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Jurica Vranješ
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Vranješ with Werder Bremen in 2007
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-01-31) 31 January 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Osijek, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1997 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 (0)
2012 Rijeka 6 (0)
Total 250 (15)
National team
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)
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Jurica Vranješ (pronounced [ˈjuritsa ˈʋraɲɛʃ]; born 31 January 1980) is a Croatian former professional footballer. He was described as versatile midfielder, playing both as a defensive and a central midfielder, noted for his tackling and passing abilities.

Club career

Vranješ was born in Osijek, Croatia. He started playing in NK Osijek where he played between 1997 and 1999. Some websites say Vranješ started his career at FK Vojvodina, but Vranješ himself explained how those websites confused their statistics with another player, Mićo Vranješ, playing back then in Vojvodina.

After playing with Osijek in the Prva HNL, he then moved to Bayer Leverkusen where he played three seasons until moving to VfB Stuttgart in 2003 and finally to Werder Bremen in 2005. In August 2009 Werder Bremen announced that he could leave the club. On 29 January 2010, he left Werder Bremen and was loaned to Gençlerbirliği for the rest of the season.

In September 2011, Vranješ joined Aris Saloniki He made his debut in the yellow jersey against Olympiacos. His contract was terminated on 10 January 2012. In May 2012, he joined Rijeka in Croatia, where he played six games before his contract with the club was terminated in November 2012.

International career

Vranješ made his debut for Croatia in a June 1999 Korea Cup match against Egypt and earned a total of 26 caps, scoring no goals. He was part of the national team squad at the 2002 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 2007 friendly match against Slovakia.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
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

Honours

Osijek

  • Croatian Cup: 1999

Bayer Leverkusen

Werder Bremen

Individual

  • Croatian Footballer Hope of the Year: 1998

See also

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