Ranko Stojić Explained

Ranko Stojić
Fullname:Ranko Stojić
Birth Date:18 January 1959
Birth Place:Bugojno, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Height:1.84 m
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthclubs1:Iskra Bugojno
Years1:1976–1978
Clubs1:Iskra Bugojno
Caps1:7
Goals1:0
Years2:1978–1980
Clubs2:Zvezdara
Years3:1980–1984
Clubs3:Partizan
Caps3:92
Goals3:0
Years4:1984–1987
Clubs4:Dinamo Zagreb
Caps4:69
Goals4:0
Years5:1987–1989
Clubs5:RFC Liégeois
Caps5:67
Goals5:0
Years6:1989–1990
Clubs6:Anderlecht
Caps6:0
Goals6:0
Years7:1990–1992
Clubs7:Charleroi
Caps7:57
Goals7:0
Years8:1992–1994
Clubs8:RFC Sérésien
Caps8:62
Goals8:0
Years9:1994–1995
Clubs9:Charleroi
Caps9:15
Goals9:0
Years10:1995–1997
Clubs10:Royal Antwerp
Caps10:19
Goals10:0
Totalcaps:388
Totalgoals:0
Nationalyears1:1984–1986
Nationalteam1:Yugoslavia
Nationalcaps1:14
Nationalgoals1:0

Ranko Stojić (; born 18 January 1959) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He earned 14 caps for Yugoslavia in the mid 1980s. Following his playing career, Stojić started working as a players' agent.

Club career

Stojić started out at his hometown side Iskra Bugojno in the Yugoslav Second League. He made his senior debuts in the 1976–77 season. In 1978, Stojić moved to Belgrade and joined lower league club Zvezdara.[1] He was transferred to Yugoslav First League side Partizan in the summer of 1980. Over the next four seasons at the Stadion JNA, Stojić made over 100 competitive appearances for the Crno-beli, helping them win the national championship in 1983. He switched to Dinamo Zagreb the following summer, staying with the Modri for the next three years.

In the summer of 1987, Stojić moved abroad and joined Belgian club RFC Liégeois. He played in the country over the following 10 years and also represented Anderlecht, Charleroi (two spells), RFC Sérésien and Royal Antwerp, before retiring from the game.

International career

Stojić made his international debut for Yugoslavia in a friendly away at Scotland on 12 September 1984, under newly appointed manager Miloš Milutinović, as the team was still reeling from the disastrous showing at UEFA Euro 1984 earlier that summer. In addition to Stojić, six other players got their debuts that day in Glasgow; starters Edin Bahtić, Fadilj Vokri, Petar Georgijevski and Zoran Batrović, as well as subs Davor Jozić and Darko Pančev. At halftime, Stojić was brought on for Dragan Pantelić with Yugoslavia trailing 1–3. He conceded three more goals as the match ended in an embarrassing 1–6 loss for Yugoslavia. Still, Stojić left a good enough impression in Scotland to get a start two weeks later for the opening World Cup 1986 qualifier at home versus Bulgaria. The game ended in a goalless draw.

Post-playing career

In 1997, Stojić established Dynamic Agency, a sports management and consulting company, through which he handled his football agent activities. Some of his clients included French international footballers Louis Saha, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Olivier Kapo, and Djibril Cissé.[2] The agent was further responsible for the transfers of numerous Serbian league footballers abroad, including Nenad Tomović, Filip Đorđević and Nemanja Pejčinović, among others.

In addition to his agent business, during the early 2000s, Stojić became the main financier of the Serbian club Rad. He remained in the role for over a decade, before leaving the position in 2013. Afterwards, during two separate stints, Stojić performed the sporting director role at the Slovenian club Olimpija Ljubljana, both times under the presidential reign of Milan Mandarić.[3]

Honours

Partizan[4]

Anderlecht[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ranko Stojić: Završio u Dinamu zbog nekorektnosti Partizana . Serbian . novosti.rs . 13 August 2017 . 13 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Ranko Stojić: Žao mi je što nisam imao menadžera, da nije bilo mene Đibril Sise bi držao butik . Serbian . mozzartsport.com . 10 February 2015 . 17 May 2017.
  3. Web site: Ranko Stojić (opet) višak u Olimpiji . Serbian . mozzartsport.com . 29 March 2017 . 17 May 2017.
  4. Web site: Partizan Palmares.
  5. Web site: RSC Anderlecht Palmares.
  6. Web site: Tijdperk-Vanden Stock: 20 landstitels, 8 bekers en 3 Europabekers.