Ranko Borozan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 July 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Mostar, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | 2 April 2020 (aged 86) | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950–1954 | Velež Mostar | 70 | (10) |
| 1954–1957 | Partizan Belgrade | 43 | (3) |
| 1957–1959 | Red Star Belgrade | 27 | (0) |
| 1960 | OFK Beograd | 9 | (2) |
| 1962–1963 | Jedinstvo Zemun | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| Yugoslavia U21 | 7 | (0) | |
| Yugoslavia B | 1 | (0) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ranko Borozan (25 July 1933 – 2 April 2020) was a Yugoslav footballer who played as a defender in the Yugoslav First League for Velež Mostar, Partizan Belgrade, Red Star Belgrade, and OFK Belgrade during the 1950s.
Club career
Borozan was born in Mostar.[2]
He played for Partizan Belgradea total of 43 league matches having scored 3 goals between 1954 and 1957.[3] He played for Red Star a total of 22 league matches between 1957 and 1960. He played half-season for OFK Belgrade, in 1959–60 having played nine matches and scored twice.[4]
He played with Partizan against Sporting CP in the kick-off match of the European competitions, held in Belgrade on 3 September 1955 for the Champions Cup.[5]
With Partizan Borozan won two Yugoslav Cups (1954, 1957), with Red Star Belgrade he won two Yugoslav Championships (1959, 1960), two Yugoslav Cups (1958, 1959) and Danube Cup (1958).
He later played with Red Star Belgrade, and during the winter break of the 1959–60 season, he moved to OFK Belgrade. His career was interrupted then due to an injury, and despite joining Jedinstvo Zemun two years later for the 1962–63 season, he never really retook his career again.[2][6]
International career
Borozan played seven matches for the Yugoslavia U-21 team and played once for Yugoslav B national team.[2]
Personal life
He died on 2 April 2020, aged 86.[7]
References
- ^ Ranko Borozan at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c Book: "Rođeni - Prvoligaške generacije 1952 - 1991" by Zoran Mrđenović, pag. 26 (in Serbian)
- ^ Partizan players stats Archived 18 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine at clubs official website.
- ^ OFK Belgrade historical stats Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine at clubs unofficial website.
- ^ Partizan made history playing first ever CC game at clubs official website.
- ^ Pola veka fudbalskog kluba Zemun pag. 42
- ^ "Преминуо Ранко Борозан - бивши фудбалер Партизана и Звезде". РТС (in Serbian). 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.