Zoran Vraneš (; born 14 September 1950) is a Serbian former

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and former player who works as an assistant coach for the

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and head coach for

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Playing career

Born in

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, then one of the republics constituting

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, Zoran Vranes first made his name as a player of Partizan and

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Coaching career

Vraneš coached Rudar Pljevlja. He then choached the

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. He has received praise for helping to transform the defencemen of St Vincent and the Grenadines football into a formidable defensive team.FIFA.com
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qualifying but it proved insufficient. Then came a middling finish in the Caribbean Nations Cup, followed by the history-setting year of 2006, when they beat the

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in a 2–1 win. It was the first time that St Vincent ever beat Jamaica in football, and they won it with defence. However, the team was ultimately unable to win the championship, making it only to the 8-team finals.

Honours

Trinidad and Tobago *

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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* * 1950 births Living people Sportspeople from Pljevlja Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers FK Crvenka players FK Partizan players FK Šumadija Aranđelovac players Yugoslav First League players Serbia and Montenegro football managers FK Rudar Pljevlja managers Trinidad and Tobago national football team managers Antigua and Barbuda national football team managers Joe Public F.C. managers Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national football team managers Serbian football managers Central F.C. managers AC Port of Spain managers TT Pro League managers Serbia and Montenegro expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Trinidad and Tobago Expatriate football managers in Antigua and Barbuda Expatriate football managers in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Serbian expatriate football managers Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Antigua and Barbuda Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Trinidad and Tobago {{Serbia-footy-defender-stub