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.
 Ćeran with Pakhtakor in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dragan Ćeran | ||
| Date of birth | October 6, 1987 | ||
| 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) |
| 2006 | → Železničar Smederevo (loan) | 6 | (4) |
| 2007 | → Mladi Radnik (loan) | 12 | (10) |
| 2009–2010 | → Westerlo (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 | 156 | (109) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2008 | |||
Previously he played for Smederevo in the Serbian SuperLiga.[1]
Club career
editIn 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]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 30 September 2024[8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hapoel Haifa | 2011–12 | Israeli Premier League | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 6 | |
| Maccabi Netanya | 2012–13 | Israeli Premier League | 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 | Saudi Pro 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[b] | 1 | – | 36 | 23 | |||
| 2018 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5[b] | 1 | – | 13 | 4 | |||
| Total | 73 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | – | 92 | 48 | |||
| Pakhtakor | 2018 | Uzbekistan Super League | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 21 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 8[b] | 2 | 4[c] | 6 | 39 | 37 | ||
| 2020 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 7[b] | 2 | – | 37 | 26 | |||
| 2021 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 6[b] | 2 | 1[d] | 1 | 33 | 20 | ||
| 2022 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3[b] | 1 | 1[d] | 1 | 28 | 22 | ||
| 2023 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4[b] | 1 | 1[d] | 0 | 29 | 17 | ||
| 2024 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2[b] | 1 | 1[d] | 1 | 21 | 11 | ||
| Total | 155 | 106 | 19 | 13 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 212 | 137 | ||
| Career total | 358 | 187 | 37 | 19 | 37 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 440 | 226 | ||
- ^ Includes Azerbaijan Cup, King Cup, Uzbekistan Cup
- ^ a b c d e f g h Appearances in AFC Champions League
- ^ Appearances in Uzbekistan League Cup
- ^ a b c d Appearance in Uzbekistan Super Cup
Honours
editVardar
Nasaf
- Uzbekistan Cup runner-up: 2017
Pakhtakor Tashkent
- Uzbekistan Super League: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Uzbekistan Cup: 2019, 2020; runner-up: 2018, 2021
- Uzbekistan Super Cup: 2021, 2022
- Uzbekistan League Cup: 2019
Individual
References
edit- ^ "Dragan CERAN" (in Serbian). Srbija Fudbal. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
- ^ "Serbian striker signed a contract with Inter (PHOTO)" (in Azerbaijani). azerisport.com/. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ^ "Khazar 0–0 Simurq". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Inter Baku 1–2 Simurq". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Simurqun hücumçusu Hollandiya, Danimarka və Yunanıstandan təklifləri rədd edib" (Azerbaijani). Azerisport. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ^ «Суперлига-2019. Результативность команд. У кого больше голов?»
- ^ ""Итоги ежегодного футбольного конгресса Ассоциации футбола Узбекистана"". Archived from the original on 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ^ "D.Ćeran". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "Instagram".
External links
edit- Dragan Ćeran Stats at Utakmica.rs
- Dragan Ćeran at Soccerway.com
- Dragan Ćeran at WorldFootball.net
- Dragan Ćeran at FBref.com
