| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dean Ljubančić | ||
| Date of birth | (1969-10-13) 13 October 1969 (age 55) | ||
| Place of birth | Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1987 | Rijeka | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1992 | Rijeka | 46 | (8) |
| 1993–1994 | Pazinka | 3 | (1) |
| 1994–1995 | VfB Oldenburg | 15 | (1) |
| 1995–1997 | Orijent | 19 | (8) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dean Ljubančić (born 13 October 1969 in Rijeka) is a retired Croatian football player who played for Rijeka in the Yugoslav First League, Rijeka, Pazinka and Orijent in the Croatian First Football League, and Oldenburg in German Regionalliga Nord.
Ljubančić was the first player to score a hat-trick in the Croatian First Football League. He scored three times for Rijeka in a 3–0 victory over Istra on 2 May 1992. Ljubančić was also Rijeka’s joint league top-scorer in 1992.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 13 August 2018
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Yugoslavia | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 1987-88 | NK Rijeka | Yugoslav First League | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | |
| 1988-89 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| 1989-90 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1990-91 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Croatia | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 1992 | NK Rijeka | Prva HNL | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | 6 | |
| 1993-94 | NK Pazinka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | ||
| Germany | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 1994-95 | VfB Oldenburg | Regionalliga Nord | 15 | 1 | — | — | 15 | 1 | ||
| Croatia | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 1995-96 | NK Orijent | Prva B HNL | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 8 | |
| 1996-97 | Prva HNL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 83 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 18 | ||
References
- HRnogomet.com
- 24sata
- HRnogomet.com
- "Dean Ljubančić". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
External links
- Dean Ljubančić at Croatian Football Statistics (archived) (in Croatian)
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Rijeka
- Men's association football forwards
- Yugoslav men's footballers
- Croatian men's footballers
- HNK Rijeka players
- HNK Orijent players
- NK Pazinka players
- VfB Oldenburg players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Croatian Football League players
- Regionalliga players
- First Football League (Croatia) players
- Croatian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Germany