Gordan Petrić

Gordan Petrić (Serbian Cyrillic: Гордан Петрић; born 30 July 1969) is a Serbian football manager and former player.

Gordan Petrić
Personal information
Full nameGordan Petrić[1]
Date of birth (1969-07-30) 30 July 1969 (age 54)
Place of birthBelgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)Defender
Team information
Current team
TBA
Youth career
OFK Beograd
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1988OFK Beograd65(12)
1989–1993Partizan106(6)
1993–1995Dundee United60(3)
1995–1998Rangers65(3)
1998–1999Crystal Palace18(1)
1999AEK Athens7(0)
1999–2001Heart of Midlothian37(0)
2001–2002Partizan0(0)
2002Sichuan Dahe (loan)3(0)
Total361(25)
International career
1987Yugoslavia U204(0)
1988–1990Yugoslavia U216(1)
1989–1997FR Yugoslavia5(0)
Managerial career
2013Bežanija
2015Sinđelić Beograd
2015Zemun
2016Čukarički
2017Rad
2019Larissa
2020Gorica
2022–2023Partizan
2024Čukarički
Medal record
Gold medal – first placeFIFA World Youth Championship1987
Silver medal – second placeUEFA Under-21 Championship1990
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Petrić made his senior debut with OFK Beograd in the 1985–86 season, as the club suffered relegation from the top flight of Yugoslav football. He was transferred to Partizan in the 1989 winter transfer widow. In the following five years, Petrić won one league title and two national cups, before transferring to Scottish club Dundee United in November 1993. He immediately became a first-team regular under manager Ivan Golac, winning the Scottish Cup in his debut season with the club. His consistent performances at Tannadice earned him a move to Rangers in July 1995. Petrić remained with the club for three years, helping them secure their ninth league title in a row, before a spell in England with Crystal Palace. He scored once for the club in a 1–1 draw against Sheffield United.[2]

In the summer of 1999, Petrić moved to Greece and joined AEK Athens. He left the club after only a few months and returned to Scotland when Jim Jefferies signed him for Hearts in December 1999. Petrić remained with Hearts until March 2001, leaving the club two years before the end of his contract by mutual consent.[3] He scored once for Hearts in a 3–2 UEFA Cup win over VfB Stuttgart.[4]

After six months of training with his former club Partizan, Petrić was loaned to Chinese club Sichuan Dahe in March 2002.[5] He briefly stayed there, before retiring from the game.

International career

Petrić represented the Yugoslavia U20 national team at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship, as the team won the tournament. He was later called up to the Yugoslavia senior national team's UEFA Euro 1992 squad. However, the country was eventually banned from the tournament due to the Yugoslav Wars.[6]

Petrić collected a total of five caps for the senior national team of his country between 1989 and 1997.

Post-playing career

Between 2007 and 2008, Petrić served as general secretary of Partizan.[7][8] He was subsequently named vice-president of the club in October 2008, alongside Zoran Mirković.[9][10] They both left their positions by September 2009.[11]

In December 2012, Petrić was appointed manager of Bežanija.[12] He left the club in late 2013. Subsequently, together with Ivan Tomić, Petrić was named as assistant to Serbia caretaker Ljubinko Drulović in May 2014.[13]

After two brief stints at Sinđelić Beograd and Zemun, both in 2015, Petrić became manager of Serbian SuperLiga club Čukarički in September 2016.[14] His contract was terminated by mutual consent after three months.[15]

In June 2017, Petrić was appointed manager of Rad.[16]

In September 2020, Petrić was named the new head coach of Slovenian top division side Gorica, replacing Borivoje Lučić.[17] He resigned only three months later, when Gorica was in last place after 17 rounds.[18]

On 12 August 2022, Petrić returned to Partizan, being appointed as the new manager of the club.[19] On 24 February 2023, Petrić resigned.[20]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
OFK Beograd1985–861010
1986–87162162
1987–88306306
1988–89184184
Total65126512
Partizan1988–891502000170
1989–902736050383
1990–911602040220
1991–9251200071
1992–9333190421
1993–9410140141
Total1066250901406
Dundee United1993–94271800000351
1994–95332403021423
Total6031203021774
Rangers1995–96331403060461
1996–97262105061383
1997–9860301010110
1998–990000002020
Total6538090151974
Crystal Palace1998–991810000181
AEK Athens1999–2000704150161
Heart of Midlothian1999–20001802010210
2000–01190201021241
Total370402021451
Sichuan Dahe (loan)20023030
Career total3612553114033346129

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Yugoslavia198920
199000
199100
199200
FR Yugoslavia1993
199400
199500
199600
199730
Total50

Manager Statistics

As of 13 March 2024[21]
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Bežanija1 January 201330 June 2013176832314+9035.29
Sinđelić Beograd1 January 201530 June 2015159152212+10060.00
Zemun1 July 201512 October 201593421110+1033.33
Čukarički22 September 201617 December 2016135351719−2038.46
Rad1 July 201716 October 2017143291930−11021.43
Larissa1 July 20198 August 2019000000+0!
Gorica18 September 20207 December 2020172411925−16011.76
Partizan12 August 202228 February 20233018756234+28060.00
Čukarički5 January 202413 March 2024631298+1050.00
Total121493042172152+20040.50

Honours

Partizan

Dundee United

Rangers

Yugoslavia

References