Rade Paprica

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Rade Paprica
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Full name Rade Paprica
Date of birth (1956-11-29) 29 November 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Foča, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–1977 Sutjeska Foča
1977–1984 Željezničar Sarajevo 164 (50)
1984–1986 PAOK 39 (7)
1986 Željezničar Sarajevo 17 (9)
1986–1987 Beşiktaş 19 (3)
1987–1988 Apollon Kalamarias 25 (6)
1988–1991 APOP Paphos
Total264(75)
*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.

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Coaching career Esperos Terpsitheas FC (2016-2018)

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).

Post-playing career

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

References

  1. History at club website FK Sutjeska Foča.
  2. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander. "Foreign players in Greece since 1959". RSSSF .
  3. 1 2 Kouventidis, Giorgos (29 February 2008). Ράντε Πάπριτσα Το κουβάρι των αναμνήσεων (in Greek). Makthes.gr. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2011.