Mladen Žganjer (born 17 May 1966) is a Croatian professional football coach and former player. He currently serves as a goalkeeping coach for the Iran national football team under head coach Dragan Skočić.

Mladen Žganjer
Personal information
Full name Mladen Žganjer
Date of birth (1966-05-17) 17 May 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth Rijeka, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Orijent
1989–1998 Rijeka 146 (0)
1998–1999 Spittal/Drau 37 (0)
2001–2003 Pomorac Kostrena
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career edit

Born in Rijeka, as a goalkeeper he spent much of his career with HNK Rijeka, playing in both the Yugoslav First League and Prva HNL. During the 1993-94 Prva HNL season he did not concede a goal for 622 minutes, making him the club's record holder in top tier competitions.[1] Before finishing his career, he played for SV Spittal in Austria, before returning to Croatia, where he played for NK Pomorac Kostrena.

Career statistics edit

Club Season League League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
NK Rijeka 1989–90 Yugoslav First League 1 0 1 0
1990–91 2 0 2 0 4 0
1992 Prva HNL 22 0 4 0 26 0
1992–93 24 0 3 0 27 0
1993–94 33 0 8 0 41 0
1994–95 26 0 3 0 29 0
HNK Rijeka 1995–96 18 0 5 0 23 0
1996–97 14 0 2 0 16 0
1997–98 6 0 1 0 7 0
SV Spittal 1998–99 2. Liga 37 0 2 0 39 0
Pomorac Kostrena 2001–02 Prva HNL 0 0 1 0 1 0
2002–03 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total[2] 183 0 31 0 0 0 214 0

References edit

  1. ^ Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0, pp. 351–2.
  2. ^ "Đoni Tafra statistics". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 24 August 2018.