Goran Peleš (9 March 1953 – 4 September 2010) was a Bosnian-Herzegovinian

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, who is most noted for his career with

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Playing career

Club

He started his career in his hometown, where he played for

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, from where he joined

in 1971, where he won the

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in the following two years with his new club. He was one of the heroes of the second cup win, where he made an assist to Mirsad Galijašević for the only goal that decided the final game against

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. He joined

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in 1981, where he played for one season. After that, he shortly played football during the 1980s almost for recreation for NK Urania from

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and one

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team, where he also owned a restaurant with former teammate Rade Radulović.

Managerial career

He successfully managed the youth teams of

, where he coached some of the biggest club's prospects, including

Jasmin Burić Jasmin Burić (; born 18 February 1987) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ekstraklasa club Zagłębie Lubin. Burić started his professional career at Čelik Zenica, before joining Lech Poznań in 2009. Ten yea ...

, Fenan Salčinović and

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.Preminuo Goran Peleš, legenda zeničkog Čelika
at Klix.ba He died in 2010 after a long illness.

References

1953 births 2010 deaths People from Modriča Footballers from Doboj Region Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers NK Čelik Zenica players RCD Mallorca players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Spain {{BosniaHerzegovina-footy-midfielder-stub