Dragan Ćeran

Dragan Ćeran (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ћеран; born 6 October 1987) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Uzbekistan Super League club Nasaf. Previously he played for Smederevo in the Serbian SuperLiga.^[1]

Dragan Ćeran
Драган Ћеран

Ćeran with Pakhtakor in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1987-10-06) 6 October 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Kikinda, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Nasaf
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2012	Smederevo	96	(16)
2006	→ Železničar Smederevo (loan)	6	(4)
2007	→ Mladi Radnik (loan)	12	(10)
2009–2010	→ Westerlo (loan)	3	(0)
2012	Hapoel Haifa	10	(0)
2012–2013	Maccabi Netanya	24	(7)
2013–2015	Simurq	57	(27)
2015	Hajer	13	(2)
2016	Vardar	12	(5)
2016–2018	Nasaf	48	(34)
2018–2024	Pakhtakor	158	(109)
2025–	Nasaf	6	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 April 2025

Career

In August 2013, Ćeran signed for Azerbaijan Premier League side Simurq.^[2] Ćeran made his debut for Simurq in their second game of the season, away to Khazar Lankaran on 11 August 2013, coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Salif Ballo.^[3] Ćeran's first goal for Simurq came in the 78th minute of their 2–1 victory against Inter Baku on 1 September 2013.^[4] Ćeran signed a new one-year contract with Simurq on 31 May 2014, turning down offers from Dordrecht, Levadiakos and Viborg FF.^[5]

In 2016 he moved to Uzbekistan, where he first played for the Nasaf, and in the middle of the 2018 season he moved to the capital Pakhtakor, where he later became the leader of the team's attacks.

In 2019, he became the top scorer of the championship of Uzbekistan, scoring 23 goals,^[6] and was also recognized as the best football player of the Uzbekistan Super League.^[7]

On 22 January 2025, Nasaf announced the return of Ćeran.^[8]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 November 2024^[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Smederevo	2005–06	Serbian SuperLiga	1	0	0	0	–		–		1	0
	2006–07	Serbian SuperLiga	2	0	0	0	–		–		2	0
	2007–08	Serbian SuperLiga	14	1	0	0	–		–		14	1
	2008–09	Serbian First League	22	2	0	0	–		–		22	2
	2009–10	Serbian SuperLiga	15	3	0	0	–		–		15	3
	2010–11		28	6	1	0	–		–		29	6
	2011–12		14	4	3	0	–		–		17	4
Železničar 1930 (loan)	2005–06	Serbian First League	6	4	0	0	–		–		6	4
Mladi Radnik (loan)	2006–07	Serbian League West	12	10	0	0	–		–		12	10
Westerlo (loan)	2009–10	Belgian Pro League	3	0	0	0	–		–		3	0
Hapoel Haifa	2011–12	Israeli Premier League	10	0	0	0	0	0	–		10	0
Maccabi Netanya	2012–13	Israeli Premier League	24	7	0	0	0	0	–		24	7
Simurq	2013–14	Azerbaijan Premier League	31	13	1	0	–		–		32	13
	2014–15		25	14	5	4	–		–		30	18
	Total		90	40	6	4	–		–		96	46
Hajer	2015–16	Saudi Pro League	13	2	1	1	–		–		14	3
Vardar	2015–16	Macedonian First Football League	12	5	0	0	0	0	–		12	5
Nasaf	2016	Uzbekistan Super League	13	12	4	1	0	0	–		17	13
	2017		28	19	6	3	2[b]	1	–		36	23
	2018		7	3	1	0	5[b]	1	–		13	4
	Total		73	41	12	5	7	2	–		92	48
Pakhtakor	2018	Uzbekistan Super League	18	3	3	0	0	0	–		21	3
	2019		24	23	3	6	8[b]	2	4[c]	6	39	37
	2020		26	21	4	3	7[b]	2	–		37	26
	2021		23	16	3	1	6[b]	2	1[d]	1	33	20
	2022		23	20	1	0	3[b]	1	1[d]	1	28	22
	2023		22	13	2	3	4[b]	1	1[d]	0	29	17
	2024		22	13	3	0	4[b]	1	1[d]	1	21	11
	Total		158	109	19	13	32	9	8	9	217	141
Career total			478	214	41	19	39	11	8	9	566	253

1. Includes Azerbaijan Cup, King Cup, Uzbekistan Cup
2. Appearances in AFC Champions League
3. Appearances in Uzbekistan League Cup
4. Appearance in Uzbekistan Super Cup

Honours

Vardar

• Macedonian First League: 2015–16

Nasaf

• Uzbekistan Cup runner-up: 2017

Pakhtakor Tashkent

• Uzbekistan Super League: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Uzbekistan Cup: 2019, 2020; runner-up: 2018, 2021
• Uzbekistan Super Cup: 2021, 2022
• Uzbekistan League Cup: 2019

Individual

• Azerbaijan Premier League Top Scorer: 2014–15
• Uzbekistan Super League Top Scorer: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• Uzbekistan Super League Team of the Season: 2024^[10]