Ranko Borozan Explained

Ranko Borozan
Birth Date:1933 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Mostar, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1950–1954
Clubs1:Velež Mostar
Caps1:70
Goals1:10
Years2:1954–1957
Clubs2:Partizan
Caps2:43
Goals2:3
Years3:1957–1959
Clubs3:Red Star Belgrade
Caps3:27
Goals3:0
Years4:1960
Clubs4:OFK Beograd
Caps4:9
Goals4:2
Years5:1962–1963
Clubs5:Jedinstvo Zemun
Caps5:1
Goals5:0
Nationalteam1:Yugoslavia U-21
Nationalcaps1:7
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalteam2:Yugoslavia B
Nationalcaps2:1
Nationalgoals2:0

Ranko Borozan (25 July 1933 – 2 April 2020) was a Yugoslav footballer.

Club career

Born in Mostar, he played as a defender in the Yugoslav First League for FK Velež Mostar, FK Partizan, Red Star Belgrade and OFK Belgrade during the 1950s.[1] He played as well with Jedinstvo Zemun in the season 1962–63.[2]

He played for Partizan a total of 43 league matches having scored 3 goals between 1954 and 1957.[3] He played for Red Star a total of 22 league matches between 1957 and 1960.[4] He played half-season for OFK Belgrade, in 1959-60 having played 9 matches and scored twice.[5]

He played with Partizan against Sporting CP in the kick-off match of the European competitions, held in Belgrade on 3 September 1955 for the Champions Cup.[6]

With FK Partizan Borozan won 2 Yugoslav Cups (1954, 1957), with Red Star Belgrade he won 2 Yugoslav Championships (1959, 1960), 2 Yugoslav Cups (1958, 1959) and Danube Cup (1958).

He later played with Red Star Belgrade, and during the winter break of the 1959–60 season, he moved to OFK Belgrade. His career was interrupted then due to an injury, and despite joining FK Jedinsvo Zemun two years later, he will never really retake his career again.[7]

International career

He played seven matches for the Yugoslavia U-21 team and played once for Yugoslav B national team.[7]

Personal life

He died on 2 April 2020, aged 86.[8]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.zerozero.pt/jogador/ranko_borozan/actual/ficha/0/default/97137 Profile
  2. http://elibrary.matf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1750?show=full Pola veka fudbalskog kluba Zemun
  3. http://www.partizan.rs/svigraci.php?Jezik=sr&sec=6&sec1=3 Partizan players stats
  4. http://www.parapsihopatologija.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1130&st=90 1946-1991 Red Star league squads and stats
  5. http://test.ofkbeograd.net/index.php?id=83 OFK Belgrade historical stats
  6. http://www.partizan.rs/vest.php?Jezik=en&IDV=682&akcija=&prikaz1=2010&prikaz2=8&sec=2 Partizan made history playing first ever CC game
  7. Book: "Rođeni - Prvoligaške generacije 1952 - 1991" by Zoran Mrđenović, pag. 26
  8. Web site: Преминуо Ранко Борозан - бивши фудбалер Партизана и Звезде . . 2 April 2020 . 2 April 2020. Serbian.