Gordan Petrić

Gordan Petrić

Personal information
Full name	Gordan Petrić
Date of birth	30 July 1969
Place of birth	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Čukarički (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1988	OFK Beograd	65	(12)
1989–1993	Partizan	106	(6)
1993–1995	Dundee United	60	(3)
1995–1998	Rangers	65	(3)
1998–1999	Crystal Palace	18	(1)
1999	AEK Athens	7	(0)
1999–2001	Heart of Midlothian	37	(0)
2001–2002	Partizan	0	(0)
2002	→ Sichuan Dahe (loan)	3	(0)
Total		361	(25)
National team
1987	Yugoslavia U20	4	(0)
1988–1990	Yugoslavia U21	6	(1)
1989–1997	FR Yugoslavia	5	(0)
Teams managed
2012–2013	Bežanija
2014	Serbia (assistant)
2015	Sinđelić Beograd
2015	Zemun
2016–	Čukarički
Honours FIFA World Youth Championship 1987
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Gordan Petrić (Serbian Cyrillic: Гордан Петрић; born 30 July 1969) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Čukarički.

Club career

Petrić made his senior debut with OFK Beograd in the 1985–86 season, as the club suffered relegation from the top flight of Yugoslav football. He was transferred to Partizan in the 1989 winter transfer widow. In the following five years, Petrić won one league title and two national cups, before transferring to Scottish club Dundee United in November 1993. He immediately became a first team regular under manager Ivan Golac, winning the Scottish Cup in his debut season with the club. His consistent performances at Tannadice earned him a move to Rangers in July 1995. Petrić remained with the club for three years, helping them secure their ninth league title in a row, before a spell in England with Crystal Palace. He scored once for the club in a 1–1 draw against Sheffield United.^[1]

In the summer of 1999, Petrić moved to Greece and joined AEK Athens. He left the club after only a few months and returned back to Scotland when Jim Jefferies signed him for Heart of Midlothian in late 1999. Petrić remained with Hearts until March 2001, leaving the club two years before the end of his contract by mutual consent.^[2] He scored once for Hearts in a 3–2 UEFA Cup win over VfB Stuttgart.^[3]

After six months of training with his former club Partizan, Petrić was loaned to Chinese club Sichuan Dahe in March 2002.^[4] He briefly stayed there, before retiring from the game.

International career

Petrić represented Yugoslavia at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship, as the team won the tournament. He collected a total of five caps for the senior national team of his country between 1989 and 1997.

Post-playing career

Between 2007 and 2008, Petrić served as general secretary of Partizan.^[5][6] He was subsequently named vice-president of the club in October 2008, alongside Zoran Mirković.^[7][8] They both left their positions by September 2009.^[9]

In December 2012, Petrić was appointed manager of Bežanija.^[10] He left the club in late 2013. Subsequently, together with Ivan Tomić, Petrić was named as assistant to Serbia caretaker Ljubinko Drulović in May 2014.^[11]

Statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
OFK Beograd	1985–86	1	0			–		0	0	1	0
	1986–87	16	2			–		0	0	16	2
	1987–88	30	6			–		0	0	30	6
	1988–89	18	4			–		0	0	18	4
Partizan	1988–89	15	0			–		0	0	15	0
	1989–90	27	3			–		5	0	32	3
	1990–91	16	0			–		4	0	20	0
	1991–92	5	1			–		0	0	5	1
	1992–93	33	1			–		–		33	1
	1993–94	10	1			–		–		10	1
Dundee United	1993–94	27	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	35	1
	1994–95	33	2	4	0	3	0	2	1	42	3
Rangers	1995–96	33	1					6	0	39	1
	1996–97	26	2	1	0	5	0	6	1	38	3
	1997–98	6	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	10	0
	1998–99	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
Crystal Palace	1998–99	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	1
AEK Athens	1999–2000	7	0			–		5	0	12	0
Heart of Midlothian	1999–2000	18	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	21	0
	2000–01	19	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	24	1
Sichuan Dahe (loan)	2002	3	0			–		0	0	3	0
Career total		361	25	19	0	11	0	33	3	424	28

Honours

Club

Partizan

• First League of FR Yugoslavia: 1992–93
• Yugoslav Cup: 1988–89, 1991–92

Dundee United

• Scottish Cup: 1993–94

Rangers

• Scottish Premier Division: 1995–96, 1996–97
• Scottish Cup: 1995–96
• Scottish League Cup: 1996–97

International

Yugoslavia

• FIFA World Youth Championship: 1987

References

1. "Football: Morris plunders late goal to rob Eagles". independent.co.uk. 2 March 1999. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
2. "Petric parts company with Hearts". bbc.co.uk. 22 March 2001. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
3. "Hearts so close to glory". bbc.co.uk. 28 September 2000. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
4. "Ranković u Kini !" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 19 March 2002. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
5. "Petrić potvrdio da napušta Partizan" (in Serbian). b92.net. 27 May 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
6. "Saopštenje za javnost Gordana Petrića" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 4 June 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
7. "Đurić zvanično predsednik Partizana" (in Serbian). b92.net. 25 October 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
8. "Održana Skupština FK Partizan" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 25 October 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
9. "Ostavka Gordana Petrića" (in Serbian). b92.net. 28 September 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
10. "Gordan Petrić od proleća u ulozi trenera" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
11. "Tomić i Petrić u stručnom štabu Orlova" (in Serbian). hotsport.rs. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2016.

External links

• Gordan Petrić profile at Reprezentacija
• Gordan Petrić – FIFA competition record
• Gordan Petrić career statistics at Soccerbase
  
• Gordan Petrić at National-Football-Teams.com