Dragan Ćeran

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Dragan Ćeran
Ćeran with Pakhtakor in 2019
Personal information
Full name Dragan Ćeran
Date of birth (1987-10-06) October 6, 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Kikinda, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Pakhtakor
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2012 Smederevo 129 (18)
2006Železničar Smederevo (loan) 6 (4)
2007Mladi Radnik (loan) 12 (10)
2009–2010Westerlo (loan) 3 (0)
2012 Hapoel Haifa 10 (0)
2012–2013 Maccabi Netanya 24 (7)
2013–2015 Simurq 57 (27)
2015 Hajer 13 (2)
2016 Vardar 12 (5)
2016–2018 Nasaf 48 (34)
2018– Pakhtakor 132 (96)
International career
2008 Serbia U21 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2008

Dragan Ćeran (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ћеран; born 6 October 1987) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Uzbekistan Super League club Pakhtakor.

Previously he played for Smederevo in the Serbian SuperLiga.[1]

Club career[edit]

In August 2013, Ćeran signed for Azerbaijan Premier League side Simurq.[2] Ćeran made his debut for Simurq in their second game of the season, away to Khazar Lankaran on 11 August 2013, coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Salif Ballo.[3] Ćeran's first goal for Simurq came in the 78th minute of their 2–1 victory against Inter Baku on 1 September 2013.[4] Ćeran signed a new one-year contract with Simurq on 31 May 2014, turning down offers from Dordrecht, Levadiakos and Viborg FF.[5]

In 2016 he moved to Uzbekistan, where he first played for the Nasaf, and in the middle of the 2018 season he moved to the capital Pakhtakor, where he later became the leader of the team's attacks.

In 2019, he became the top scorer of the championship of Uzbekistan, scoring 23 goals,[6] and was also recognized as the best football player of the Uzbekistan Super League.[7]

International career[edit]

In 2006, Ćeran received his first call up to the Serbia national under-21 team.

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 24 August 2023[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental[a] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hapoel Haifa 2011–12 Ligat HaAl 10 6 0 0 0 0 10 6
Maccabi Netanya 2012–13 Ligat HaAl 24 7 0 0 0 0 24 7
Simurq 2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League 31 13 1 0 - - 32 13
2014–15 25 14 5 4 - - 30 18
Total 90 40 6 4 - - - - 96 46
Hajer 2015–16 Jameel League 13 2 1 1 14 3
Vardar 2015–16 Macedonian First Football League 12 5 0 0 0 0 12 5
Nasaf 2016 Uzbekistan Super League 13 12 4 1 0 0 17 13
2017 28 19 6 3 2 1 36 23
2018 7 3 1 0 5 1 13 4
Total 73 41 12 5 7 2 - - 92 48
Pakhtakor Tashkent 2018 Uzbekistan Super League 18 3 3 0 0 0 21 3
2019 24 23 3 6 8 2 4 6[b] 39 37
2020 26 21 4 3 7 2 37 26
2021 23 16 3 1 6 2 1 1[c] 33 20
2022 23 20 1 0 3 1 1 1[c] 28 22
2023 16 11 2 3 0 0 1 0[c] 19 14
Total 130 94 16 13 24 7 7 8 177 122
Career total 333 175 34 19 31 9 7 8 405 211
  1. ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League
  2. ^ Appearances in Uzbekistan League Cup
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in Uzbekistan Super Cup

Honours[edit]

Vardar

Nasaf

Pakhtakor Tashkent

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dragan CERAN" (in Serbian). Srbija Fudbal. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  2. ^ "Serbian striker signed a contract with Inter (PHOTO)" (in Azerbaijani). azerisport.com/. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Khazar 0-0 Simurq". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Inter Baku 1-2 Simurq". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Simurqun hücumçusu Hollandiya, Danimarka və Yunanıstandan təklifləri rədd edib" (Azerbaijani). Azerisport. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  6. ^ «Суперлига-2019. Результативность команд. У кого больше голов?»
  7. ^ "«Итоги ежегодного футбольного конгресса Ассоциации футбола Узбекистана»". Archived from the original on 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  8. ^ "D.Ćeran". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

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