Zoran Lončar (footballer)

Zoran Lončar

Personal information
Full name	Zoran Lončar
Date of birth	(1966-12-13) 13 December 1966
Place of birth	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Palilulac Beograd
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1992	OFK Beograd	168	(68)
1992–1996	Aris Thessaloniki	99	(35)
1997–1999	OFK Beograd	45	(10)
Total		312	(113)
International career
1984–1985	Yugoslavia U18	2	(0)
Managerial career
2013	Aris Thessaloniki (assistant)
2014–2015	Voždovac (assistant)
2015	Partizan (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zoran Lončar (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Лончар; born 13 December 1966) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Lončar made his senior debut with OFK Beograd in the Yugoslav Second League during the 1984–85 campaign, as the club won promotion to the Yugoslav First League. He spent the following eight seasons in the first team, amassing 168 appearances and scoring 68 goals in the nation's top two leagues combined. In the summer of 1992, following the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, Lončar moved to Greece and signed with Aris Thessaloniki. He spent the next four seasons with the club, making 99 appearances and scoring 35 goals in the top flight of Greek football. In the summer of 1997, Lončar returned to OFK Beograd and spent two more years with the Romantics.

International career

Between 1984 and 1985, Lončar represented Yugoslavia during the 1986 UEFA Under-18 Championship qualifying, making two appearances as a substitute.

Post-playing career

Between 2012 and 2013, Lončar served as director of football at OFK Beograd, before becoming assistant manager to Zoran Milinković at Aris Thessaloniki. They subsequently worked together at Voždovac and Partizan. After leaving Partizan, Lončar was again appointed director of football at OFK Beograd.

Statistics

Club	Season	League
		Apps	Goals
OFK Beograd	1984–85	1	0
	1985–86	14	2
	1986–87	30	20
	1987–88	21	6
	1988–89	16	4
	1989–90	26	12
	1990–91	30	9
	1991–92	30	15
Aris Thessaloniki	1992–93	31	12
	1993–94	25	13
	1994–95	25	6
	1995–96	18	4
OFK Beograd	1997–98	26	7
	1998–99	19	3
Career total		312	113

Honours

OFK Beograd

• Yugoslav Second League: 1984–85

External links

• Footballdatabase profile