Jurica Vranješ

Jurica Vranješ (pronounced [ˈjuritsa ˈʋraɲɛʃ]; born 31 January 1980) is a Croatian former professional footballer. He was described as versatile midfielder, playing both as a defensive and a central midfielder, noted for his tackling and passing abilities.[3]

Jurica Vranješ
Jurica Vranješ in the match against Bayern Munich
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-01-31) 31 January 1980
Place of birth Osijek, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Youth career
0000–1997 NK Osijek
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2000 NK Osijek 54 (10)
2000–2003 Bayer Leverkusen 46 (0)
2003–2005 VfB Stuttgart 39 (0)
2005–2011 Werder Bremen 90 (5)
2009–2010 → Gençlerbirliği (loan) 13 (0)
2011–2012 Aris FC[2] 2 (0)
2012 HNK Rijeka 6 (0)
Total 250 (15)
National team
1995–1996 Croatia U-18 6 (2)
1997–1999 Croatia U-19 12 (5)
1998–1999 Croatia U-20 2 (0)
1999–2001 Croatia U-21 18 (0)
1999–2007 Croatia 26 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Vranješ was born in Osijek, Croatia. He started playing in NK Osijek where he played between 1997 and 1999. Some websites say Vranješ started his career at FK Vojvodina, but Vranješ himself explained how those websites confused their statistics with another player, Mićo Vranješ, playing back then in Vojvodina.[4]

After playing with Osijek in the Prva HNL, he then moved to Bayer Leverkusen where he played three seasons until moving to VfB Stuttgart[5] in 2003 and finally to Werder Bremen in 2005. In August 2009 Werder Bremen announced that he could leave the club.[6] On 29 January 2010, he left Werder Bremen and was loaned to Gençlerbirliği for the rest of the season.[7]

In September 2011, Vranješ joined Aris Thessaloniki F.C. He made his debut in the yellow jersey against Olympiacos. His contract was terminated on 10 January 2012. In May 2012, he joined HNK Rijeka in Croatia, where he played six games before his contract with the club was terminated in November 2012.[8]

International career

Vranješ was part of the Croatian national team in 2002 FIFA World Cup where he played in two games. He also played in the Croatian team at the 1998 Under-18 European Championship when Croatia won the third place.

Career statistics

Club
Sources:[9][10][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
NK Osijek1997–98Prva HNL14110––––151
1998–9925560––21336
1999–0015410––20184
Total 54108000416611
Bayer Leverkusen1999–00Bundesliga2000––––20
2000–0121040––50300
2001–0220040––120360
2002–034020––2080
Total 47010000190760
Bayer Leverkusen II2002–03Regionalliga Nord40––––––40
VfB Stuttgart2003–04Bundesliga22020––40280
2004–0517040––50260
Total 390600090540
Werder Bremen2005–06Bundesliga29130––40361
2006–0725410––90384
2007–0822030––60310
2008–0914021––20181
2009–100000100010
Total 90591102101216
Gençlerbirliği2009–10Süper Lig13000––––130
Aris FC2011–12Super League Greece2000––––20
HNK Rijeka2012–13Prva HNL6000––––60
Career total 276153111053136117

International
Source:[12]
Croatia national team
YearAppsGoals
199930
200010
200130
200230
200320
200450
200540
200630
200720
Total260

Honours

Club

Osijek

Bayer Leverkusen

Werder Bremen

Individual

References
  1. "Jurica Vranjes". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  2. "Jurica Vranjes" (in German). fussballdaten.de.
  3. "Jurica Vranjes". BBC Sport. 22 May 2002. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  4. Šoškić, V. (12 October 2009). "Igrači iz bivše SFRJ su svuda zaduženi za atmosferu". Danas.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  5. "Vranješ, Jurica". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  6. "Werder will Kader verkleinern". mz-web.de (in German). Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  7. "Genclerbirligi sign Werder Bremen midfielder". Ontheminute.com. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  8. "S Vranješom potpisan sporazumni raskid" (in Croatian). Radio Rijeka. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  9. "Jurica Vranješ » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  10. "Jurica Vranješ statistics". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  11. "HNK Rijeka". nk-rijeka.hr. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  12. Jurica Vranješ national team Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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