Rade Paprica

Rade Paprica
Personal information
Full name	Rade Paprica
Date of birth	29 November 1956 (age 67)
Place of birth	Foča, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
–1977	Sutjeska Foča
1977–1984	Željezničar Sarajevo
1984–1986	PAOK
1986	Željezničar Sarajevo
1986–1987	Beşiktaş
1987–1988	Apollon Kalamarias
1988–1991	APOP
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rade Paprica (born 29 November 1956) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played in the former Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey.

Club career

Born in Foča, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, Paprica started playing at local FK Sutjeska Foča.^[1] From 1977 to 1984 he played for local powerhouse Željezničar.

Paprica played for Greek side PAOK Thessaloniki from 1984 to 1986.^[2] He was one of the key players when PAOK FC won the Greek championship in 1985.^[3]

He also played for Beşiktaş for a year, Apollon Kalamarias the next year, and went to Cyprus to play for APOP Paphos for three years (1988–1991).

After retiring from playing football in 1992, Paprica moved to Thessaloniki where he worked as a coach in PAOK's youth team.^[3]

^ History at club website FK Sutjeska Foča.
^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander. "Foreign players in Greece since 1959". RSSSF.
^ ^a ^b Kouventidis, Giorgos (29 February 2008). Ράντε Πάπριτσα Το κουβάρι των αναμνήσεων (in Greek). Makthes.gr.

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