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Jurica Volarević
Jurica is a Croatian given name. Notable people with the name include: *Jurica Buljat (born 1986), Croatian football defender, currently playing for Maccabi Haifa *Jurica Golemac (born 1977), Slovenian professional basketball player *Jurica Grabušić (born 1983), Croatian athlete who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles *Jurica Jerković (1950–2019), former Croatian footballer *Jurica Pađen, (born 1955), Croatian singer and guitarist *Jurica Pavičić (born 1965), Croatian writer and journalist *Jurica Pavlic (born 1989), Croatian speedway rider *Jurica Puljiz (born 1979), Croatian football defender *Jurica Siljanoski (born 1973), ethnic Macedonian professional footballer *Jurica Vranješ (born 1980), Croatian football midfielder *Jurica Vučko (born 1976), Croatian football striker See also * *Neven Jurica Neven Jurica (born 4 April 1952) is a Croatian politician who worked in Croatian diplomacy between 1992 and 2009. Between February 2008 and September 2009 he was the ...
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Croats
The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Croatia, culture, History of Croatia, history and Croatian language, language. They also form a sizeable minority in several neighboring countries, namely Croats of Slovenia, Slovenia, Burgenland Croats, Austria, the Croats in the Czech Republic, Czech Republic, Croats in Germany, Germany, Croats of Hungary, Hungary, Croats of Italy, Italy, Croats of Montenegro, Montenegro, Croats of Romania, Romania, Croats of Serbia, Serbia and Croats in Slovakia, Slovakia. Due to political, social and economic reasons, many Croats migrated to North and South America as well as New Zealand and later Australia, establishing a Croatian diaspora, diaspora in the aftermath of World War II, with grassroots assistance from earlier communities an ...
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Jurica Buljat
Jurica Buljat (born 19 September 1986) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career On 20 June 2011, Buljat signed a three-year contract with Israeli defending champion Maccabi Haifa. Buljat made his debut on 2011–12 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round, 13 July 2011, against Borac Banja Luka. He was released from the Israeli club after one year. Buljat signed for Ukrainian side FC Metalist Kharkiv in February, 2015. At Metalist, Buljat made 11 appearances. He was released at the end of the season. On 13 January 2017, Buljat signed for Uzbekistani club Pakhtakor Tashkent for the 2017 season after having featured 25 times for Bunyodkor of the same country. On 20 July 2017, he moved to FC BATE Borisov of Belarus. On 14 March 2018, Buljat signed a short-term contract with Bulgarian First League side Lokomotiv Plovdiv. He left the club at the end of the 2017–18 season. International career He made his debut for Croatia ...
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Jurica Golemac
Jurica Golemac (born 29 May 1977) is a Slovenian professional basketball coach and former player currently serving as head coach for Dubai Basketball in the ABA League. He played at both the forward and center positions. Professional career In his professional career, Golemac played for Zrinjevac, Union Olimpija, Geoplin Slovan, Efes Pilsen, Cibona, Ural Great, Hapoel Jerusalem, Paris-Levallois, Panellinios, Virtus Roma, Panathinaikos, Zadar, Colossus Rhodes, Alba Berlin, Sidigas Avellino and Krka. He retired from professional basketball in January 2013 after knee injury. Internationally, Golemac played for the Slovenia national team and represented the country at the 2003, 2005 and 2009 editions of EuroBasket. Coaching career Golemac started his coaching career as an assistant coach to Slaven Rimac at Cibona, in November 2013. The surprising victory at the 2013–14 ABA League final four in Belgrade was followed by a string of bad results which resulted in ...
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Jurica Grabušić
Jurica Grabušić (born 28 March 1983) is a Croatian athlete who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles. A double Olympic competitor (2004, 2008) in his event, he also participated in bobsleigh at the 2006 Olympic Games. Early career He was born in Zagreb, and joined the sports club Hrvatski Akademski Atletski Klub Mladost, the athletics section of '' Mladost''. He took his first of several national titles in 2001, both outdoors and indoors. As a junior athlete he made his international debut at the 2000 World Junior Championships, where he failed to progress from the first round of the hurdles competition. At the 2002 World Junior Championships he placed sixth in the hurdles final, and also competed in the 100 metres event. He also competed at the 2002 European Indoor Championships and the 2002 European Championships without progressing from the first round. His personal best time by 2002 was 13.80 seconds. Olympic career The next season Grabuši� ...
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Jurica Jerković
Jurica "Jure" Jerković (25 February 1950 – 3 June 2019) was a Croatian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. During his time with Hajduk Split in the 1970s, he was known for his amazing playmaker skills and for his romantic approach to football. He captained the Hajduk golden generation of that time under coach Tomislav Ivić which is considered to be the best Hajduk squad of all time. Club career HNK Hajduk Split Born in Split, SR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia, Jerković started his youth and senior career at Hajduk Split. In the youth academy he was trained by Tomislav Ivić who would later become his senior manager. He went on a one-year loan to RNK Split. After finishing the loan in 1968, he went back to Hajduk where he made his senior professional debut. Jerković was a part of a new Hajduk generation created by Tomislav Ivić that would dominate the Yugoslav First League during the 1970s. Jerković won his first trophy in 1971 when Hajduk won the Yugosla ...
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Jurica Pađen
Jurica Pađen (born 3 February 1955) is a Croatian and Yugoslav rock musician, known as the frontman and leader of Aerodrom and Pađen Band, as well as guitarist for the bands Grupa 220, Parni Valjak and Azra and a member of the supergroup 4 Asa. Pađen started his career as a teenager, playing guitar in several Zagreb bands. In 1972, he became a member of the popular band Grupa 220, appearing on the group's second (and last) studio album. After Grupa 220 disbanded in 1975, Pađen and another former Grupa 220 member, Husein Hasanefendić "Hus", formed Parni Valjak. With Parni Valjak, Pađen recorded two studio albums, before leaving the group to form his own band, Aerodrom. Pađen was initially the guitarist and principal songwriter for Aerodrom, taking over the vocal duties with the departure of the band's original vocalist Zlatan Živković in 1982. Initially a progressive rock band, Aerodrom achieved nationwide popularity during the 1980s with their pop rock hits, disban ...
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Jurica Pavičić
Jurica Pavičić (born 2 November 1965 in Split) is a writer, columnist and film critic. Pavičić's screenplay for ''Witnesses'' (''Svjedoci''), Vinko Brešan's 2003 film, won the Golden Arena for Best Screenplay in the 2003 Pula Film Festival. The screenplay, co-written with Živko Zalar, is based on Pavičić's debut novel ''Alabaster Sheep'' (''Ovce od gipsa''). His novels and short story collections have been translated to English, German, Italian, French and Bulgarian. Pavičić was, with Nenad Polimac, one of two Croatian film critics who participated in the British Film Institute's '' Sight & Sound'' Greatest Films of All Time poll in 2012. In 2014, Pavičić received the Croatian Journalists' Association's Journalist of the Year Award. In 2017, Pavičić has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins Montenegrins (, or ) are a South Slavic ethnic group that share a common ancestry, culture, history, and l ...
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Jurica Pavlic
Jurica Pavlic (born 14 June 1989) is a Croatian speedway rider. He was a member of the Croatia national speedway team. Career Pavlic was the 2007 Individual European Champion and winner of the 2006 Under-19 Individual European Championship. He rode for Unia Leszno from 2007 to 2012, in the Polish Ekstraliga. In 2008, he rode for the Swindon Robins in the British Elite League. he reached the final of the 2009 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship. Personal life Pavlic was born in Goričan, Croatia. His father, Zvonko Pavlic, was also a speedway rider, and was a three-time Yugoslavian Champion. Speedway Grand Prix results Honours Individual U-21 World Championship * 2006 - 11th place (5 points) * 2007 - 4th place (10 points) * 2008 - 3rd place (12 points) ** 2009 - Goričan - Runner-up place (12+3 pts) Individual European Championship * 2006 - 12th place (6 points) * 2007 - Winner (14 points) Individual U-19 European Championship * 2006 - Winn ...
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Jurica Puljiz
Jurica Puljiz (born 13 December 1979) is a Croatian retired football defender who last played for NK Jadran Luka Ploče. Career Born in Imotski, Puljiz started to play for Hajduk Split at the age of ten and stayed in the club until 2002, when he went on to play one season for HNK Šibenik before signing with Eintracht Frankfurt in the summer of 2003. He played in 15 Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ... matches and scored one goal for Eintracht. Puljiz was about to sign a long-term contract with Eintracht but got severely injured, keeping him out of the game for almost two years.
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Jurica Siljanoski
Jurica 'Juri' Siljanoski (born 30 December 1973) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Siljanoski was born in Yugoslavia. After five years of no games at clubs like FK Ohrid, Bayern Munich, AZ Alkmaar and Vardar Skopje, he transferred to ADO Den Haag in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. He moved to Slovenia and then Belgium for three different teams over three years to gain more match time. From 2001 to 2003, he played three years at Elfsborg in Sweden playing and scoring in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds. He then moved to Romania to play in the second division for two years. He married an Australian woman and moved to Australia where he first trialled for A-League club Queensland Roar. He then joined Fawkner Blues in the Victorian Premier League followed by Altona Magic. After being released from Altona Magic, he joined next door neighbouring club Altona East Phoenix where he played the remainder of season 2007 in Vic ...
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Jurica Vranješ
Jurica Vranješ (; born 31 January 1980) is a Croatian former professional footballer. He was described as versatile midfielder, playing both as a defensive and a central midfielder, noted for his tackling and passing abilities. Club career Vranješ was born in Osijek, Croatia. He started playing in NK Osijek where he played between 1997 and 1999. Some websites say Vranješ started his career at FK Vojvodina, but Vranješ himself explained how those websites confused their statistics with another player, Mićo Vranješ, playing back then in Vojvodina. After playing with Osijek in the Prva HNL, he then moved to Bayer Leverkusen where he played three seasons until moving to VfB Stuttgart in 2003 and finally to Werder Bremen in 2005. In August 2009 Werder Bremen announced that he could leave the club. On 29 January 2010, he left Werder Bremen and was loaned to Gençlerbirliği for the rest of the season. In September 2011, Vranješ joined Aris Saloniki He made his debut in th ...
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Jurica Vučko
Jurica Vučko (born 8 October 1976) is a Croatian former professional footballer who currently serves as an assistant manager of Croatian club Hajduk Split. Club career Vučko started his professional career with hometown's Hajduk Split, playing five seasons as an important first-team element. Subsequently, he moved to Spain, joining Deportivo Alavés after the Basque side's European exploits. Rarely used, he did net twice for the club, on 8 April 2001, in a 4–2 home triumph over Real Valladolid. Staying in the country, Vučko spent a further four seasons playing in its second level, for UD Salamanca and Polideportivo Ejido (returning to Alavés in between), before returning to Hajduk in 2006. His return was short-lived however, as he transferred to Chinese League's Tianjin Teda F.C. International career Vučko made his debut for the Croatia national football team in a 2000 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying match on 10 October 1998, against Malta. He rece ...
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