Dragan Ćeran

Dragan Ćeran
	Ćeran with Pakhtakor in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Dragan Ćeran
Date of birth	October 6, 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Kikinda, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Pakhtakor
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2012	Smederevo
2006	→ Železničar Smederevo (loan)
2007	→ Mladi Radnik (loan)
2009–2010	→ Westerlo (loan)
2012	Hapoel Haifa
2012–2013	Maccabi Netanya
2013–2015	Simurq
2015	Hajer
2016	Vardar
2016–2018	Nasaf
2018–	Pakhtakor
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2008

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 Pakhtakor.

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]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 September 2024^[8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
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	Azerbaijan Premier League	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		19	10	3	0	2^[b]	1	1^[d]	1	21	11
	Total		155	106	19	13	30	9	8	9	212	137
Career total			358	187	37	19	37	11	8	9	440	226

^ Includes Azerbaijan Cup, King Cup, Uzbekistan Cup
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Appearances in AFC Champions League
^ Appearances in Uzbekistan League Cup
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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

References

^ "Dragan CERAN" (in Serbian). Srbija Fudbal. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
^ "Serbian striker signed a contract with Inter (PHOTO)" (in Azerbaijani). azerisport.com/. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
^ "Khazar 0–0 Simurq". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Inter Baku 1–2 Simurq". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Simurqun hücumçusu Hollandiya, Danimarka və Yunanıstandan təklifləri rədd edib" (Azerbaijani). Azerisport. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
^ «Суперлига-2019. Результативность команд. У кого больше голов?»
^ ""Итоги ежегодного футбольного конгресса Ассоциации футбола Узбекистана"". Archived from the original on 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
^ "D.Ćeran". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

External links

Dragan Ćeran Stats at Utakmica.rs
Dragan Ćeran at Soccerway.com
Dragan Ćeran at WorldFootball.net
Dragan Ćeran at FBref.com

[9] Includes Azerbaijan Cup, King Cup, Uzbekistan Cup

[ACL-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Appearances in AFC Champions League

[ULC-11] Appearances in Uzbekistan League Cup

[USC-12] Appearance in Uzbekistan Super Cup

[1] "Dragan CERAN" (in Serbian). Srbija Fudbal. Retrieved 2009-09-28.

[Ćeran_Joins-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] "D.Ćeran". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

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