Igor Burzanović

Igor Burzanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Игор Бурзановић; born 25 August 1985) is a retired Montenegrin international footballer.

Igor Burzanović
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-08-25) 25 August 1985
Place of birth Titograd, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Budućnost Podgorica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Budućnost Podgorica 122 (62)
2007–2009 Red Star Belgrade 50 (11)
2009 → Budućnost Podgorica (loan) 15 (10)
2009–2011 Nagoya Grampus 62 (10)
2012–2013 Buriram United
2013–2014 Budućnost Podgorica 12 (2)
2014 Irtysh 26 (4)
2015 Hunan Billows 27 (3)
2016 Budućnost Podgorica 5 (1)
2017–2018 Petrovac 13 (3)
2018–2019 Iskra Danilovgrad 16 (1)
International career
2003–2004 Serbia and Montenegro U19 5 (2)
2004–2005 Serbia and Montenegro U21 3 (0)
2005 Serbia and Montenegro 1 (0)
2007–2008 Montenegro 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

He was a member of FK Budućnost Podgorica since he started playing first team football. In following years Burzanović was the star player on the team. He was considered one of the most promising Montenegrin players.

Burzanović signed for Serbian giants Red Star Belgrade from FK Budućnost Podgorica in December 2006, joining the team on 8 January 2007. He has since then been a valuable member of the team. In 2009 Igor returned to his first club FK Budućnost Podgorica. After scoring 10 goals there, he moved to Japan to play for Nagoya Grampus.[1]

In August 2012, Burzanović signed for Buriram United for a trial period which ended quickly. In August 2013, he signed again for Buducnost Podgorica.

In February 2014, Burzanović signed for Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Irtysh Pavlodar,[2] leaving the club in December of the same year after one season.[3]

On 30 January 2015, Burzanović transferred to China League One side Hunan Billows.[4] In February 2016, Burzanović once again returned to his boyhood club Budućnost, signing a contract until the end of season.

International career

As early as 2002, he was part of the FR Yugoslavia U-17 team at the 2002 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship.

Burzanović was a constant member of Serbia and Montenegro national under-21 football team. On 8 June 2005, Burzanović earned his first and only cap for Serbia and Montenegro as a substitute for Miloš Marić in the third minute of second-half stoppage time against Italy. The friendly match, which took place in the Canadian city of Toronto, finished as a 1–1 draw.[5] When the state-union of Serbia and Montenegro was dissolved in May 2006, Burzanović opted to represent his native Montenegro on the international scene, and played in the first match of the Montenegro national football team in 2007, where he scored the game-winning goal from a penalty shot in a 2–1 victory over Hungary.

He was officially acknowledged as Montenegro's best player and received the award in 2004.

Career statistics
As of 15 April 2020[6][7]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
2002–03Budućnost PodgoricaSCG Second League261700--2617
2003–04281700--2817
2004–05SCG First League268100000278
2005–06279100030319
2006–071. CFL151122--1713
2006–07Red Star BelgradeSerbian SuperLiga13320--153
2007–082582100413110
2008–09120100021151
2008–09Budućnost Podgorica1. CFL15100000001510
2009Nagoya GrampusJ1 League133520040183
2010274115000335
2011223122000255
2013–14Budućnost Podgorica1. CFL122110000133
2014IrtyshKazakhstan Premier League26422--286
2015Hunan BillowsChina League One27300--273
2015–16Budućnost Podgorica1. CFL5100--51
2016–17Petrovac1. CFL13300--133
2018–19Iskra Danilovgrad1. CFL16100--161
Total Serbia and Montenegro 1075120003011251
Japan 62107570408015
Montenegro 762833--7931
Serbia 50116100626214
Kazakhstan 26422--286
China PR 27300--273
Career total 348107201170132388120

International goals
Scores and results list Montenegro's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
124 March 2007Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, MontenegroHungary Hungary2-12-1Friendly
226 March 2008Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, MontenegroNorway Norway1-03-1Friendly

References
  1. "Igor Burzanović u Nagoji". crvenazvezdafk.com (in Serbian). 24 July 2009.
  2. Иртыш подписал экс-полузащитника сборной Черногории. sports.kz/ (in Russian). sports.kz/. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. "Burzanović оставили Иртыш". www.prosportkz.kz/ (in Russian). prosportkz. 15 December 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  4. 湘涛签约前黑山国脚中场 at sports.sohu.com 2015-01-30 Retrieved 2015-02-02
  5. "Igor Burzanović". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  6. "I. BURZANOVIĆ". uk.soccerway.com/. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  7. "Igor Burzanović".
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