Zoran Lončar (footballer)

Zoran Lončar
Personal information
Full name	Zoran Lončar
Date of birth	13 December 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth	Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Palilulac Beograd
Senior career*
Years	Team
1984–1992	OFK Beograd
1992–1996	Aris Thessaloniki
1997–1999	OFK Beograd
1999–2000	Hajduk Beograd
Total
International career
1984–1985	Yugoslavia U18
Managerial career
2003–2004	Voždovac
2005–2007	Vršac
2009–2011	Vršac
2013	Aris Thessaloniki (assistant)
2014–2015	Voždovac (assistant)
2015	Partizan (assistant)
2017	Borac Banja Luka (assistant)
2023-	Vršac (Academy coach)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zoran Lončar (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Лончар; born 13 December 1966) is a Serbian football manager and former player.

Club career

Lončar made his senior debut with OFK Beograd during the 1984–85 Yugoslav Second League, as the club earned promotion to the Yugoslav First League. He amassed a total of 168 appearances and scored 68 goals for the side in the nation's top two leagues combined over the course of eight seasons. In the summer of 1992, following the breakup of Yugoslavia, Lončar moved to Greece and signed with Aris Thessaloniki. He spent the next four years 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, spending two more seasons with the Romantičari.

International career

Between 1984 and 1985, Lončar represented Yugoslavia during the 1986 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying, making two appearances as a substitute.^[1]

Post-playing career

Between 2012 and 2013, Lončar served as sporting director for OFK Beograd, before becoming assistant manager to Zoran Milinković at Aris Thessaloniki. They subsequently worked together at Voždovac and Partizan. In November 2015, Lončar returned to OFK Beograd as sporting director.^[2]^[3]

Between 2018 and 2022, Lončar served as president of Smederevo 1924.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League
Club	Season	Apps	Goals
OFK Beograd	1984–85	1	0
	1985–86	14	2
	1986–87	30	20
	1987–88	21	6
	1988–89	16	4
	1989–90	26	12
	1990–91	30	9
	1991–92	30	15
	Total	168	68
Aris Thessaloniki	1992–93	31	12
	1993–94	25	13
	1994–95	25	6
	1995–96	18	4
	Total	99	35
OFK Beograd	1997–98	26	7
	1998–99	19	3
	Total	45	10
Hajduk Beograd	1999–2000	7	0
Career total		319	113

Honours

OFK Beograd

Yugoslav Second League: 1984–85

References

^ "Zoran Loncar". 11v11.com. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Bekvalac napustio OFK, vraća se Lončar" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ "ZORAN LONČAR PONOVO NA MESTU SPORTSKOG DIREKTORA" (in Serbian). ofkbeograd.co.rs. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2016.

External links

Zoran Lončar at WorldFootball.net

[1] "Zoran Loncar". 11v11.com. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[2] "Bekvalac napustio OFK, vraća se Lončar" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2016.

[3] "ZORAN LONČAR PONOVO NA MESTU SPORTSKOG DIREKTORA" (in Serbian). ofkbeograd.co.rs. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2016.

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