 Vranješ withWerder Bremen in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1980-01-31)31 January 1980 (age 45) | ||
| Place of birth | Osijek,SR Croatia,Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1997 | NK Osijek | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2000 | 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 Saloniki[2] | 2 | (0) |
| 2012 | Rijeka | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 250 | (15) | |
| International career | |||
| 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) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jurica Vranješ (pronounced[ˈjuritsaˈʋraɲɛʃ]; born 31 January 1980) is a Croatian former professionalfootballer. He was described as versatile midfielder, playing both as adefensive and acentral midfielder, noted for his tackling and passing abilities.[3]
Vranješ was born inOsijek, Croatia. He started playing inNK Osijek where he played between 1997 and 1999. Some websites say Vranješ started his career atFK 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 thePrva HNL, he then moved toBayer Leverkusen where he played three seasons until moving toVfB Stuttgart[5] in 2003 and finally toWerder 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 toGençlerbirliği for the rest of the season.[7]
In September 2011, Vranješ joinedAris Saloniki He made his debut in the yellow jersey againstOlympiacos. His contract was terminated on 10 January 2012. In May 2012, he joinedRijeka in Croatia, where he played six games before his contract with the club was terminated in November 2012.[8]
Vranješ made his debut forCroatia in a June 1999Korea Cup match againstEgypt and earned a total of 26 caps, scoring no goals.[9] He was part of the national team squad at the2002 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. His final international was an October 2007friendly match againstSlovakia.[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| NK Osijek | 1997–98 | Prva HNL | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 1 |
| 1998–99 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 33 | 6 | ||
| 1999–00 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | ||
| Total | 54 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 66 | 11 | ||
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1999–00 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| 2000–01 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 47 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 76 | 0 | ||
| Bayer Leverkusen II | 2002–03 | Regionalliga Nord | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 0 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 2003–04 | Bundesliga | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 2004–05 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Total | 39 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Werder Bremen | 2005–06 | Bundesliga | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| 2006–07 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | 38 | 4 | ||
| 2007–08 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 90 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 121 | 6 | ||
| Gençlerbirliği | 2009–10 | Süper Lig | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 0 |
| Aris FC | 2011–12 | Super League Greece | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| HNK Rijeka | 2012–13 | Prva HNL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 0 |
| Career total | 276 | 15 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 361 | 17 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 0 | |
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Jurica Vranješ international tournament squads | |||||||
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