Dragan Ćeran

Dragan Ćeran (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ћеран; born 6 October 1987) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Uzbekistan Super League club Pakhtakor.

Dragan Ćeran
Ćeran with Pakhtakor in 2019
Personal information
Full name Dragan Ćeran
Date of birth (1987-10-06) October 6, 1987
Place of birth Kikinda, SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Pakhtakor
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2012 Smederevo 129 (18)
2006 → Železničar Smederevo (loan) 6 (4)
2007 → Mladi Radnik (loan) 12 (10)
2009–2010 → Westerlo (loan) 3 (0)
2012 Hapoel Haifa 10 (0)
2012–2013 Maccabi Netanya 24 (7)
2013–2015 Simurq 57 (27)
2015 Hajer 13 (2)
2016 Vardar 12 (5)
2016–2018 Nasaf 48 (34)
2018– Pakhtakor 130 (94)
International career‡
2008 Serbia U21 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2008

Previously he played for Smederevo in the Serbian SuperLiga.[1]

Club career

In August 2013, Ćeran signed for Azerbaijan Premier League side Simurq.[2] Ćeran made his debut for Simurq in their second game of the season, away to Khazar Lankaran on 11 August 2013, coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Salif Ballo.[3] Ćeran's first goal for Simurq came in the 78th minute of their 2–1 victory against Inter Baku on 1 September 2013.[4] Ćeran signed a new one-year contract with Simurq on 31 May 2014, turning down offers from Dordrecht, Levadiakos and Viborg FF.[5]

In 2016 he moved to Uzbekistan, where he first played for the Nasaf, and in the middle of the 2018 season he moved to the capital Pakhtakor, where he later became the leader of the team's attacks.

In 2019, he became the top scorer of the championship of Uzbekistan, scoring 23 goals,[6] and was also recognized as the best football player of the Uzbekistan Super League.[7]

International career

In 2006, Ćeran received his first call up to the Serbia national under-21 team.

Career statistics
As of match played 24 August 2023[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental[lower-alpha 1] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hapoel Haifa 2011–12 Ligat HaAl 1060000–106
Maccabi Netanya 2012–13 Ligat HaAl 2470000–247
Simurq 2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League 311310--3213
2014–15 251454--3018
Total 904064----9646
Hajer 2015–16 Jameel League 13211––143
Vardar 2015–16 Macedonian First Football League 1250000–125
Nasaf 2016 Uzbekistan Super League 13124100–1713
2017 28196321–3623
2018 731051–134
Total 734112572--9248
Pakhtakor Tashkent 2018 Uzbekistan Super League 1833000–213
2019 2423368246[lower-alpha 2]3937
2020 26214372–3726
2021 2316316211[lower-alpha 3]3320
2022 2320103111[lower-alpha 3]2822
2023 1611230010[lower-alpha 3]1914
Total 13094161324778177122
Career total 333175341931978405211
  1. Appearances in AFC Champions League
  2. Appearances in Uzbekistan League Cup
  3. Appearances in Uzbekistan Super Cup

Honours

Vardar

Nasaf

Pakhtakor Tashkent

Individual

References
  1. "Dragan CERAN" (in Serbian). Srbija Fudbal. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  2. "Serbian striker signed a contract with Inter (PHOTO)" (in Azerbaijani). azerisport.com/. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  3. "Khazar 0-0 Simurq". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. "Inter Baku 1-2 Simurq". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  5. "Simurqun hücumçusu Hollandiya, Danimarka və Yunanıstandan təklifləri rədd edib" (Azerbaijani). Azerisport. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  6. «Суперлига-2019. Результативность команд. У кого больше голов?»
  7. «Итоги ежегодного футбольного конгресса Ассоциации футбола Узбекистана»
  8. "D.Ćeran". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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