Zoran Slišković (born 1 March 1966) is a former Croatian

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player, who played as a

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Club career

Slišković trained on his own, without proper coaching, at the local Faraon Trpanj,Pored Cvite i Viduke nisam imao šanse u Croatiji. Najviše žalim što me Jerković nije pozvao za SAD
at

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before moving on as a teenager to play for a couple of seasons to the nearby Grk Potomje. He claims to have been coached properly only when he came, aged 18, to Neretvanac Opuzen, quickly ascending to the first team. The following season, Slišković joined

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in the

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, with coach

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giving him green light after a trial. Slišković moved to

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in July 1992, joining

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side

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for two seasons. He won 2 championships with AEK helping the team a lot with his performances and his goals, while he was also the top scorer of the

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in 1994 with 10 goals. On 31 October 1992 he scored a brace helping his team won in the away match against

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with 3–4. On 6 June 1993 he opened the score at the first minute, in the 3–1 win against

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. On 22 December 1993 he scored the decider in the 1–2 away victory over OFI. He scored the winner against Iraklis away from home, on 13 March 1994. On 3 April 1994, he also scored the winner in the away match against Edessaikos. In the summer of 1994, the people of AEK, in their effort to strengthen the team for the qualifying games of the

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group stage, did not offer him a contract renewal, in order to free up a foreigner position. Slišković signed with Paniliakos in the second division, where he played for one season. Afterwards he returned to Croatia to play for two season for

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, before retiring in 1999 at Slaven Belupo.

Honours

;AEK Athens *

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: 1992–93, 1993–94 ;Individual *Greek Cup Top scorer: 1993–94

References

External links

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1966 births Living people Sportspeople from Dubrovnik-Neretva County Men's association football forwards Yugoslav men's footballers Croatian men's footballers FK Željezničar Sarajevo players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players AEK Athens F.C. players Paniliakos F.C. players NK Slaven Belupo players Croatian Football League players Super League Greece players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Greece {{Croatia-footy-forward-stub