Dejan Ranković

Dejan Ranković (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Ранковић; born 25 July 1976) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Dejan Ranković
Personal information
Full name Dejan Ranković
Date of birth (1976-07-25) 25 July 1976
Place of birth Smederevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Drugovac
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2012 Smederevo 179 (0)
1997–1998 → Železničar Smederevo (loan)
1999–2000 → Dubočica (loan)
2001–2002 → Slavija Sarajevo (loan)
2012–2014 Sloboda Užice 58 (0)
2014–2016 Sloga Petrovac 49 (0)
Total 286 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Smederevo

Born in Smederevo, Ranković passed through the youth ranks of the club then called Sartid. He was later loaned to Železničar Smederevo in order to gain experience. Later on, Ranković also spent some time at Dubočica while serving his military duty in Leskovac.

In the summer of 2000, Ranković returned to Sartid and played three games in the 2000–01 season. He also sat on the bench in all four matches in the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup. However, with the arrival of Dragan Žilić and Nebojša Milekić, Ranković was sent out on loan to Bosnian side Slavija Sarajevo for the rest of the 2001–02 season.

In the summer of 2002, Ranković made another return to Sartid and became a member of the squad that won the Serbia and Montenegro Cup in the 2002–03 season.[1] He began receiving more playing time after the departure of Žilić in the summer of 2004. Following the club's relegation from the top flight in 2008, Ranković established himself as the team's first-choice goalkeeper and helped them earn promotion back straight away. He continued playing regularly for the side over the next three seasons.

Later career

In July 2012, Ranković moved to fellow Serbian SuperLiga club Sloboda Užice on a free transfer.[2] He missed just one league game in the 2012–13 season, as the team narrowly fell out of a UEFA Europa League spot. In the following campaign, Ranković again missed just one league match, but failed to help the side avoid relegation from the top flight.

During the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons, Ranković played regularly for Serbian First League club Sloga Petrovac.

Personal life

Nicknamed Šnicla (Serbian for "schnitzel"), Ranković is a car mechanic, owning and maintaining an oldsmobile from 1968.

Career statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sartid Smederevo 1996–97 20—20
1997–98 00—00
1998–99 00—00
1999–2000 00—00
2000–01 3000—30
2001–02 00000000
2002–03 200020
2003–04 400040
Smederevo 2004–05 10010110
2005–06 13020150
2006–07 220—220
2007–08 15010—160
2008–09 30030—330
2009–10 230—230
2010–11 280—280
2011–12 27020—290
Total 179060301880
Sloboda Užice 2012–13 29010—300
2013–14 29030—320
Total 58040—620
Sloga Petrovac 2014–15 26020—280
2015–16 23010—240
Total 49030—520
Career total 2860130303020

Honours
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References
  1. "Sartid pobednik Kupa!" (in Serbian). srbija.gov.rs. 29 May 2003. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. "Ranković na golu Slobode" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
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