Goran Jurić

Goran "Goca" Jurić (born 5 February 1963) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Goran Jurić

Personal information
Full name	Goran Jurić
Date of birth	(1963-02-05) 5 February 1963 (age 59)
Place of birth	Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1987	Velež Mostar	130	(1)
1987–1991	Red Star Belgrade	78	(0)
1991–1993	Celta Vigo	76	(1)
1993–2000	Croatia Zagreb	84	(0)
1995–1996	→ Hrvatski Dragovoljac (loan)	9	(0)
1996	→ NK Zagreb (loan)	10	(0)
2000-2001	Yokohama F. Marinos	13	(0)
2001	NK Zagreb	5	(0)
Total		406	(2)
International career
1988–1989	Yugoslavia	4	(0)
1997–1999	Croatia	16	(0)
Honours Representing  Croatia FIFA World Cup 1998
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

During his career, he played for Velež Mostar, Red Star Belgrade, Celta Vigo, Croatia Zagreb, Yokohama F. Marinos, and NK Zagreb. He earned 4 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team in 1988, and 16 caps for the Croatia national football team.

International career

He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a September 1988 friendly match away against Spain. After the break-up of the country, he started to represent Croatia, playing his first game for them in April 1997. He was a non-playing member of the squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where Croatia finished third. His final international was an October 1999 European Championship qualification match against Serbia and Montenegro.^[1]

Career statistics

Club

Club performance			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Yugoslavia			League
1982/83	Velež Mostar	First League	11	0
1983/84			32	1
1984/85			32	0
1985/86			30	0
1986/87			25	0
1987/88	Red Star Belgrade	First League	23	0
1988/89			26	0
1989/90			21	0
1990/91			8	0
Spain			League
1990/91	Celta Vigo	Segunda División	14	0
1991/92			30	1
1992/93		La Liga	32	0
Croatia			League
1995/96	Croatia Zagreb	Prva HNL	1	0
1995/96	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Prva HNL	9	0
1996/97	Zagreb	Prva HNL	10	0
1996/97	Croatia Zagreb	Prva HNL	15	0
1997/98			23	0
1998/99			25	0
1999/00			21	0
Japan			League
2000	Yokohama F. Marinos	J1 League	9	0
Croatia			League
2000/01	Zagreb	Prva HNL	5	0
Country	Yugoslavia		208	1
	Spain		76	1
	Croatia		109	0
	Japan		9	0
Total			402	2

International

Source:^[2]

Yugoslavia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1988	3	0
1989	1	0
Total	4	0

Croatia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1997	8	0
1998	3	0
1999	5	0
Total	16	0

Honours

Club

Velež Mostar

• Yugoslav Cup: 1985–86

Red Star Belgrade

• Yugoslav First League: 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91
• Yugoslav Cup: 1989–90
• European Cup: 1990-91

Celta de Vigo

• Segunda División: 1991–92

Dinamo Zagreb

• Croatian First League: 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000
• Croatian Cup: 1996–97, 1997–98

Individual

Croatia

• FIFA World Cup Third place: 1998

Orders

•   Order of the Croatian Interlace - 1998 ^[3]

References

1. "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
2. Goran Jurić at National-Football-Teams.com
3. (in Croatian). hrt.hr. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016.

External links

• – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Goran Jurić at National-Football-Teams.com
• Goran Jurić at J.League () (in Japanese)  
• Goran Jurić profile^{[permanent dead link]} at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)