Zoran Đurašković ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Ђурашковић; born 7 July 1975) is a Montenegrin retired

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Club career

Born in

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SR Montenegro The Socialist Republic of Montenegro ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Crna Gora, Социјалистичка Република Црна Гора), commonly referred to as Socialist Montenegro or simply Montenegro, was ...

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, he initially played with

FK Hajduk Beograd FK Hajduk Beograd () is a football club based in Lion, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade First League, the fifth tier of the national league system. History After the breakup of Yugoslavia, the club started climbing up the league py ...

, and

FK Mogren FK Mogren was a football club based in Budva, Montenegro. Founded in 1920, it was two times champion of Montenegrin First League and once winner of Montenegrin Cup. In 2015, following the bankruptcy and debts, FK Mogren was relegated to the lowes ...

before joining

FK Mladost Lučani FK Mladost Lučani () is a professional football club based in Lučani, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian SuperLiga, the top tier of the national league system. History Founded in 1952, the club achieved its first notable success by winning the ...

in 1999, playing back then in the

Second League of FR Yugoslavia The Second League of Serbia and Montenegro was the second tier of the football league system in Serbia and Montenegro, one level below the First League of Serbia and Montenegro. History Formed in 1992 after the breakup of Yugoslavia, it consisted ...

. He became a prominent striker at Mladost, and in 2001 they won promotion to the

First League of FR Yugoslavia The First League of Serbia and Montenegro () was the top football league of Serbia and Montenegro, before the country's dissolution in 2006. The league was formed as the First League of FR Yugoslavia following the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992, ef ...

by winning the Group West of the Second League. That season his scoring skills came to maximal expression when by the end of the season, in a league match played on 1 June 2002 against

FK Zvezdara FK Zvezdara () is a football club based in Zvezdara, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League Belgrade, the third tier of the national league system. History The club was founded on 10 March 1951 as FK Bulbulderac. They spent the foll ...

, he scored all 6 goals in his team's victory by 6–1. At the end of the season he won the title of league top scorer with 27 goals. After this successful season, in the following summer he joined the new ambitious team from Belgrade,

FK Železnik FK Železnik 1930 () is a Association football, football club based in Železnik, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade Intermunicipal League, the sixth tier of the Serbian football league system, national league system. The club compet ...

. Although never repeating the impressive record from the previous season, he became one of the most important players of the Železnik golden generation that brought the club to the top spots in the league during the following seasons. They finished 4th in 2002–03 and 3rd in 2003–04 earning a

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spot for the 2004–05 season. During the three seasons he spent with Železnik, he played a total of 78 league matches, having scored 36 goals. His period with Železnik ended up crowned with the conquest of the 2005 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, after a victory over

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

, by 1–0 in the final. After that final, the club struggling with financial problems ended up merged into

FK Voždovac Fudbalski klub Voždovac () is a professional football club based in Voždovac, Belgrade, Serbia, which competes in the Serbian First League, the second tier. Nicknamed "The Dragons", they experienced little success in the Yugoslavian era, but h ...

, with the squad going through readjustments and with numerous key players moving after several seasons playing together. After three seasons playing with Železnik, Đurašković signed in summer 2005 with another top flight side,

FK Smederevo Fudbalski klub Smederevo 1924 ( sr-cyr, Фудбалски клуб Смедерево 1924), commonly known as Smederevo, is a Serbian professional football club based in Smederevo. At the beginning of the 2000s, the club (then known as Sartid S ...

. Backed by US Steel, the club had just finished 10th in the league, and were aiming to reinforce the team in order to archive the good results they had at the beginning of the decade. The club has been consistently playing in European competitions since 2001, and despite the 10th place Smederevo had granted a spot in the

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, what would be a good welcoming for Đurašković. However Smederevo disappointed by losing in their opening round, and they pretty much repeated the same performance in the league that season by finishing 11th. Đurašković failed to have the consistency from the previous seasons, but even so he managed to gather 63 league appearances and scoring 15 goals. In summer 2008, in a reduced 12 teams league, Smederevo finished the season in 10th place, which meant relegation to the

Serbian First League The Serbian First League (), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier in professional Serbia's football league. The league was formed in 2005, following a reshuffle of the second tier Serbo-Montenegr ...

. In the 2008–09 season Đurašković regained his consistency and became one of the key players that helped Smederevo restore its top-flight status, and by finishing in 2nd place, they won promotion to the

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League (), also known as Mozzart SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Serbia and the highest level of the Serbian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a sys ...

. Đurašković scored 9 goals in 25 appearances, however at the end of the season he left Smederevo at age 33 and joined

OFK Petrovac OFK Petrovac is a professional football club based in Petrovac, Montenegro. They currently compete in the First League of Montenegro. History OFK Petrovac was founded in 1969, under the name ''FK Nafta''. During the first season, they played in ...

in the

Montenegrin First League The Montenegrin First League (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin: ''Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga'' — ''Prva CFL'' — ''1. CFL''; ), referred to as the Meridianbet 1. CFL for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional Association football, ...

where he will play his last season and finish his playing career

Honours

Club

;Železnik *

Serbia and Montenegro Cup The Serbia and Montenegro Cup was an association football knockout cup tournament of Serbia and Montenegro played between 1992 and 2006, after which Serbia and Montenegro became separate nations. The competition was the continuation of the old ...

: 2005 ;Mladost Lučani *

: 2000–01 (Group West)

Individual

top-scorer: 2001–02 (27 goals)

References

External links

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Profile and stats until 2007
at SoccerTerminal.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Duraskovic, Zoran 1975 births Living people Footballers from Bar, Montenegro Men's association football forwards Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Montenegrin men's footballers FK Mornar players FK Bokelj players FK Hajduk Beograd players FK Mogren players FK Mladost Lučani players FK Železnik players FK Smederevo 1924 players OFK Petrovac players Second League of Serbia and Montenegro players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Montenegrin First League players Serbian SuperLiga players Montenegrin expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Montenegrin football managers FK Mornar managers