Goran Ljubojević (; born 4 May 1983) is a Croatian former

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who played as a

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.Ljubojević: Iskušavali smo nove sustave, ali nije bilo baš najbolje
‚ sportnews.hr, 15 February 2017

Club career

As one of the best young national team players, he was transferred at the end of August 2006 from

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to KRC Genk. He also played for

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and

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. In the 2006–07 season, he earned a season record of five goals in five following games. In total, he made 11 goals for KRC Genk, according to his playing time he was the most efficient scorer in the Belgian Jupiler League of that season. In December 2009, he turned a new page in his career by signing with

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. He scored six goals in a half season. This opened the eyes of several teams who were interested in this targetstriker.

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and AIK showed the most interest. Finally, AIK signed him in July 2010. "Ljubo" also was a member of the Croatia national under 21 team. His highlight was a victory over England on 13 August 2003, which Croatia won by 0–3. Ljubojević scored the first two goals and delivered the assist for the third goal. In 2014, he joined

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as their first ever marquee signing. He scored the first goal in the

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on 7 November 2014 and the club's maiden win in the

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. He ended the season as a club top scorer with 27 goals. He last played for

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based in the city of

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Honours

Club

Balestier Khalsa *

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KRC GENK * Beker van Belgie:

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DINAMO ZAGREB *

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: 2005–2006 , 2006-2007

Individual

* Top goalscorers by season of Balestier Khalsa: 2014

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