Goran Gavrančić

Football player infobox
playername= Goran Gavrančić


fullname = Goran Gavrančić
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1978|8|2
cityofbirth = Belgrade
countryofbirth = Yugoslavia
height = height|m=1.91
currentclub = "free agent"
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs = Red Star Belgrade
years = 1998-2001
2001-2008
2008
clubs = FK Čukarički
Dynamo Kyiv
→ PAOK FC (loan)
caps(goals) = 87 (18)
167 (23) 7 (0)
nationalyears = 2002-2006
nationalteam = Serbia
nationalcaps(goals) = 28 (0)
pcupdate = June 24, 2008
ntupdate = June 21, 2006

Goran Gavrančić (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Гавранчић; born August 2, 1978 in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian footballer currently training with FK Teleoptik (FK Partizan's affiliate).

His career began at FK Čukarički Stankom, having played for Red Star Belgrade as a youth. His performances at Čukarički caught the eye of Dynamo Kyiv manager Valeri Lobanovsky and the Ukrainian club purchased him in 2002.

Gavrančić was part of the Serbia and Montenegro national team's "Famous Four" defence, which conceded just one goal during qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, which was their first World Cup appearance under that name (the same country had been in the second round of the 1998 World Cup, then known as FR Yugoslavia). The other members of the famous four are Ivica Dragutinović of Sevilla, Manchester United's Nemanja Vidić, and Mladen Krstajić of Schalke 04.

On January 30, 2008, he signed a six month loan deal with PAOK FC.

External links

* [http://www.gavrancic.com] Goran's personal website (Serbian, Russian, English)
* [http://www.paokfc.gr/shownews.jsp;jsessionid=2BBF8FB162504EDBF67F7DEA75D58D7C?newsCode=2008013114060364] PAOK FC announces loaning Goran Gavrančić for six months (English)