Goran Jurić

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Goran Jurić

| image =

| fullname = Goran Jurić

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1963|2|5}}

| birth_place = Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Yugoslavia

| height = 1.78 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1982–1987

| clubs1 = Velež Mostar

| caps1 = 130

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 1987–1991

| clubs2 = Red Star Belgrade

| caps2 = 78

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1991–1993

| clubs3 = Celta Vigo

| caps3 = 76

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1993–2000

| clubs4 = Croatia Zagreb

| caps4 = 85

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1995–1996

| clubs5 = → Hrvatski Dragovoljac (loan)

| caps5 = 9

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1996

| clubs6 = → NK Zagreb (loan)

| caps6 = 10

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2000

| clubs7 = Yokohama F. Marinos

| caps7 = 9

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2001

| clubs8 = NK Zagreb

| caps8 = 5

| goals8 = 0

| totalcaps = 402

| totalgoals = 2

| nationalyears1 = 1988–1989

| nationalteam1 = Yugoslavia

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1997–1999

| nationalteam2 = Croatia

| nationalcaps2 = 16

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|CRO}}}}

}}

Goran "Goca" Jurić (born 5 February 1963) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a defender.

During his career, he played for Velež Mostar, Red Star Belgrade, Celta Vigo, Croatia Zagreb, Yokohama F. Marinos, and NK Zagreb. He earned 4 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team in 1988, and 16 caps for the Croatia national football team.

Club career

In 1993 he left Celta Vigo after being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.{{cite news |last1=Paradinas |first1=Juan Jose |title="¡Qué mala suerte!" |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1993/10/29/deportes/751849205_850215.html |access-date=31 December 2024 |work=El País |date=28 October 1993 |language=Spanish}}

International career

He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a September 1988 friendly match away against Spain. After the break-up of the country, he started to represent Croatia, playing his first game for them in April 1997. He was a non-playing member of the squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where Croatia finished third. His final international was an October 1999 European Championship qualification match against Serbia and Montenegro.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9939|title=Player Database|accessdate=17 September 2022|website=EU-football}}

Career statistics

=Club=

colspan=3 \| Club performance ! colspan=2 \| League
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Season ! Club ! League ! Apps	Goals
colspan=3 \|Yugoslavia ! colspan=2 \| League
1982/83	rowspan="5"\|Velež Mostar	rowspan="5"\|First League	11	0
1983/84	32	1
1984/85	32	0
1985/86	30	0
1986/87	25	0
1987/88	rowspan="4"\|Red Star Belgrade	rowspan="4"\|First League	23	0
1988/89	26	0
1989/90	21	0
1990/91	8	0
colspan=3 \|Spain ! colspan=2 \| League
1990/91	rowspan="3"\|Celta Vigo	rowspan="2"\|Segunda División	14	0
1991/92	30	1
1992/93	La Liga	32	0
colspan=3 \|Croatia ! colspan=2 \| League
1995/96	Croatia Zagreb	Prva HNL	1	0
1995/96	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Prva HNL	9	0
1996/97	Zagreb	Prva HNL	10	0
1996/97	rowspan="4"\|Croatia Zagreb	rowspan="4"\|Prva HNL	15	0
1997/98	23	0
1998/99	25	0
1999/00	21	0
colspan=3 \|Japan ! colspan=2 \| League
2000	Yokohama F. Marinos	J1 League	9	0
colspan=3 \|Croatia ! colspan=2 \| League
2000/01	Zagreb	Prva HNL	5	0
rowspan=4\| Country	colspan=2\| Yugoslavia !208\|\|1
colspan=2\|Spain !76\|\|1
colspan=2\|Croatia !109\|\|0
colspan=2\|Japan !9\|\|0
colspan=3\|Total !402\|\|2

=International=

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Year	Apps	Goals
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|colspan="3"\|Yugoslavia national team
1988	3	0
1989	1	0
Total\|\|4\|\|0

Year	Apps	Goals
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|colspan="3"\|Croatia national team
1997	8	0
1998	3	0
1999	5	0
Total\|\|16\|\|0

Honours

=Club=

Velež Mostar

Yugoslav Cup: 1985–86

Red Star Belgrade

Celta de Vigo

Segunda División: 1991–92

Dinamo Zagreb

=Individual=

Croatia

FIFA World Cup Third place: 1998

=Orders=

50px Order of the Croatian Interlace - 1998 {{cite news | url = http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/98/07/12/h2_hrv.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161108054336/http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/98/07/12/h2_hrv.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = 2016-11-08|title = PREDSJEDNIK TUDJMAN ODLIKOVAO HRVATSKU NOGOMETNU REPREZENTACIJU | language = Croatian | publisher= hrt.hr}}