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Zoran Lončar (footballer)

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Full name
  
Zoran Loncar

Name
  
Zoran Loncar

Playing position
  
Forward

Role
  
Football player


Years
  
Team

Height
  
1.7 m

1985-1986
  
OFK Beograd

Position
  
Forward

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Date of birth
  
(1966-12-13) December 13, 1966 (age 49)

Place of birth
  
Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia

Zoran Lončar (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Лончар; born 13 December 1966) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Club career

Lončar made his senior debut with OFK Beograd in the Yugoslav Second League during the 1984–85 campaign, as the club won promotion to the Yugoslav First League. He spent the following eight seasons in the first team, amassing 168 appearances and scoring 68 goals in the nation's top two leagues combined. In the summer of 1992, following the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, Lončar moved to Greece and signed with Aris Thessaloniki. He spent the next four seasons with the club, making 99 appearances and scoring 35 goals in the top flight of Greek football. In the summer of 1997, Lončar returned to OFK Beograd and spent two more years with the Romantics.

International career

Between 1984 and 1985, Lončar represented Yugoslavia during the 1986 UEFA Under-18 Championship qualifying, making two appearances as a substitute.

Post-playing career

Between 2012 and 2013, Lončar served as director of football at OFK Beograd, before becoming assistant manager to Zoran Milinković at Aris Thessaloniki. They subsequently worked together at Voždovac and Partizan. After leaving Partizan, Lončar was again appointed director of football at OFK Beograd.

Honours

OFK Beograd
  • Yugoslav Second League: 1984–85
  • References

    Zoran Lončar (footballer) Wikipedia