Zoran Simović
Personal information
Full name Zoran Simović
Date of birth (1954-11-02) 2 November 1954
Place of birth Mojkovac, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Obilićevo Kruševac
Napredak Kruševac
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1980 Napredak Kruševac 146 (3)
1980–1984 Hajduk Split 84 (0)
1984–1990 Galatasaray 192 (1)
Total 422 (4)
International career
1983–1984 Yugoslavia 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zoran Simović (Cyrillic: Зоран Симовић; born 2 November 1954) is a former Yugoslav and Montenegrin footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1]

Simović was named the Yugoslav Footballer of the Year in 1983. He also won the Turkish Footballer of the Year award for three consecutive years (1985, 1986, and 1987).

Club career

Born in Mojkovac, PR Montenegro, Simović moved with his family to Kruševac, PR Serbia in 1965.[2] He played for Napredak Kruševac during the 1970s, helping them gain promotion to the Yugoslav First League on two occasions (1975–76 and 1977–78). In 1980, Simović was transferred to Hajduk Split. He helped the club win the Yugoslav Cup in the 1983–84 season.[3]

In 1984, Simović moved abroad to Turkey and signed with Galatasaray. He spent six seasons at the club and won four trophies, including back-to-back national championships (1986–87 and 1987–88). In total, Simović made 192 league appearances and scored once for Galatasaray, converting a penalty kick in a 6–0 home win over Kahramanmaraşspor in April 1989.

International career

Simović made his debut for Yugoslavia in an October 1983 Euro qualifier against Norway and would go on to earn a total of 10 caps. He was the team's first-choice goalkeeper at UEFA Euro 1984,[4] making his final international appearance against hosts France.[5]

Career statistics

[6]

Club Season League
AppsGoals
Napredak Kruševac 1973–74 210
1974–75 172
1975–76 90
1976–77 180
1977–78 151
1978–79 330
1979–80 330
Total 1463

Honours

Club

Napredak Kruševac
Hajduk Split
Galatasaray

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Simović Zoran" (in Serbian). reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Zoran Simović: I danas sanjam da branim" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Legendarni vratar Hajduka nakon 32 godine ponovno na Poljudu" (in Croatian). slobodnadalmacija.hr. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Zoran Simovic". 11v11.com. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Zoran Simović, international footballer". eu-football.info. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "FK Napredak Kruševac, 2020" (in Serbian). yumpu.com. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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