Bosnian footballer (born 1985)
Zoran Kokot (Serbian Cyrillic : Зоран Кокот; born June 28, 1985) is a Bosnian retiredfootballer who played as aforward .
Kokot began his career in 2004 withSlavija in theBosnian Premier League .[ 2] In 2007, he played abroad in theOntario Soccer League with the Hamilton Serbians, where he finished as the top goalscorer in the Provincial West Division.[ 3]
Shortly after, he signed with theSerbian White Eagles in theCanadian Soccer League , where he assisted in securing the International Division title.[ 4] [ 5] In the opening round of the playoffs, the Serbs defeated the Windsor Border Stars, where Kokot contributed a goal.[ 6] Kokot scored another goal in the semifinal round againstTrois-Rivières Attak , which advanced the Serbs to thechampionship finals .[ 7] In the championship final, the Serbs were defeated byToronto Croatia in a two-game series.[ 8]
After a season abroad, he returned to FK Slavija and later played in theBelgian Second Division withKSK Beveren .[ 9] [ 10] In May 2011, he signed withMes Sarcheshme in theAzadegan League .[ 11] The following season, he played withGol Gohar Sirjan F.C. [ 12] [ 13]
In 2012, he returned to FK Slavija and played withFK Olimpik .[ 14] [ 15] He played the first part of the2014-15 season with Slavija. In February 2015, he signed a one-year contract withŽeljezničar Sarajevo .[ 16] Throughout his tenure with Željezničar, he played in the2015–16 UEFA Europa League againstBalzan F.C. ,Ferencvárosi TC , andStandard Liège . He left Željezničar on mutual terms in December 2015.[ 17] After that, he had another stint abroad, this time in theMontenegrin First League withMladost Podgorica , where he assisted in securing the league title.[ 18]
The following season he returned home to sign a one-year contract withVitez .[ 19] In 2017, he played in theFirst League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina withZvijezda Gradačac .[ 20] The remainder of the season, he played withTravnik .[ 21] [ 22] He returned to his former club Slavija the following season to play in theFirst League of the Republika Srpska , and retired in 2019.[ 23] [ 24]
In 2020, he came out of retirement to play once more in the Canadian Soccer League withHamilton City .[ 25] He debuted for Hamilton on August 15, 2020, against his former team, the Serbian White Eagles, and recorded a goal.[ 26] Following his brief stint in Canada, he returned to Bosnia by playing in theSecond League of the Republika Srpska withFamos Vojkovići in 2021.[ 27] In his debut season with Famos, the club secured promotion to the second tier.[ 28]
International career [ edit ] In December 2010,Bosnia national team coachSafet Sušić called him up for a friendly (the Bosnian team was comprised almost exclusively ofdomestic league players) againstPoland .[ 29] [ 30]
In the summer of 2023, he became the assistant coach forFamos Vojkovići underDarko Vojvodić .[ 31]
Serbian White Eagles
Mladost Podgorica
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