Full name Ranko Zirojevic 1992-1993 Mogren 1985-1991 Sutjeska Niksic Height 1.85 m | Years Team Role Footballer Place of birth SFR Yugoslavia Name Ranko Zirojevic | |
Date of birth (1967-09-01) 1 September 1967 (age 48) | ||
Ranko Zirojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Ранко Зиројевић; born 1 September 1967) is a former Montenegrin footballer who played as a midfielder.
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Career
He played in the juvenile ranks of FK Sutjeska Nikšić and featured of the Yugoslavia national under-20 football team that won the title at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship. He was about to make a transfer toward First League team FK Budućnost Podgorica, but the deal broke. Zirojević stayed at Second League team Sutjeska where his career didn't prosper with the start of the Yugoslav Wars in which he lost a brother. He scored eleven goals in the 1989/90 campaign and three goals in eighteen matches in the 1990/91 season.
In July 1993, Zirojević joined Greek second division side Ethnikos Piraeus F.C.. The club was promoted and he made eight appearances in the Greek Superleague (1994/95), before returning to FK Mogren in December 1994. The following season, he joined Slovenian side NK Branik Maribor. He would finish his career with Mogren.
He finished his career playing in Serbia with FK Vrbas in the seasons 1997–98 and 1998–99.
Post playing
He later became the coach of FK Mogren's youth academy.
In 2011 he and former youth worldcup teammate Slaviša Đurković were denied a pension for their sport-achievements by the Montenegrin authorities. He is participating in a UEFA A-license coaching course in 2011.