Goran "Goca" Jurić (born 5 February 1963) is a Croatian former professional

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who played as a defender. During his career, he played for Velež Mostar,

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, Celta Vigo, Croatia Zagreb, Yokohama F. Marinos, and NK Zagreb. He earned 4 caps for the

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in 1988, and 16 caps for the

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Club career

In 1993 he left Celta Vigo after being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.

International career

He made his debut for

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in a September 1988

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away against

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. After the break-up of the country, he started to represent

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, playing his first game for them in April 1997. He was a non-playing member of the squad for the

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, where Croatia finished third. His final international was an October 1999 European Championship qualification match against

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Career statistics

Club

International

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Honours

Club

Velež Mostar *

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: 1985–86 Red Star Belgrade *

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) ...

: 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91 *

: 1989–90 *

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: 1990-91 Celta de Vigo *

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: 1991–92 Dinamo Zagreb * Croatian First League: 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000 * Croatian Cup: 1996–97, 1997–98

Individual

Croatia *

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Third place:

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Orders

Ribbon of an Order of the Croatian Wattle

Order of the Croatian Interlace - 1998

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Juric, Goran 1963 births Living people Footballers from Mostar Croatian sportspeople from Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Croatia Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's international footballers Dual internationalists (men's football) 1998 FIFA World Cup players FK Velež Mostar players Red Star Belgrade footballers RC Celta de Vigo players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players NK Zagreb players Yokohama F. Marinos players Yugoslav First League players La Liga players Croatian Football League players J1 League players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Japan People with type 1 diabetes