Full name Ognjen Vranjes Name Ognjen Vranjes Career start 2006 2000–2006 Borac Banja Luka Weight 77 kg | Number 4 Height 1.86 m Playing position Role Footballer Siblings Stojan Vranjes | |
Date of birth (1989-10-24) 24 October 1989 (age 26) Place of birth Banja Luka, SFR Yugoslavia Current teams Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team (Defender), Gaziantepspor (#4 / Defender) Similar People Toni Sunjic, Stojan Vranjes, Valery Gazzaev | ||
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Ognjen Vranješ (Serbian Cyrillic: Огњен Врањеш; born 24 October 1989) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a centre back or a right back for AEK Athens and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
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Club career
Vranješ has played for Borac Banja Luka in the Bosnian Premier League before moving to Red Star Belgrade in Serbia. After struggling to establish himself in the first team of Red Star, he first went on loan to Napredak Kruševac and then to Sheriff from Moldova in the 2010–11 season. He caused some controversy when he celebrated Sheriff eliminating Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb in the qualification for the Champions League, wearing a Red Star shirt.
On 12 January 2011, Vranješ signed a three-and-a-half year contract for Krasnodar in the Russian First Division.
On 12 December 2012, he signed a three-year contract with Alania Vadikavkaz. In May 2013, he suffered an injury which kept him off the pitch for almost 8 months.
After he returned to the pitch, he signed a contract with Turkish side Elazığspor in January 2014.
In September 2014 he was on trials with Czech side 1. FK Příbram but ended up returning to Elazığspor.
On 2 February 2015, he signed for Turkish club Gaziantepspor. On 25 January 2016, his contract was mutually terminated.
On 26 January 2016, he signed for Spanish club Sporting Gijón until the end of season. His contract had an option for another season if Sporting didn't get relegated and he played 50% of minutes. However, on 23 August 2016 he mutually agreed to rescind his contract with the club.
On 25 August 2016, he returned to Russia, signing a two-year contract with Tom Tomsk.
On 22 December 2016, Tom Tomsk's defender Ognjen Vranjes has arrived in Athens to complete his transfer to AEK. The talks have been accelerated massively and the Bosnian defender agreed to join the Greek club. Vranjes is currently undergoing medical before penning his new AEK deal later. A day later, Vranjes has officially become an AEK's player after signing his contract with the Greek club. The Bosnian defender penned his new 2,5 year deal with AEK.
International career
He was a part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina under-21 for several years. In August 2010, coach of the senior team, Safet Sušić decided to give Vranješ his debut and included him in the squad to meet Luxembourg and France in the first matches for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying.
Vranješ had to wait until November to get his debut, when he started in a friendly match against Slovakia.
Sušić included Vranješ in his team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. After being on the bench in the first two group games, he made his World Cup debut in the match against Iran, where he played the last 30 minutes.
Personal life
Ognjen has an older brother, Stojan Vranješ, who is also a footballer.