Zoran Lončar (; born 13 December 1966) is a Serbian

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manager and former player.

Club career

Lončar made his senior debut with

OFK Beograd 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

1984–85 Yugoslav Second League The 1984–85 Yugoslav Second League season was the 39th season of the Second Federal League ( sh, Druga savezna liga), the second level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. The league was contested ...

, as the club earned promotion to 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, ...

. He amassed a total of 168 appearances and scored 68 goals for the side in the nation's top two leagues combined over the course of eight seasons. In the summer of 1992, following the

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, Lončar moved to Greece and signed with

Aris Thessaloniki Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki
...

. He spent the next four years with the club, making 99 appearances and scoring 35 goals in the top flight of Greek football. In the summer of 1997, Lončar returned to OFK Beograd, spending two more seasons with the ''Romantičari''.

International career

Between 1984 and 1985, Lončar represented

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

during the 1986 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying, making two appearances as a substitute.

Post-playing career

Between 2012 and 2013, Lončar served as

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for OFK Beograd, before becoming assistant manager to Zoran Milinković at Aris Thessaloniki. They subsequently worked together at

Voždovac Voždovac ( sr-cyr, Вождовац, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has a population of 158,213 inhabitants. The municipality is located in the south-central part of the urban ...

and

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: **AK Partizan, athletics ** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling ** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo **FK Partizan, association fo ...

. In November 2015, Lončar returned to OFK Beograd as sporting director. Between 2018 and 2022, Lončar served as president of Smederevo 1924.

Career statistics

Honours

OFK Beograd *

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: 1984–85

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Loncar, Zoran 1966 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade Yugoslav men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbian men's footballers Men's association football forwards OFK Beograd players Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players FK Hajduk Beograd players Yugoslav Second League players Yugoslav First League players Super League Greece players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Greece Serbia and Montenegro football managers Serbian football managers FK Voždovac managers Aris Thessaloniki F.C. non-playing staff FK Partizan non-playing staff Serbian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Greece Expatriate football managers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina