# Dragan Ćeran

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.

## Club career

In August 2013, Ćeran signed for Azerbaijan Premier League side Simurq. 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. Ćeran's first goal for Simurq came in the 78th minute of their 2–1 victory against Inter Baku on 1 September 2013. Ćeran signed a new one-year contract with Simurq on 31 May 2014, turning down offers from Dordrecht, Levadiakos and Viborg FF.
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, and was also recognized as the best football player of the Uzbekistan Super League.
On 22 January 2025, Nasaf announced the return of Ćeran.

## Career statistics

    As of match played 5 November 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Smederevo | 2005–06 | Serbian SuperLiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| Smederevo | 2006–07 | Serbian SuperLiga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| Smederevo | 2007–08 | Serbian SuperLiga | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 14 | 1 |
| Smederevo | 2008–09 | Serbian First League | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 22 | 2 |
| Smederevo | 2009–10 | Serbian SuperLiga | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 3 |
| Smederevo | 2010–11 | Serbian SuperLiga | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 29 | 6 |
| Smederevo | 2011–12 | Serbian SuperLiga | 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 |
| → Westerlo (loan) | Total | 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 |
| Simurq | 2014–15 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 18 |
| Simurq | Total | 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 |
| Nasaf | 2017 | Uzbekistan Super League | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 36 | 23 |
| Nasaf | 2018 | Uzbekistan Super League | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 13 | 4 |
| Nasaf | Total | Total | 73 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | – | – | 92 | 48 |
| Pakhtakor | 2018 | Uzbekistan Super League | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 3 |
| Pakhtakor | 2019 | Uzbekistan Super League | 24 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 37 |
| Pakhtakor | 2020 | Uzbekistan Super League | 26 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | – | – | 37 | 26 |
| Pakhtakor | 2021 | Uzbekistan Super League | 23 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 20 |
| Pakhtakor | 2022 | Uzbekistan Super League | 23 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 22 |
| Pakhtakor | 2023 | Uzbekistan Super League | 22 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 17 |
| Pakhtakor | 2024 | Uzbekistan Super League | 22 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 |
| Pakhtakor | Total | Total | 158 | 109 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 217 | 141 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 478 | 220 | 41 | 19 | 39 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 566 | 259 |
* ↑ Includes Azerbaijan Cup, King Cup, Uzbekistan Cup
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Appearances in AFC Champions League
* ↑ Appearances in Uzbekistan League Cup
* 1 2 3 4 Appearance in Uzbekistan Super Cup

## Honours

Vardar
* Macedonian First League: 2015–16
Nasaf
* Uzbekistan Cup runner-up: 2017
Pakhtakor Tashkent
* Uzbekistan Super League: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
* Uzbekistan Cup: 2019, 2020; runner-up: 2018, 2021
* Uzbekistan Super Cup: 2021, 2022
* Uzbekistan League Cup: 2019
Individual
* Azerbaijan Premier League Top Scorer: 2014–15
* Uzbekistan Super League Top Scorer: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
* Uzbekistan Super League Team of the Season: 2024