Gordan Petrić

Gordan Petrić

Personal information
Full name	Gordan Petrić
Date of birth	30 July 1969
Place of birth	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1985–1989	OFK Beograd	33	(2)
1989–1993	Partizan Belgrade	123	(10)
1993–1995	Dundee United	60	(3)
1995–1998	Rangers	65	(3)
1998–1999	Crystal Palace	18	(1)
1999	AEK Athens	7	(0)
1999–2001	Heart of Midlothian	37	(0)
2002	Sichuan Dahe	3	(0)
National team
1989–1997	Yugoslavia	5	(0)
Teams managed
2013	Bežanija
2015	Sinđelić Belgrade
2015	Zemun
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Gordan Petrić (Serbian Cyrillic: Гopдaн Пeтpић; born 30 July 1969) is a retired Serbian footballer and current head coach.

Career

After starting his career in his homeland with OFK Beograd and Partizan, he moved to Scotland in 1993 when he joined Dundee United for £600,000. His impressive performances at Tannadice earned him a move to Rangers in July 1995 for £1.5m. He remained with Rangers for three years, helping them secure their ninth league title in a row, before a spell in England with Crystal Palace (where he scored once against Sheffield United)^[1] and in Greece with AEK Athens. He remained in Athens for a few months before moving back to Scotland when Jim Jefferies signed him for Hearts for £500,000 in 1999. He remained with Hearts until March 2001, when he left two years before the end of his contract by "mutual consent".^[2] Petrić scored once for Hearts, his goal coming in the UEFA Cup against VfB Stuttgart.^[3]

He earned five caps for the national team of Yugoslavia between 1989 and 1997, having previously appeared in the country's 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship triumph alongside the likes of Robert Prosinečki, Predrag Mijatović, Zvonimir Boban, Robert Jarni and Davor Šuker.^[4]

Career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Yugoslavia			League		Yugoslav Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1985–86	OFK Beograd	Yugoslav First League	1	0	N/A		N/A		N/A		1	0
1986–87		Yugoslav Second League	4	0	N/A		N/A		N/A		4	0
1987–88			3	0	N/A		N/A		N/A		3	0
1988–89			25	2	N/A		N/A		N/A		25	2
1989–90	Partizan	Yugoslav First League	27	3	N/A		N/A		N/A		27	3
1990–91			24	1	N/A		N/A		N/A		24	1
1991–92			29	4	N/A		N/A		N/A		29	4
1992–93		First League of FR Yugoslavia	33	1	N/A		N/A		N/A		33	1
1993–94			10	1	N/A		N/A		N/A		10	1
Scotland			League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1993–94	Dundee United	Scottish Premier Division	27	1	8	0	-		-		35	1
1994–95			33	2	4	0	3	0	2	1	42	3
1995–96	Rangers		33	1	N/A		N/A		N/A		33	1
1996–97			26	2	1	0	5	0	6	1	38	3
1997–98			6	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	10	0
1998–99		Scottish Premier League	-		-		-		2	0	2	0
England			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1998–99	Crystal Palace	Football League First Division	18	1	-		-		-		18	1
Greece			League		Greek Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1999-00	AEK Athens	Alpha Ethniki	7	0	N/A		N/A		N/A		7	0
1999-00	Heart of Midlothian	Scottish Premier League	18	0	2	0	1	0	-		21	0
2000–01			19	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	24	1
China PR			League		FA Cup		CSL Cup		Asia		Total
2002	Sichuan Dahe	Chinese Super League	3	0	N/A		N/A		N/A		3	0

Honours

Club

Partizan

• Yugoslav Cup: 1

1991–92

• First League of FR Yugoslavia: 2

1992–93, 1993–94

Dundee United

• Scottish Cup: 1

1993–94

References

1. Donoghue, John (2 March 1999). "Morris plunders late goal to rob Eagles". London: The Independent. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
2. "Petric parts company with Hearts". BBC Sport. 22 March 2001. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
3. "Hearts so close to glory". BBC. 28 September 2000. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
4. "Gordan Petric". FIFA. Retrieved 4 November 2008.

External links

• Gordan Petrić career statistics at Soccerbase
• Gordan Petrić at reprezentacija.rs