Ljubomir Radanović

Ljubomir Radanović
Personal information
Full name Ljubomir Radanović
Date of birth (1960-07-21) 21 July 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth Cetinje, FPR Yugoslavia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1981 Lovćen 36 (1)
1981–1988 Partizan 172 (15)
1988–1990 Standard Liège 62 (3)
1990–1991 Nice 33 (3)
1991–1992 Standard Liège 4 (0)
1992–1995 Bellinzona
Total 307 (22)
International career
1982–1984 Yugoslavia U21 3 (0)
1984 Yugoslavia Olympic 6 (1)
1983–1988 Yugoslavia 34 (3)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ljubomir Radanović (Cyrillic: Љубомир Радановић; born 21 July 1960) is a former Yugoslav and Montenegrin footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

After starting out with Lovćen in the Yugoslav Second League, Radanović moved to Yugoslav First League club Partizan in the 1981–82 season. He spent the following seven years at the Stadion JNA, collecting a total of 172 league appearances and scoring 15 goals. After leaving his homeland, Radanović would go on to play for Standard Liège in Belgium, Nice in France, and Bellinzona in Switzerland.

International career

At international level, Radanović earned 34 caps and scored three goals for Yugoslavia between 1983 and 1988. He is best remembered for scoring a dramatic stoppage-time goal to give his country a decisive 3–2 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifier victory over Bulgaria on 21 December 1983.[1] Additionally, Radanović was a member of the Yugoslav team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[2] His final international was an October 1988 FIFA World Cup qualification match away against Scotland.[3]

Statistics

International

National team Year Apps Goals
Yugoslavia 1983 6 1
1984 7 1
1985 11 0
1986 3 0
1987 2 1
1988 5 0
Total 34 3

International goals

Scores and results list Yugoslavia's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 21 December 1983 Split, Yugoslavia  Bulgaria 3–2 3–2 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
2 31 March 1984 Subotica, Yugoslavia  Hungary 2–0 2–1 Friendly
3 16 December 1987 İzmir, Turkey  Turkey 1–0 3–2 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying

Honours

Partizan

References

  1. ^ "Ljubomir Radanović, životna priča: Gol! Gol! Gol! Ljudi, pa je li to moguće? (1983)" (in Serbian). yugopapir.com. January 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Ljubomir Radanovic". 11v11.com. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2020-10-04.

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