Zoran Lončar (footballer)

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

Zoran Lončar
Personal information
Full name Zoran Lončar
Date of birth (1966-12-13) 13 December 1966
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 Apps (Gls)
1984–1992 OFK Beograd 168 (68)
1992–1996 Aris Thessaloniki 99 (35)
1997–1999 OFK Beograd 45 (10)
1999–2000 Hajduk Beograd 7 (0)
Total 319 (113)
International career
1984–1985 Yugoslavia U18 2 (0)
Managerial career
2003–2004 Voždovac
2008 Vršac
2013 Aris Thessaloniki (assistant)
2014–2015 Voždovac (assistant)
2015 Partizan (assistant)
2017 Borac Banja Luka (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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
AppsGoals
OFK Beograd 1984–85 10
1985–86 142
1986–87 3020
1987–88 216
1988–89 164
1989–90 2612
1990–91 309
1991–92 3015
Total 16868
Aris Thessaloniki 1992–93 3112
1993–94 2513
1994–95 256
1995–96 184
Total 9935
OFK Beograd 1997–98 267
1998–99 193
Total 4510
Hajduk Beograd 1999–2000 70
Career total 319113

Honours

OFK Beograd

References
  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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