Goran Djorovic
Goran Djorović (born November 11, 1971 in Pritina, Kosovo) is a Serbian national football player who currently plays for Spain's Celta Vigo as a defender.
Having initially played for his home club NK Pritina, he joined Red Star Belgrade after only staying in the team for a year. He played 100 games exactly for Red Star. However, interest was soon to follow from big-name international teams including Italy's U.C. Sampdoria and England's Arsenal F.C.. However, as his brother Zoran also played for Celta during this time, he decided to stay for at least the duration of the 1998/99 season. He was included in the Yugoslavian squad to play in the 1998 World Cup.
Having had one attempt to sign the player previously rebuffed, Javier Irureta signed Djorović in 2001 for Deportivo de La Coruña. Incidentally, he had also been the manager who signed him for Red Star. Djorović instantly earned over two million Euro per season, thus making him one of the most highly paid players of the time. After being plagued by injury during his first full season, his chances to play in the first team became few and it became evident that he had to move on again.
After a loan spell to Elche proved unsuccessful with a view to signing him, he moved back to Deportivo, having come on more and more during his time with the club.
Djorovic played for Yugoslavia at the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000. He was capped 46 times for his country.
Categories: 1971 births | Serbian and Montenegrin footballers