Goran Roce

{{Short description|Croatian footballer (born 1986)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Goran Roce

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|4|12}}

| birth_place = Pula, SFR Yugoslavia

| height = {{height|m=1.83|abbr=on}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = –2003 |youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2003–2004 |clubs1 = Žminj |caps1 = |goals1 =

| years2 = 2004–2005 |clubs2 = Waidhofen/Ybbs |caps2 = 14 |goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2005 |clubs3 = Örgryte |caps3 = 0 |goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2005–2007 |clubs4 = Žminj |caps4 = |goals4 = 15

| years5 = 2007–2013 |clubs5 = Istra 1961 |caps5 = 134 |goals5 = 20

| years6 = 2013–2015 |clubs6 = RNK Split |caps6 = 52 |goals6 = 5

| years7 = 2015–2016 |clubs7 = Osijek |caps7 = 24 |goals7 = 2

| years8 = 2016–2017 |clubs8 = Istra 1961 |caps8 = 31 |goals8 = 8

| years9 = 2017–2018 |clubs9 = Xanthi |caps9 = 11 |goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2018 |clubs10 = Istra 1961 |caps10 = 16 |goals10 = 3

| nationalyears1 = 2002 |nationalteam1 = Croatia U16

| nationalcaps1 = 5 |nationalgoals1 = 1

| pcupdate = 26 August 2018

| ntupdate = 21 November 2015

}}

Goran Roce (born 12 April 1986) is a Croatian retired footballer who last played for NK Istra 1961.

Club career

Roce started his career in 2003 with Žminj in Croatia’s 3. HNL. Following a couple of seasons with his home club, Roce had stints with Waidhofen/Ybbs in the Austrian Regional League East and Örgryte in the 2005 Allsvenskan.{{Cite web|title=SvenskaFans|url=https://www.svenskafans.com/fotboll/22054|access-date=2021-09-17|website=www.svenskafans.com|language=sv}} In 2007, Roce moved to Istra 1961 where he stayed for six consecutive seasons, including the last four seasons in the 1. HNL. He scored his first goal in 1. HNL in a 2–4 defeat against Međimurje on 8 August 2009.{{Cite web|title=Međimurje - Istra 1961 4:2|url=https://hrnogomet.com/hnl/utakmica.php?id=4815|access-date=2021-09-17|website=hrnogomet.com}} Roce was the club’s top goalscorer during the 2012–13 season, when he netted 11 goals.{{Cite web|title=MAXtv Prva liga 2012/13 - Ljestvice - Sportnet.hr|url=https://sportnet.rtl.hr/statistika/245/ljestvice/|access-date=2021-09-17|website=sportnet.rtl.hr}} In 2013, he moved to RNK Split, where he stayed for two seasons. He collected six appearances for the club during the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.[https://web.archive.org/web/20151208065708/http://grassrootsday.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2015/clubs/player=250038008/index.html UEFA.com] In 2015, he moved to Osijek, another 1. HNL club. On 1 July 2017, he signed with Super League club Xanthi.{{Cite web|title=Επίσημο: Ανακοίνωσε Ρότσε η Ξάνθη|url=https://www.sport24.gr/football/episimo-anakoinose-reis-i-xanthi.8523823.html|access-date=2021-09-17|website=www.sport24.gr|language=el}}

=Career statistics (from 2007 onwards)=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center"
rowspan="2"|Season

!rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|League

!colspan="2"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|Europe

!colspan="2"|Total

AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2007–08

|rowspan="6" valign="center"|Istra 1961

|rowspan="2" valign="center"|2. HNL

|20

2colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–202
2008–09

|17

010colspan="2"|–180
2009–10

|rowspan="8" valign="center"|1. HNL

|26

320colspan="2"|–283
2010–11

|23

120colspan="2"|–251
2011–12

|23

340colspan="2"|–273
2012–13

|25

1121colspan="2"|–2712
2013–14

|rowspan="2" valign="center"|RNK Split

|29

2colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–292
2014–15

|23

35260345
2015–16

|valign="center"|Osijek

|24

210colspan="2"|–252
2016–17

|valign="center"|Istra 1961

|31

810colspan="2"|–328
2017–18

|valign="center"|Xanthi

|rowspan="1" valign="center"|Superleague

|11

030colspan="2"|–140
2017–18

|rowspan="2" valign="center"|Istra 1961

|rowspan="2" valign="center"|1. HNL

|14

3colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–143
2018–19

|2

0colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–20
colspan=3 |Career Total

!268

382136029541
colspan="11"|Last Update: 26 August 2018.

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