Goran Đorović
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| Goran Djorovic | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | November 11, 1971 (age 35) | |
| Place of birth |  Pristina, Yugoslavia |
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| Playing position | Retired | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1980-1993 | FK Pristina |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1992-1993 1993-1997 1997-2001 2001-2003 2003-2004 |
 FK Priština FK Crvena Zvezda Celta Deportivo Elche |
100 (5) 11 (0) 15 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Yugoslavia |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Goran Đorović (born November 11, 1971 in Priština, Kosovo, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Serbian footballer.
Having initially played for his home club FK Priština he joined Red Star Belgrade after only staying in the team for a year. He played 100 games 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 FR Yugoslavia squad to play in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
Having had one attempt to sign the player previously rebuffed, Javier Irureta signed Đorović in 2001 for Deportivo de La Coruña. Incidentally, he had also been the manager who signed him for Red Star. Đorović 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.
Đorović played for FR Yugoslavia at the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000. He was capped 46 times for his country.
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FR Yugoslavia squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Kralj | 2 Mirković | 3 Đorović | 4 Jokanović | 5 Đukić | 6 Brnović | 7 Jugović | 8 Savićević | 9 Mijatović | 10 Stojković | 11 Mihajlović | 12 Leković | 13 Komljenović | 14 Saveljić | 15 Drulović | 16 Petrović | 17 Milošević | 18 Govedarica | 19 Stević | 20 Stanković | 21 Ognjenović | 22 Kovačević | Coach: Santrač |
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