Goran Gavrilović (; born 16 July 1963) is a Serbian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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.
Playing career
After coming through the youth system at
Partizan, Gavrilović spent five seasons with
Radnički Niš (1983–1988), making 40 appearances in the
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...
. He also appeared once in the
1983–84 UEFA Cup
The 1983–84 UEFA Cup was the 13th season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The final was played over two legs at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brus ...
, keeping a clean sheet in a 3–0 home win over
St. Gallen.
In the summer of 1988, Gavrilović switched to
Yugoslav Second League
Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...
side
Proleter Zrenjanin. He helped them win promotion to the Yugoslav First League in his
second season. During his four-year stay at the club (1988–1992), Gavrilović collected 114 league appearances.
Following the
breakup of Yugoslavia
After a period of political and economic crisis in the 1980s, the constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia split apart in the early 1990s. Unresolved issues from the breakup caused a series of inter-ethnic Yugoslav ...
, Gavrilović moved abroad to Turkey and played for
Gençlerbirliği in the
1992–93 1.Lig
The 1992-93 Süper Lig, Turkish First Football League season had 16 teams in competition. Galatasaray S.K. (football team), Galatasaray S.K. won the championship.
League table
Results
Top scorers
References
Turkey - List of final tabl ...
, making 18 appearances. He subsequently returned to Proleter Zrenjanin and stayed at the club until 1997, except for a brief spell with
Borac Čačak in 1995.
Post-playing career
After hanging up his boots, Gavrilović worked as a goalkeeping coach for
Hajduk Beograd and Radnički Zrenjanin.
Career statistics
References
External links
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1963 births
Living people
Footballers from Belgrade
Yugoslav men's footballers
Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers
Serbian men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
FK Partizan players
FK Beograd (Serbia) players
FK Radnički Niš players
FK Proleter Zrenjanin players
Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers
FK Borac Čačak players
Yugoslav First League players
Yugoslav Second League players
Süper Lig players
First League of Serbia and Montenegro players
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Turkey