Igor Burzanović (

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: Игор Бурзановић; born 25 August 1985) is a retired Montenegrin international

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Club career

He was a member of

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since he started playing first team football. In following years Burzanović was the star player on the team. He was considered one of the most promising Montenegrin players. Burzanović signed for

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n giants

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 ...

from

in December 2006, joining the team on 8 January 2007. He has since then been a valuable member of the team. In 2009 Igor returned to his first club

. After scoring 10 goals there, he moved to

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to play for

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. In August 2012, Burzanović signed for Buriram United for a trial period which ended quickly. In August 2013, he signed again for Buducnost Podgorica. In February 2014, Burzanović signed for

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side

FC Irtysh Pavlodar FC Irtysh () is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 (as ''Ansat''), 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003. The club was also founding members of the top league and ...

, leaving the club in December of the same year after one season. On 30 January 2015, Burzanović transferred to

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side

Hunan Billows Hunan Billows Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Changsha, Hunan. Historically, Hunan Billows has played its home matches at various grounds across their home province, and last played at the Loudi Sports Center in ...

. In February 2016, Burzanović once again returned to his boyhood club Budućnost, signing a contract until the end of season.

International career

As early as 2002, he was part of the FR Yugoslavia U-17 team at the

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. Burzanović was a constant member of

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. On 8 June 2005, Burzanović earned his first and only

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for

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as a substitute for Miloš Marić in the third minute of second-half stoppage time against

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. The friendly match, which took place in the Canadian city of

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, finished as a 1–1 draw. When the state-union of

was dissolved in May 2006, Burzanović opted to represent his native

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on the international scene, and played in the first match of the

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in 2007, where he scored the game-winning goal from a penalty shot in a 2–1 victory over

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. He was officially acknowledged as Montenegro's best player and received the award in 2004.

Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Montenegro's goal tally first.''

References

External links

* * * * at Srbijafudbal.net * {{DEFAULTSORT:Burzanovic, Igor 1985 births Living people Footballers from Podgorica Men's association football midfielders Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's under-21 international footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's international footballers Montenegrin men's footballers Montenegro men's international footballers Dual internationalists (men's football) FK Budućnost Podgorica players Red Star Belgrade footballers Nagoya Grampus players Igor Burzanovic FC Irtysh Pavlodar players Hunan Billows F.C. players OFK Petrovac players FK Iskra Danilovgrad players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Serbian SuperLiga players Montenegrin First League players J1 League players Igor Burzanovic Kazakhstan Premier League players China League One players Montenegrin expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in China Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in China