Stojan Vranješ Explained

Stojan Vranješ
Birth Date:11 October 1986
Birth Place:Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Height:1.83 m[1]
Position:Attacking midfielder, forward
Currentclub:Borac Banja Luka
Clubnumber:23
Youthyears1:–2005
Youthclubs1:Borac Banja Luka
Years1:2005–2010
Clubs1:Borac Banja Luka
Caps1:120
Goals1:30
Years2:2010–2012
Clubs2:Pandurii
Caps2:47
Goals2:12
Years3:2012
Clubs3:CFR Cluj (loan)
Caps3:14
Goals3:2
Years4:2013–2014
Clubs4:Vojvodina
Caps4:42
Goals4:8
Years5:2014–2015
Clubs5:Lechia Gdańsk
Caps5:52
Goals5:16
Years6:2015–2017
Clubs6:Legia Warsaw
Caps6:28
Goals6:5
Years7:2017–2018
Clubs7:Piast Gliwice
Caps7:20
Goals7:1
Years8:2018–2019
Clubs8:Željezničar
Caps8:24
Goals8:3
Years9:2019–2021
Clubs9:Borac Banja Luka
Caps9:82
Goals9:45
Years10:2021–2022
Clubs10:Bashundhara Kings
Caps10:12
Goals10:4
Years11:2022–2023
Clubs11:Sloboda Tuzla
Caps11:22
Goals11:6
Years12:2023–
Clubs12:Borac Banja Luka
Caps12:32
Goals12:4
Nationalyears1:2002
Nationalteam1:Bosnia and Herzegovina U17
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:2007
Nationalteam2:Bosnia and Herzegovina U21
Nationalcaps2:1
Nationalgoals2:0
Nationalyears3:2009–2012
Nationalteam3:Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nationalcaps3:3
Nationalgoals3:0
Club-Update:20 May 2024

Stojan Vranješ (Serbian Cyrillic: Стојан Врањеш; born 11 October 1986) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bosnian Premier League club Borac Banja Luka.

Club career

Early career

Vranješ started his career at his hometown club Borac Banja Luka. There, he spent a total of five seasons, before moving to Romania, where he played for Pandurii and CFR Cluj.

Vojvodina

On 6 February 2013, Vranješ signed a two-year contract with Serbian giants Vojvodina.[2] He scored his first goal for Vojvodina in a 2–1 win against Smederevo on 27 February 2013. He scored a goal from distance in a 3–0 win against Donji Srem on 19 March 2013, which Donji Srem manager Bogić Bogićević dubbed a "euro-goal".[3]

Adventure in Poland

In February 2014, Vranješ was transferred from Vojvodina to Polish club Lechia Gdańsk for 200,000 Euros.[4] After impressing at Lechia, scoring 16 goals in 52 appearances, he was transferred to Legia Warsaw on 29 August 2015.[5] While at Legia, Vranješ won both the Ekstraklasa and Polish Cup in 2016.[6] On 9 January 2017, shortly after leaving Legia, he signed a contract with Piast Gliwice.[7] On 15 January 2018, Vranješ left the club after not having enough playing time in that season.[8] Both sides said they are on good terms still to this day.

Željezničar

On 23 January 2018, Vranješ signed a one-and-a-half-year deal with Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar.[9] On 9 May 2018, he won the Bosnian Cup after Željezničar beat Krupa in the two legged final of that season's cup.[10] On 31 January 2019, Vranješ left Željezničar.[11]

Return to Borac

On 1 February 2019, nine years after leaving the club, Vranješ once again became the new player of Borac in the First League of RS.[12] He made his official debut for Borac on 27 February 2019, in a 2–1 away loss in a cup game against Široki Brijeg.[13] In the 2018–19 First League of RS season, Vranješ's Borac 5 games before the end of the season won the league title and got promoted back to the Bosnian Premier League.[14] On 12 January 2020, he extended his contract with the club until the summer of 2023.[15]

Vranješ won his first league title with Borac on 23 May 2021, one game before the end of the 2020–21 season, getting crowned Bosnian Premier League champions.[16]

He terminated his contract with Borac and left the club in November 2021.[17]

Bashundhara Kings

On 20 November 2021,Vranješ joined Bangladesh Premier League team Bashundhara Kings for the 2021–22 season.[18]

International career

Vranješ made his senior debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina on 1 June 2009, against Uzbekistan.[19]

On 31 May 2012, Vranješ was at the center of a media storm for a mistake he made in a friendly match in Chicago against Mexico, which resulted in a last-minute goal for Mexico, who won 2–1.[20]

Personal life

Vranješ has a younger brother, Ognjen, who is also a professional footballer.[21]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bosnia and Herzegovina200910
201000
201100
201220
201300
201400
201500
Total30

Honours

Borac Banja Luka

2020–21, 2023–24

2018–19

2009–10

CFR Cluj

2011–12

Vojvodina

2013–14

Legia Warsaw

2015–16 2016-17

2015–16

Željezničar

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stojan Vranjes Legia profile.
  2. http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/sport.294.html%3A418574-Vranjes-u-Vojvodini Vranješ u Vojvodini
  3. Web site: Blic Sport | Vojvodina | Vignjević: Zaslužena pobeda, na vreme smo dali golove . 2013-12-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140228225129/http://sport.blic.rs/vojvodina/vesti/230091/Vignjevic-Zasluzena-pobeda-na-vreme-smo-dali-golove . 2014-02-28 . Blic Sport: Vignjević: Zaslužena pobeda, na vreme smo dali golove March 19, 2013
  4. Web site: Vranjes to Lechia. Bosnian.
  5. Web site: Vranjes to Legia. Bosnian.
  6. https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/quotlegija-zeli-u-ligu-prvaka-steta-zbog-ispadanja-borcaquot/194796 "Legija želi u Ligu prvaka, šteta zbog ispadanja Borca"
  7. https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/sluzbeno-vranjes-ima-novi-klub-u-poljskoj/220522 Službeno: Vranješ ima novi klub u Poljskoj
  8. https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/vranjes-dobio-odrijesene-ruke/265016 Vranješ dobio odriješene ruke
  9. https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/stojan-vranjes-novi-nogometas-zeljeznicara/180123118 Stojan Vranješ novi nogometaš Željezničara
  10. https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/zeljeznicar-nakon-sest-godina-osvojio-kup-bosne-i-hercegovine/180509126 Željezničar nakon šest godina osvojio Kup Bosne i Hercegovine
  11. https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/fk-zeljeznicar-i-stojan-vranjes-raskinuli-saradnju/190131050 FK Željezničar i Stojan Vranješ raskinuli saradnju
  12. https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/stojan-vranjes-se-vratio-u-borac-srecu-mu-pozelio-i-brat-ognjen/190201115 Stojan Vranješ se vratio u Borac, sreću mu poželio i brat Ognjen
  13. Web site: Široki Brijeg nakon preokreta savladao Borac. 27 February 2019. 27 February 2019. Bosnian. E.B.. Klix.ba.
  14. Web site: Borac i zvanično osigurao povratak u Premijer ligu!. 11 May 2019. 11 May 2019. Bosnian. S. Mlaćo. sportsport.ba.
  15. Web site: Stojan Vranješ produžio vjernost Borcu. 12 January 2020. 12 January 2020. Bosnian. A. Čaušević. sportsport.ba.
  16. Web site: Borac nakon 10 godina postao prvak Bosne i Hercegovine u nogometu. 23 May 2021. 23 May 2021. bs. N.K.. Klix.ba.
  17. Web site: (ZVANIČNO) Stojan Vranješ otišao iz Borca. 9 November 2021. 9 November 2021. bs. Sport1.ba.
  18. Web site: Kings rope in Bosnian midfielder Vranjes.
  19. Web site: Bosnia and Uzbekistan draw. Bosnian.
  20. http://www.cazin.net/mobile/sport/23266-stojan-vranjes-u-hiljadu-pokusaja-ne-bih-ponovio-onu-gresku.html
  21. Web site: Ognjen i Stojan Vranješ na spisku nogometne reprezentacije BiH. bnn.ba. 6 October 2015. 11 October 2016. Bosnian.