željezničar he played in the

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against

Balzan F.C. Balzan Football Club is a Maltese football club from the village of Balzan, which currently plays in the Maltese Premier League. The Club was founded in 1937 and has played top-level football since 2010. The club has been one of the top teams in ...

Ferencvárosi TC Ferencvárosi Torna Club, known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, or simply FTC, is a professional football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hungarian football. Ferencváros wa ...

, and Standard Liège. He left Željezničar on mutual terms in December 2015. After that he had another stint abroad, this time in the Montenegrin First League with

Mladost Podgorica OFK Titograd (Montenegrin Cyrillic: ОФК Титоград) is a professional football club based in Podgorica, Montenegro. Founded in 1951, they play in the Third League of Montenegro. The team has one league trophy and two Montenegrin Cup tr ...

, where he assisted in securing the league title. The following season he returned home to sign a one-year contract with

NK Vitez NK Vitez is football club based in Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Center. The club's crest has the sword in front of a football ball. It also features the year when th ...

. In 2017, he played in the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina with

NK Zvijezda Gradačac Nogometni klub Zvijezda Gradačac (English: Football Club Zvijezda Gradačac), or commonly referred to as just Zvijezda is a football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, based in the town of Gradačac. Zvijezda host their home matches at the Banja ...

. The remainder of the season he played with NK Travnik. He returned to his former club FK Slavija the following season to play in the First League of the Republika Srpska, and retired in 2019.

Later career

In 2020, he came out of retirement to play once more in the Canadian Soccer League with

Hamilton City SC Hamilton City 1 Soccer Club was a Canadian soccer team founded in 2016 that played in the Canadian Soccer League, and played their home games at Cardinal Newman Secondary School multi-sport athletic field in the community of Stoney Creek, Hamil ...

. He made his debut for Hamilton on August 15, 2020, against his former team the Serbian White Eagles, and recorded a goal. Following his brief stint in Canada, he returned to Bosnia to further in career by playing in the Second League of the Republika Srpska with Famos Vojkovići in 2021. In his debut season with Famos, the club secured promotion to the second tier.

International career

In December 2010, Bosnia national team coach

Safet Sušić Safet "Pape" Sušić (; born 13 April 1955) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of TFF First League club Akhisarspor. He was a gifted midfielder known for his dribbling skills and techn ...

called him up for a friendly (the Bosnian team being comprised almost exclusively of domestic league players) against

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Honours

Serbian White Eagles *

International Division:

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Mladost Podgorica * Montenegrin First League: 2015–16

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