Zoran Kokot

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Zoran Kokot

| image = Zoran Kokot by Djuradj Vujcic (2).jpg

| image_size = 195px

| caption = Kokot in 2007

| fullname = Zoran Kokot

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|6|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia

| height = {{height|m=1.81}}

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1993–2000

| youthclubs1 = OFK Kasindo

| youthyears2 = 2000–2004

| youthclubs2 = Slavija Sarajevo

| years1 = 2004–2007

| years2 = 2007

| years3 = 2007

| years4 = 2007–2009

| years5 = 2009–2010

| years6 = 2010

| years7 = 2010–2011

| years8 = 2012

| years9 = 2012–2013

| years10 = 2013–2014

| years11 = 2014–2015

| years12 = 2015

| years13 = 2015–2016

| years14 = 2016–2017

| years15 = 2017–2018

| years16 = 2018

| years17 = 2018–2019

| years18 = 2020

| years19 = 2021–2023

| clubs1 = Slavija Sarajevo

| clubs2 = Hamilton Serbians

| clubs3 = Serbian White Eagles

| clubs4 = Slavija Sarajevo

| clubs5 = KSK Beveren

| clubs6 = Slavija Sarajevo

| clubs7 = Mes Sarcheshme[http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/teams/teams?id=93&view=team&sid=23 Zoran Kokot] at PersianLeague

| clubs8 = Gol Gohar Sirjan

| clubs9 = Slavija Sarajevo

| clubs10 = FK Olimpik

| clubs11 = Slavija Sarajevo

| clubs12 = Željezničar Sarajevo

| clubs13 = Mladost Podgorica

| clubs14 = Vitez

| clubs15 = Zvijezda Gradačac

| clubs16 = Travnik

| clubs17 = Slavija Sarajevo

| clubs18 = Hamilton City

| clubs19 = Famos Vojkovići

| caps1 = 44

| caps2 =

| caps3 =

| caps4 = 14

| caps5 = 27

| caps6 = 9

| caps7 =

| caps9 = 27

| caps10 = 28

| caps11 = 14

| caps12 = 29

| caps13 = 14

| caps14 = 28

| caps15 = 10

| caps16 = 8

| caps17 = 24

| caps18 = 4

| caps19 = 24

| goals1 = 8

| goals2 =

| goals3 =

| goals4 = 9

| goals5 = 2

| goals6 = 2

| goals7 =

| goals9 = 6

| goals10 = 3

| goals11 = 5

| goals12 = 6

| goals13 = 2

| goals14 = 4

| goals15 = 2

| goals16 = 2

| goals17 = 12

| goals18 = 1

| goals19 = 2

| manageryears1 = 2023–

| managerclubs1 = Famos Vojkovići (assistant)

| pcupdate =

| ntupdate =

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Zoran Kokot (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Кокот; born June 28, 1985) is a Bosnian retired footballer who played as a forward.

Career

=Early career=

Kokot began his career in 2004 with Slavija in the Bosnian Premier League.{{Cite web |title=Slavija Sarajevo 2004-05 |url=http://en.eufo.de/football/squad/slavija-sarajevo/2004-05 |access-date=11 January 2020 |website=en.eufo.de}} In 2007, he played abroad in the Ontario Soccer League with the Hamilton Serbians, where he finished as the top goalscorer in the Provincial West Division.{{Cite web |title=Ontario Soccer League: About |url=https://osl.e2esoccer.com/PageDisplay.aspx?SideMenuID=231 |access-date=11 January 2020 |website=osl.e2esoccer.com}}

Shortly after, he signed with the Serbian White Eagles in the Canadian Soccer League, where he assisted in securing the International Division title.{{Cite web|url=http://serbianwhiteeagles.ca/serbianwhiteeagles.ca/SerbianWhiteEagles%20Old%20Website/en/vesti.html|title=New Page 1|last=Vujčić|first=Prvoslav|authorlink=Prvoslav Vujcic|date=|website=serbianwhiteeagles.ca|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-11}}{{Cite web |last=Vukmirović |first=V. |date=23 December 2014 |title=Zoran Kokot odlazi u Kanadu? |trans-title=Zoran Kokot going to Canada? |url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/zoran-kokot-odlazi-u-kanadu/148702 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=11 January 2020 |website=SportSport.ba |language=bs-BA}} In the opening round of the playoffs, the Serbs defeated the Windsor Border Stars, where Kokot contributed a goal.{{Cite news |date=15 October 2007 |title=Border Stars eliminated |work=Windsor Star |pages=D6}} Kokot scored another goal in the semifinal round against Trois-Rivières Attak, which advanced the Serbs to the championship finals.{{Cite web |date=21 October 2007 |title=L'Attak éliminé |trans-title=The Attak eliminated |url=http://www.rds.ca/soccer/l-attak-elimine-1.219756 |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=RDS.ca |language=fr}} In the championship final, the Serbs were defeated by Toronto Croatia in a two-game series.{{Cite news |last=McNulty |first=Dean |date=29 October 2007 |title=A bittersweet championship; Croatia claims CSL title with fans left on outside |work=Toronto Sun |pages=S11}}

= Abroad =

After a season abroad, he returned to FK Slavija and later played in the Belgian Second Division with KSK Beveren.{{Cite web |title=Slavija Sarajevo 2007-08 |url=http://en.eufo.de/football/squad/slavija-sarajevo/2007-08 |access-date=11 January 2020 |website=en.eufo.de}}{{Cite web |title=KSK Beveren 2009-10 |url=http://en.eufo.de/football/squad/ksk-beveren/2009-10 |access-date=11 January 2020 |website=en.eufo.de}} In May 2011, he signed with Mes Sarcheshme in the Azadegan League.{{Cite web|url=http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/teams?id=2032&view=player&sid=23|title=Zoran Kokot زوران کوکوت|last=|first=|date=2012-10-03|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003035651/http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/teams?id=2032&view=player&sid=23|archive-date=October 3, 2012|access-date=2020-01-11}} The following season, he played with Gol Gohar Sirjan F.C.{{Cite web|url=http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/teams?id=2032&view=player&sid=26|title=PersianLeague.com - Zoran Kokot|last=|first=|date=2012-05-13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513095136/http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/teams?id=2032&view=player&sid=26|archive-date=May 13, 2012|access-date=2020-01-11}}{{cite web |last=Vujcic |first=Djuradj |date=21 December 2014 |title=Zoran Kokot to join Canadian NASL team? |url=http://rednationonline.ca/Articles2015/ZoranKokottojoinCanadianNASLteam.aspx |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329083813/http://rednationonline.ca/Articles2015/ZoranKokottojoinCanadianNASLteam.aspx |archive-date=29 March 2024 |access-date=6 December 2024 |language=en |agency=RedNation Online}}

= Bosnia =

In 2012, he returned to FK Slavija and played with FK Olimpik.{{Cite web |title=Slavija Sarajevo 2012-13 |url=http://en.eufo.de/football/squad/slavija-sarajevo/2012-13 |access-date=11 January 2020 |website=en.eufo.de}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=28 November 2013 |title=Zoran Kokot: Pobjeda nad Borcem je najvažnija u polusezoni, favoriti smo protiv Mladosti |trans-title=Zoran Kokot: The victory over Borce is the most important in the half-season, we are favorites against Mladost |url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/zoran-kokot-pobjeda-nad-borcem-je-najvaznija-u-polusezoni-favoriti-smo-protiv-mladosti/131128021 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=10 January 2020 |website=Klix.ba |language=bs-BA}} He played the first part of the 2014-15 season with Slavija. In February 2015, he signed a one-year contract with Željezničar Sarajevo.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=19 February 2015 |title=Zoran Kokot zvanično novi igrač FK Željezničar |trans-title=Zoran Kokot is officially the new player of FK Željezničar |url=https://fkzeljeznicar.ba/zoran-kokot-zvanicno-novi-igrac-fk-zeljeznicar1/13334/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=11 January 2020 |website=FKZeljeznicar.ba |language=bs-BA}} Throughout his tenure with Željezničar, he played in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League against Balzan F.C., Ferencvárosi TC, and Standard Liège. He left Željezničar on mutual terms in December 2015.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=23 December 2015 |title=FK Željezničar i Zoran Kokot sporazumno raskinuli saradnju |trans-title=FK Željezničar and Zoran Kokot mutually terminated their cooperation |url=https://fkzeljeznicar.ba/fk-zeljeznicar-i-zoran-kokot-sporazumno-raskinuli-saradnju/17823/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=18 May 2020 |website=FKZeljeznicar.ba |language=bs-BA}} After that, he had another stint abroad, this time in the Montenegrin First League with Mladost Podgorica, where he assisted in securing the league title.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=8 February 2016 |title=Kokot pogodio za pobjedu Mladosti protiv gruzijskog prvaka Dila Gori |trans-title=Kokot scored for the victory of Mladost against the Georgian champion Dil Gori |url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/kokot-pogodio-za-pobjedu-mladosti-protiv-gruzijskog-prvaka-dila-gori/160208125 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=11 January 2020 |website=Klix.ba |language=bs-BA}}

The following season he returned home to sign a one-year contract with Vitez.{{Cite web |date=2 July 2016 |title=Zoran Kokot novi igrač NK Viteza |trans-title=Zoran Kokot is the new player of NK Vitez |url=https://www.radiovitez.ba/zoran-kokot-novi-igrac-nk-viteza/ |access-date=11 January 2020 |website=Radio Vitez |language=hr}} In 2017, he played in the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina with Zvijezda Gradačac.{{Cite web |last=Škorić |first=E. |date=15 August 2017 |title=Kokot: Zvijezda je idealan klub za nastavak karijere |trans-title=Kokot: Zvijezda is the ideal club to continue my career |url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/kokot-zvijezda-je-idealan-klub-za-nastavak-karijere/248319 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=11 January 2020 |website=SportSport.ba |language=bs-BA}} The remainder of the season, he played withTravnik.{{Cite web |last=Redakcija |date=19 January 2018 |title=Zoran Kokot novi napadač NK "Travnik" |trans-title=Zoran Kokot new striker for NK “Travnik” |url=https://www.vitez.info/zoran-kokot-novi-napadac-nk-travnik/ |access-date=11 January 2020 |website=Vitez.info |language=hr}}{{Cite web |last=Šljivak |first=M. |date=18 January 2018 |title=Zoran Kokot postao Vezir |trans-title=Zoran Kokot became Vizier |url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/zoran-kokot-postao-vezir/265383 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=11 January 2020 |website=SportSport.ba |language=bs-BA}} He returned to his former club Slavija the following season to play in the First League of the Republika Srpska, and retired in 2019.{{Cite web |last=Kotaraš |first=Siniša |date=1 June 2019 |title=Zoran Kokot, harizmatični napadač Slavije: Mogao sam još dugo da igram našu ligu |trans-title=Zoran Kokot, the charismatic striker of Slavia: I could have played in our league for a long time |url=https://www.glassrpske.com/lat/sport/sp-republika-srpska/zoran-kokot-harizmaticni-napadac-slavije-mogao-sam-jos-dugo-da-igram-nasu-ligu/285499 |access-date=11 January 2020 |website=Glas Srpske |language=sr}}{{Cite web |last=Papaz |first=S. |date=27 May 2019 |title=Kokot: Željo je posebna priča, fenomenalan period moje karijere |trans-title=Kokot: Željo is a special story, a phenomenal period in my career |url=https://sport1.oslobodjenje.ba/nize-lige-bih/kokot-zeljo-je-posebna-prica-fenomenalan-period-moje-karijere/156230 |url-status=dead |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=18 May 2020 |website=Oslobodjenje.ba |language=bs-BA}}

= Later career =

In 2020, he came out of retirement to play once more in the Canadian Soccer League with Hamilton City.{{Cite web |title=Hamilton City SC – Canadian Soccer League |url=http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/hamilton-city/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911064559/http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/hamilton-city/ |archive-date=11 September 2020 |access-date=17 August 2020 |website=canadiansoccerleague.ca |language=en-US}} He debuted for Hamilton on August 15, 2020, against his former team, the Serbian White Eagles, and recorded a goal.{{Cite web |last=Adamson |first=Stan |date=16 August 2020 |title=Vorkuta, High Scoring Hamilton City Score Victories in CSL Kickoff |url=http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/vorkuta-high-scoring-hamilton-city-score-victories-in-csl-kickoff/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=17 August 2020 |website=canadiansoccerleague.ca |language=en-US}} Following his brief stint in Canada, he returned to Bosnia by playing in the Second League of the Republika Srpska with Famos Vojkovići in 2021.{{Cite web |last=Papaz |first=Stefan |date=5 September 2021 |title=Zoran Kokot se vratio fudbalu i iz prvog kontakta sa loptom pogodio |trans-title=Zoran Kokot returned to football and scored from the first contact with the ball |url=https://www.oslobodjenje.ba/s1/fudbal/nize-lige-bih/zoran-kokot-se-vratio-fudbalu-i-iz-prvog-kontakta-sa-loptom-pogodio-688014 |access-date=6 October 2022 |website=www.oslobodjenje.ba |language=bs-ba}} In his debut season with Famos, the club secured promotion to the second tier.{{Cite web |date=17 July 2022 |title=Vojinović pojačao Famos: "Naporno radimo, u klubu sam sjajno primljen" |trans-title=Vojinović reinforced Famos: "We are working hard, I was well received at the club" |url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/vanja-vojinovic-famos-vojkovici/430011 |access-date=6 October 2022 |website=SportSport.ba |language=hr}}

International career

In December 2010, Bosnia national team coach Safet Sušić called him up for a friendly (the Bosnian team was comprised almost exclusively of domestic league players) against Poland.{{Cite web |last=Ivanković |first=Goran |date=19 December 2010 |title=Regoje i Kokot odlaze |trans-title=Regoje and Kokot leave. |url=https://www.glassrpske.com/lat/sport/sp-republika-srpska/regoje-i-kokot-odlaze/50486 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=18 May 2020 |website=GlasSrpske.com |language=sr}}{{Cite web |last=Lubura |first=Nedeljko |date=7 April 2020 |title=IDEALNI TIM FK SLAVIJA: Zoran Kokot debitovao sa šesnaest godina |trans-title=The Ideal Team of FC Slavija: Zoran Kokot made his debut at the age of sixteen |url=https://sportdc.net/n/118834/idealni-tim-fk-slavija-zoran-kokot-debitovao-sa-sesnaest-godina |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=18 May 2020 |website=SportDC.net |language=bs-BA}}

Managerial career

In the summer of 2023, he became the assistant coach for Famos Vojkovići under Darko Vojvodić.{{Cite web |date=1 August 2023 |title=Zoran Kokot ne krije: Imam velike ambicije u trenerskom poslu {{!}} Sport - East |trans-title=Zoran Kokot does not hide: I have great ambitions in the coaching business |url=https://sport-east.com/zoran-kokot-ne-krije-imam-velike-ambicije-u-trenerskom-poslu/ |access-date=25 March 2024 |website=sport-east.com |language=en-US}}