| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1971-11-11)11 November 1971 (age 54) | ||
| Place of birth | Pristina,SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Priština | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1993 | Priština | 97 | (4) |
| 1993–1997 | Red Star Belgrade | 101 | (2) |
| 1997–2001 | Celta | 100 | (5) |
| 2001–2004 | Deportivo La Coruña | 11 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | →Elche (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| Total | 324 | (11) | |
| International career | |||
| 1994–2001 | FR Yugoslavia | 49 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017–2019 | Serbia U21 | ||
| 2021– | Serbia (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Goran Đorović (Serbian Cyrillic:Горан Ђopoвић; born 11 November 1971) is a Serbian former professionalfootballer who played mainly acentral defender but also as aleft-back.
In his country, he played forPriština andRed Star. He spent the rest of his career in Spain after arriving there in 1997, representingCelta,Deportivo andElche.
Đorović went into coaching upon retiring, serving as themanager of theSerbian national under-21 team.
Đorović was born inPristina,Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Having initially played for his hometown clubFK Priština, he joinedRed Star Belgrade in 1993. He went on to appear in exactly 100league matches and, aged almost 26, moved abroad after signing with Spanish clubRC Celta de Vigo.
Soon, interest arose from major teams, such asUC Sampdoria andArsenal. However, he decided to stay at least for the1998–99 season at Celta, where he would eventually share teams with his brotherZoran (who had absolutely no impact for theGalicians)[1] and play 126 competitive games, hisLa Liga debut coming on 31 August 1997 in a 2–1 home win againstReal Zaragoza.[2]
Having had one attempt to sign the player previously rebuffed,Deportivo de La Coruña managerJavier Irureta signed Đorović in 2001, having already bought him from Red Star four years earlier. However, the player's career atDepor would be constantly marred by injuries as he earned over€2 million per season, one of the highest in the squad.[3]
For2003–04, Đorović was loaned alongsideDani Mallo,Roberto Acuña andJosé Manuel, toElche CF in thesecond division. After featuring rarely throughout the campaign he returned to Deportivo, and was immediately released despite still having one year in his contract.[4] He retired shortly after.
Đorović made his debut for theSerbia and Montenegro national team on 23 December 1994, playing the second half of a 0–2friendly loss inBrazil inPorto Alegre. He won 48caps more in the next seven years, being part of the setups at the1998 FIFA World Cup (playing in all the matches and minutes during the tournament, as the nation bowed out in theround-of-16) andUEFA Euro 2000.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR Yugoslavia | 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 0 | |
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Serbia U21 | 18 August 2017 | 2019 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 058.82 |
| Total | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 058.82 | ||
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