Dragan Ćeran (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ћеран; born 6 October 1987) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Uzbekistan Super League club Nasaf. Previously he played for Smederevo in the Serbian SuperLiga.[1]

Club career

In August 2013, Ćeran signed for Azerbaijan Premier League side Simurq.[2] Ćeran made his debut for Simurq in their second game of the season, away to Khazar Lankaran on 11 August 2013, coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Salif Ballo.[3] Ćeran's first goal for Simurq came in the 78th minute of their 2–1 victory against Inter Baku on 1 September 2013.[4] Ćeran signed a new one-year contract with Simurq on 31 May 2014, turning down offers from Dordrecht, Levadiakos and Viborg FF.[5]

In 2016 he moved to Uzbekistan, where he first played for the Nasaf, and in the middle of the 2018 season he moved to the capital Pakhtakor, where he later became the leader of the team's attacks.

In 2019, he became the top scorer of the championship of Uzbekistan, scoring 23 goals,[6] and was also recognized as the best football player of the Uzbekistan Super League.[7]

On 22 January 2025, Nasaf announced the return of Ćeran.[8]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 November 2024[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Smederevo 2005–06 Serbian SuperLiga 1 0 0 0 – – 1 0
2006–07 Serbian SuperLiga 2 0 0 0 – – 2 0
2007–08 Serbian SuperLiga 14 1 0 0 – – 14 1
2008–09 Serbian First League 22 2 0 0 – – 22 2
2009–10 Serbian SuperLiga 15 3 0 0 – – 15 3
2010–11 28 6 1 0 – – 29 6
2011–12 14 4 3 0 – – 17 4
→ Železničar 1930 (loan) 2005–06 Serbian First League 6 4 0 0 – – 6 4
→ Mladi Radnik (loan) 2006–07 Serbian League West 12 10 0 0 – – 12 10
→ Westerlo (loan) 2007–08 Belgian Pro League 3 0 0 0 – – 3 0
Total 117 30 4 0 – – 121 30
Hapoel Haifa 2011–12 Israeli Premier League 10 6 0 0 0 0 – 10 6
Maccabi Netanya 2012–13 Israeli Premier League 24 7 0 0 0 0 – 24 7
Simurq 2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League 31 13 1 0 – – 32 13
2014–15 25 14 5 4 – – 30 18
Total 90 40 6 4 – – 96 46
Hajer 2015–16 Saudi Pro League 13 2 1 1 – – 14 3
Vardar 2015–16 Macedonian First Football League 12 5 0 0 0 0 – 12 5
Nasaf 2016 Uzbekistan Super League 13 12 4 1 0 0 – 17 13
2017 28 19 6 3 2[b] 1 – 36 23
2018 7 3 1 0 5[b] 1 – 13 4
Total 73 41 12 5 7 2 – 92 48
Pakhtakor 2018 Uzbekistan Super League 18 3 3 0 0 0 – 21 3
2019 24 23 3 6 8[b] 2 4[c] 6 39 37
2020 26 21 4 3 7[b] 2 – 37 26
2021 23 16 3 1 6[b] 2 1[d] 1 33 20
2022 23 20 1 0 3[b] 1 1[d] 1 28 22
2023 22 13 2 3 4[b] 1 1[d] 0 29 17
2024 22 13 3 0 4[b] 1 1[d] 1 21 11
Total 158 109 19 13 32 9 8 9 217 141
Career total 478 220 41 19 39 11 8 9 566 259
  1. ^ Includes Azerbaijan Cup, King Cup, Uzbekistan Cup
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Appearances in AFC Champions League
  3. ^ Appearances in Uzbekistan League Cup
  4. ^ a b c d Appearance in Uzbekistan Super Cup

Honours

Vardar

Nasaf

Pakhtakor Tashkent

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Dragan CERAN" (in Serbian). Srbija Fudbal. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  2. ^ "Serbian striker signed a contract with Inter (PHOTO)" (in Azerbaijani). azerisport.com/. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Khazar 0–0 Simurq". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Inter Baku 1–2 Simurq". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Simurqun hücumçusu Hollandiya, Danimarka və Yunanıstandan təklifləri rədd edib" (Azerbaijani). Azerisport. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  6. ^ «Суперлига-2019. Результативность команд. У кого больше голов?»
  7. ^ ""Итоги ежегодного футбольного конгресса Ассоциации футбола Узбекистана"". Archived from the original on 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  8. ^ "Dragan yana biz bilan!". instagram.com/fcnasaf/?hl=en (in Uzbek). FC Nasaf Instagram. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  9. ^ "D.Ćeran". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Instagram".
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragan_Ceran
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