Zoran Simović

Zoran Simović (Cyrillic: Зоран Симовић; born 2 November 1954) is a former Yugoslav and Montenegrin footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1]

Zoran Simović
Personal information
Full name Zoran Simović
Date of birth (1954-11-02) 2 November 1954
Place of birth Mojkovac, FPR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Obilićevo Kruševac
Napredak Kruševac
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1980 Napredak Kruševac 108 (1)
1980–1984 Hajduk Split 84 (0)
1984–1990 Galatasaray 192 (1)
Total 384 (2)
National team
1983–1984 Yugoslavia 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Simović was named the Yugoslav Footballer of the Year in 1983. He also won the Turkish Footballer of the Year award for three consecutive years (1985, 1986, and 1987).

Club career

Born in Mojkovac, PR Montenegro, Simović moved with his family to Kruševac, PR Serbia in 1965.[2] He played regularly for Napredak Kruševac during the 1970s, helping them gain promotion to the Yugoslav First League on two occasions (1975–76 and 1977–78). In 1980, Simović was transferred to Hajduk Split. He helped the club win the Yugoslav Cup in the 1983–84 season.[3]

In 1984, Simović moved abroad to Turkey and signed with Galatasaray. He spent six seasons at the club and won four trophies, including back-to-back national championships (1986–87 and 1987–88). In total, Simović made 192 league appearances and scored once for Galatasaray, converting a penalty kick in a 6–0 home win over Kahramanmaraşspor in April 1989.

International career

Simović made his debut for Yugoslavia in an October 1983 European Championship qualification match against Norway and has earned a total of 10 caps, scoring no goals. He was the team's first-choice goalkeeper at UEFA Euro 1984.[4] His final international was at that tournament in June 1984, against hosts France.[5]

Honours

Club
Napredak Kruševac
Hajduk Split
Galatasaray

Individual

References
  1. "Simović Zoran" (in Serbian). reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  2. "Zoran Simović: I danas sanjam da branim" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  3. "Legendarni vratar Hajduka nakon 32 godine ponovno na Poljudu" (in Croatian). slobodnadalmacija.hr. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. "Zoran Simovic". 11v11.com. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  5. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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