Dragan Ćeran

Dragan Ćeran (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ћеран; born 6 October 1987) is a Serbian football striker who plays for Pakhtakor Tashkent.

Dragan Ćeran
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 Tashkent
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 Tashkent 114 (83)
International career
Serbia U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 April 2022

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 2 April 2022[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
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 562764------6231
Hajer 2015–16 Jameel League 13211–––143
Vardar 2015–16 Macedonian First Football League 12500–00–125
Nasaf 2016 Uzbekistan Super League 131241–00–1713
2017 281963–21–3623
2018 7310–51–134
Total 4834114--72--6640
Pakhtakor Tashkent 2018 Uzbekistan Super League 18330–00–213
2019 2423364682–3937
2020 2621430072–3726
2021 231631–62113320
2022 4300–001154
Total 95661310462162213590
Career total 25814731194628822323181

Honours

Club

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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