# Goran Jurić

Goran "Goca" Jurić (born 5 February 1963) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
During his career, he played for Velež Mostar, Red Star Belgrade, Celta Vigo, Croatia Zagreb, Yokohama F. Marinos, and NK Zagreb. He earned 4 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team in 1988, and 16 caps for the Croatia national football team.

## Club career

In 1993 he left Celta Vigo after being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.

## International career

He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a September 1988 friendly match away against Spain. After the break-up of the country, he started to represent Croatia, playing his first game for them in April 1997. He was a non-playing member of the squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where Croatia finished third. His final international was an October 1999 European Championship qualification match against Serbia and Montenegro.

## Career statistics
### Club

| Club performance | Club performance | Club performance | League | League |
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | League | League |
| 1982/83 | Velež Mostar | First League | 11 | 0 |
| 1983/84 | Velež Mostar | First League | 32 | 1 |
| 1984/85 | Velež Mostar | First League | 32 | 0 |
| 1985/86 | Velež Mostar | First League | 30 | 0 |
| 1986/87 | Velež Mostar | First League | 25 | 0 |
| 1987/88 | Red Star Belgrade | First League | 23 | 0 |
| 1988/89 | Red Star Belgrade | First League | 26 | 0 |
| 1989/90 | Red Star Belgrade | First League | 21 | 0 |
| 1990/91 | Red Star Belgrade | First League | 8 | 0 |
| Spain | Spain | Spain | League | League |
| 1990/91 | Celta Vigo | Segunda División | 14 | 0 |
| 1991/92 | Celta Vigo | Segunda División | 30 | 1 |
| 1992/93 | Celta Vigo | La Liga | 32 | 0 |
| Croatia | Croatia | Croatia | League | League |
| 1995/96 | Croatia Zagreb | Prva HNL | 1 | 0 |
| 1995/96 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | Prva HNL | 9 | 0 |
| 1996/97 | Zagreb | Prva HNL | 10 | 0 |
| 1996/97 | Croatia Zagreb | Prva HNL | 15 | 0 |
| 1997/98 | Croatia Zagreb | Prva HNL | 23 | 0 |
| 1998/99 | Croatia Zagreb | Prva HNL | 25 | 0 |
| 1999/00 | Croatia Zagreb | Prva HNL | 21 | 0 |
| Japan | Japan | Japan | League | League |
| 2000 | Yokohama F. Marinos | J1 League | 9 | 0 |
| Croatia | Croatia | Croatia | League | League |
| 2000/01 | Zagreb | Prva HNL | 5 | 0 |
| Country | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 208 | 1 |
| Country | Spain | Spain | 76 | 1 |
| Country | Croatia | Croatia | 109 | 0 |
| Country | Japan | Japan | 9 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 402 | 2 |

### International

    Source:
Yugoslavia national team :
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
Croatia national team :
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 16 | 0 |

## Honours
### Club

Velež Mostar
* Yugoslav Cup: 1985–86
Red Star Belgrade
* Yugoslav First League: 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91
* Yugoslav Cup: 1989–90
* European Cup: 1990-91
Celta de Vigo
* Segunda División: 1991–92
Dinamo Zagreb
* Croatian First League: 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000
* Croatian Cup: 1996–97, 1997–98

### Individual

Croatia
* FIFA World Cup Third place: 1998

### Orders

* Order of the Croatian Interlace - 1998