Vladan Binić (; born 25 January 1987) is a retired

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who played as a winger. Born in Yugoslavia, he represented the Czech Republic at youth level. He is the son of former Yugoslav international

Dragiša Binić Dragiša Binić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгиша Бинић; born 20 October 1961) is a Serbian former footballer who played for Red Star and was part of their European Cup victory in 1991. He had three caps for the Yugoslavia national footb ...

Club career

Born in

Niš Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names of European cities in different languages (M–P)#N, names in other languages), less often spelled in English as Nish, is the list of cities in Serbia, third largest city in Serbia and the administrative cente ...

, to a Serbian father,

Dragiša Dragiša (Cyrillic: Драгиша) is a version of the masculine given name Drago, and may refer to: *Dragiša Binić (born 1961), Serbian footballer * Dragiša Brašovan (1887–1965), Serbian modernist architect * Dragiša Burzan (born 1950), ...

, and a Czech mother, Martina, Binić spent the majority of his childhood in

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. He joined

Sparta Prague Athletic Club Sparta Praha (), commonly known as Sparta Prague and Sparta Praha, is a professional football club based in Prague. It is the most successful club in the Czech Republic and one of the most successful in central Europe, winning t ...

as a trainee and passed through the club's youth system. In the summer of 2005, Binić went on trial with

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 ...

, but the deal was never finalized. He subsequently played for Sparta's

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in the third national tier, making 14 appearances and scoring three goals in the 2006–07 season. In the 2008 winter transfer window, Binić returned to his homeland and joined

Napredak Kruševac Napredak, which translates from Serbo-Croatian as ''Progress'', may refer to: *HKD Napredak, cultural society of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina *FK Napredak Kruševac, Serbian football club *FK Napredak Aleksinac, Serbian football club *FK Napred ...

. He spent the next two-and-a-half years at the club, scoring six goals in the top flight of Serbian football. In June 2010, Binić was transferred to

. He eventually failed to make any league appearance in the 2010–11 season. Afterwards, Binić was loaned to Radnički Kragujevac (fall 2011) and Spartak Subotica (spring 2012). In the summer of 2012, Binić signed with SuperLiga newcomers Radnički Niš. He also played for Leotar (spring 2014) and Radnik Surdulica (spring 2015), before retiring from the game.

International career

At international level, Binić was capped for the Czech Republic U17s, making one appearance in 2004.

Honours

;Radnik Surdulica *

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: 2014–15

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Binic, Vladan 1987 births Living people Footballers from Niš Serbian people of Czech descent Czech people of Serbian descent Men's association football wingers Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Serbian men's footballers AC Sparta Prague players FK Napredak Kruševac players Red Star Belgrade footballers FK Radnički 1923 players FK Spartak Subotica players FK Radnički Niš players FK Leotar players FK Radnik Surdulica players Serbian SuperLiga players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Serbian First League players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina 21st-century Czech sportsmen