Ljubomir Radanović

Ljubomir Radanović

Personal information
Date of birth	(1960-07-21) 21 July 1960
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 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. Additionally, Radanović was a member of the Yugoslav team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. His final international was an October 1988 FIFA World Cup qualification match away against Scotland.

Career statistics

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

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

• Yugoslav First League: 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87

External links

• Ljubomir Radanović at WorldFootball.net
• Ljubomir Radanović at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
• Ljubomir Radanović at National-Football-Teams.com