Stojan Vranješ (

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: Стојан Врањеш; born 11 October 1986) is a Bosnian professional

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who plays as a

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for Bosnian Premier League club Borac Banja Luka.

Club career

Early career

Vranješ spent his youth career at his hometown club Borac Banja Luka, as well as Croatian clubs Dugo Selo and

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. In 2005, he joined Borac's first team and stayed with the club for five seasons before moving to Romania, where he played for Pandurii and

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Vojvodina

On 6 February 2013, Vranješ signed a two-year contract with Serbian giants

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. He scored his first goal for Vojvodina in a 2–1 win against

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on 27 February 2013. He scored a goal from distance in a 3–0 win against Donji Srem on 19 March 2013, which Donji Srem manager Bogić Bogićević dubbed a "euro-goal".

Adventure in Poland

In February 2014, Vranješ was transferred from Vojvodina to Polish club Lechia Gdańsk for 200,000 Euros. After impressing at Lechia, scoring 16 goals in 52 appearances, he was transferred to

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on 29 August 2015. While at Legia, Vranješ won both the

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and

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in 2016. On 9 January 2017, shortly after leaving Legia, he signed a contract with Piast Gliwice. On 15 January 2018, Vranješ left the club after not having enough playing time in that

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. Both sides said they are on good terms still to this day.

Željezničar

On 23 January 2018, Vranješ signed a one-and-a-half-year deal with Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar. On 9 May 2018, he won the Bosnian Cup after Željezničar beat Krupa in the two legged final of that season's cup. On 31 January 2019, Vranješ left Željezničar.

Return to Borac

On 1 February 2019, nine years after leaving the club, Vranješ once again became the new player of Borac in the First League of RS. He made his official debut for Borac on 27 February 2019, in a 2–1 away loss in a

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game against

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. In the 2018–19 First League of RS season, Vranješ's Borac won the league title five games before the end of the season and got promoted back to the Bosnian Premier League. On 12 January 2020, he extended his contract with the club until the summer of 2023. Vranješ won his first league title with Borac on 23 May 2021, one game before the end of the 2020–21 season, getting crowned Bosnian Premier League champions. He terminated his contract with Borac and left the club in November 2021.

Bashundhara Kings

On 20 November 2021, Vranješ joined Bangladesh Premier League club Bashundhara Kings for the 2021–22 season.

International career

Vranješ made his senior debut for

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on 1 June 2009, against

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. On 31 May 2012, Vranješ was at the center of a media storm for a mistake he made in a friendly match in

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against

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, which resulted in a last-minute goal for Mexico, who won 2–1.

Personal life

Vranješ has a younger brother, Ognjen, who is also a professional footballer.

Career statistics

Honours

Borac Banja Luka * Bosnian Premier League: 2020–21, 2023–24 * First League of RS: 2018–19 * Bosnian Cup: 2009–10 CFR Cluj *

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: 2011–12 Vojvodina *

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: 2013–14 Legia Warsaw *

: 2015–16 *

: 2015–16 Željezničar *Bosnian Cup: 2017–18

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vranjes, Stojan 1986 births Living people Footballers from Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers 21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen Bosnia and Herzegovina men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders Bosnia and Herzegovina men's international footballers Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina FK Borac Banja Luka players CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu players CFR Cluj players FK Vojvodina players Lechia Gdańsk players Legia Warsaw players Legia Warsaw II players Piast Gliwice players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players Bashundhara Kings players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Liga I players Serbian SuperLiga players Ekstraklasa players III liga players First League of the Republika Srpska players Bangladesh Premier League footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Bangladesh Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Poland Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Romania