Stojan Vranješ
Vranješ with Borac Banja Luka in 2020
Personal information
Full name Stojan Vranješ
Date of birth (1986-10-11) 11 October 1986
Place of birth Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team
 Borac Banja Luka
Number 23
Youth career
0000–2005 Borac Banja Luka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2010 Borac Banja Luka 120 (30)
2010–2012 Pandurii 47 (12)
2012 → CFR Cluj (loan) 14 (2)
2013–2014 Vojvodina 42 (8)
2014–2015 Lechia Gdańsk 52 (16)
2015–2017 Legia Warsaw 28 (5)
2017–2018 Piast Gliwice 20 (1)
2018–2019 Željezničar 24 (3)
2019–2021 Borac Banja Luka 82 (45)
2021–2022 Bashundhara Kings 12 (4)
2022–2023 Sloboda Tuzla 21 (5)
2023– Borac Banja Luka 12 (3)
International career
2002 Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 3 (0)
2007 Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 1 (0)
2009–2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 October 2023

Stojan Vranješ (Serbian Cyrillic: Стојан Врањеш; born 11 October 1986) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Borac Banja Luka.[2]

Club career

Early career

Vranješ started his career at his hometown club Borac Banja Luka. There, he spent a total of five seasons, before moving to Romania, where he played for Pandurii and CFR Cluj.

Vojvodina

On 6 February 2013, Vranješ signed a two-year contract with Serbian giants Vojvodina.[3] He scored his first goal for Vojvodina in a 2–1 win against Smederevo on 27 February 2013. He scored a goal from distance in a 3–0 win against Donji Srem on 19 March 2013, which Donji Srem manager Bogić Bogićević dubbed a "euro-goal".[4]

Adventure in Poland

In February 2014, Vranješ was transferred from Vojvodina to Polish club Lechia Gdańsk for 200,000 Euros.[5] After impressing at Lechia, scoring 16 goals in 52 appearances, he was transferred to Legia Warsaw on 29 August 2015.[6] While at Legia, Vranješ won both the Ekstraklasa and Polish Cup in 2016.[7] On 9 January 2017, shortly after leaving Legia, he signed a contract with Piast Gliwice.[8] On 15 January 2018, Vranješ left the club after not having enough playing time in that season.[9] Both sides said they are on good terms still to this day.

Željezničar

On 23 January 2018, Vranješ signed a one and a half-year deal with Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar.[10] On 9 May 2018, he won the Bosnian Cup after Željezničar beat Krupa in the two legged final of that season's cup.[11] On 31 January 2019, Vranješ left Željezničar.[12]

Return to Borac

On 1 February 2019, 9 years after leaving the club, Vranješ once again became the new player of Borac in the First League of RS.[13] He made his official debut for Borac on 27 February 2019, in a 2–1 away loss in a cup game against Široki Brijeg.[14]

In the 2018–19 First League of RS season, Vranješ's Borac 5 games before the end of the season won the league title and got promoted back to the Bosnian Premier League.[15] On 12 January 2020, he extended his contract with the club until the summer of 2023.[16]

Vranješ won his first league title with Borac on 23 May 2021, one game before the end of the 2020–21 season, getting crowned Bosnian Premier League champions.[17]

He terminated his contract with Borac and left the club in November 2021.[18]

Bashundhara Kings

On 20 November 2021,Vranješ joined Bangladesh Premier League team Bashundhara Kings for the 2021–22 season.[19]

International career

Vranješ made his senior debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina on 1 June 2009, against Uzbekistan.[20]

On 31 May 2012, Vranješ was at the center of a media storm for a mistake he made in a friendly match in Chicago against Mexico, which resulted in a last-minute goal for Mexico, who won 2–1.[21]

Personal life

Vranješ has a younger brother, Ognjen, who is also a professional footballer.[22]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 1 June 2012.[23]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
200910
201000
201100
201220
201300
201400
201500
Total30

Honours

Borac Banja Luka[23]

CFR Cluj[23]

Vojvodina[23]

Legia Warsaw[23]

Željezničar[23]

References

  1. ↑ "Stojan Vranjes Legia profile".
  2. ↑ Stojan Vranješ at Soccerway
  3. ↑ Vranješ u Vojvodini – Vecernje Novosti (in Serbian)
  4. ↑ "Blic Sport | Vojvodina | Vignjević: Zaslužena pobeda, na vreme smo dali golove". Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2013. Blic Sport: Vignjević: Zaslužena pobeda, na vreme smo dali golove (in Serbian) March 19, 2013
  5. ↑ "Vranjes to Lechia" (in Bosnian).
  6. ↑ "Vranjes to Legia" (in Bosnian).
  7. ↑ "Legija želi u Ligu prvaka, šteta zbog ispadanja Borca" at sportsport.ba, 17 May 2016
  8. ↑ Službeno: Vranješ ima novi klub u Poljskoj at sportsport.ba, 9 January 2017
  9. ↑ Vranješ dobio odriješene ruke at sportsport.ba, 15 January 2018
  10. ↑ Stojan Vranješ novi nogometaš Željezničara at klix.ba, 23 January 2018
  11. ↑ Željezničar nakon šest godina osvojio Kup Bosne i Hercegovine at klix.ba, 9 May 2018
  12. ↑ FK Željezničar i Stojan Vranješ raskinuli saradnju at klix.ba, 31 January 2019
  13. ↑ Stojan Vranješ se vratio u Borac, sreću mu poželio i brat Ognjen at klix.ba, 1 February 2019
  14. ↑ E.B. (27 February 2019). "Široki Brijeg nakon preokreta savladao Borac" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  15. ↑ S. Mlaćo (11 May 2019). "Borac i zvanično osigurao povratak u Premijer ligu!" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  16. ↑ A. Čaušević (12 January 2020). "Stojan Vranješ produžio vjernost Borcu" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  17. ↑ N.K. (23 May 2021). "Borac nakon 10 godina postao prvak Bosne i Hercegovine u nogometu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  18. ↑ "(ZVANIČNO) Stojan Vranješ otišao iz Borca" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  19. ↑ "Kings rope in Bosnian midfielder Vranjes".
  20. ↑ "Bosnia and Uzbekistan draw" (in Bosnian).
  21. ↑ Cazin.net (Bosnian) - Stojan Vranješ: U hiljadu pokušaja ne bih ponovio onu grešku!
  22. ↑ "Ognjen i Stojan Vranješ na spisku nogometne reprezentacije BiH" (in Bosnian). bnn.ba. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Stojan Vranješ at National-Football-Teams.com
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