Goran Gavrančić (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (, ), also known as the Serbian script, (, ), is a standardized variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language. It originated in medieval Serbia and was significantly reformed in the 19th cen ...

: Горан Гавранчић; born 2 August 1978) is a

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n retired

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who played as a defender. He represented

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at the

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to FIFA World Cup hosts ...

Club career

His career began at Čukarički, having played for

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 ...

as a youth. His performances at Čukarički caught the eye of

Dynamo Kyiv The Football Club 'Dynamo Kyiv', also known as Dynamo Kyiv, or simply Dynamo, ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society ...

manager

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and the Ukrainian club purchased him in January 2001. In January 2008, he joined on a six-month loan deal with

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

. After six months without club, he signed a one-year contract with Partizan on 17 January 2009. He signed for Henan Construction in January 2010. In September 2010, he announced his retirement from professional football due to the prolonged problems with injuries.

International career

Gavrančić was part of the

national team's "Famous Four" defence, alongside Mladen Krstajić, Ivica Dragutinović and

Nemanja Vidić Nemanja Vidić ( sr-Cyrl, Немања Видић, ; born 21 October 1981) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Widely considered to be one of the greatest defenders in history, Vidić is best known for his t ...

, that conceded just one goal during the ten

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matches, setting a new record for the fewest goals conceded. He earned a total of 28 caps (no goals) and his final international was at that 2006 World Cup Finals tournament against the

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International statistics

Honours

;Dynamo Kyiv *

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( ) or UPL is a professional association football league in Ukraine and the highest level of the Ukrainian football league system. Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...

: 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07 *

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: 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07 * Ukrainian Super Cup: 2004, 2006, 2007 ;Partizan *

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 ...

: 2008–09 *

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: 2008–09

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gavrancic, Goran 1978 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade Men's association football central defenders Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's international footballers Serbian men's footballers 2006 FIFA World Cup players FK Čukarički players FK Partizan players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players PAOK FC players Henan F.C. players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Second League of Serbia and Montenegro players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Super League Greece players Serbian SuperLiga players Chinese Super League players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Serbian expatriate men's footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in China Serbian expatriate sportspeople in China 21st-century Serbian sportsmen