Vanja Grubač

Vanja Grubač (Serbian Cyrillic: Вања Грубач; born 11 January 1971) is a Montenegrin former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Vanja Grubač

Personal information
Full name	Vanja Grubač
Date of birth	(1971-01-11) 11 January 1971 (age 54)
Place of birth	Nikšić, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1991	Sutjeska Nikšić	8	(0)
1993	Sloga Kraljevo
1993–1994	OFK Beograd	29	(16)
1994	Pierikos
1995	OFK Beograd	9	(7)
1995	Le Havre	8	(0)
1996	OFK Beograd	12	(4)
1997	Braga	3	(0)
1997–1998	OFK Beograd	26	(31)
1998–2000	Hamburger SV	11	(2)
2000	OFK Beograd	9	(0)
2001	Erzurumspor	3	(1)
2002–2003	OFK Beograd	21	(10)
2003	Digenis Morphou
2004	Al-Wakrah
Total		139	(71)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Grubač played for his hometown club Sutjeska Nikšić in the Yugoslav Second League for three seasons (1988–89, 1989–90, and 1990–91), collecting eight appearances.^[1][2][3] He joined OFK Beograd after a spell with Sloga Kraljevo in 1993. Over the next few years, Grubač would go on to play for several European clubs, including French Le Havre and Portuguese Braga, but would eventually return to OFK Beograd after each brief spell abroad.

In 1998, Grubač was transferred from OFK Beograd to Hamburger SV for a fee of 1.1 million DM.^[4] He appeared in 11 Bundesliga games over his two seasons at the club, scoring two goals.^[5][6] In 2000, Grubač made another return to OFK Beograd, before moving to Turkish club Erzurumspor in early 2001.^[7]

Personal life

Grubač is the father of fellow footballer Sergej Grubač.^[8]

Career statistics

Club	Season	League
		Apps	Goals
Sutjeska Nikšić	1988–89	1	0
	1989–90	6	0
	1990–91	1	0
	Total	8	0
Sloga Kraljevo	1992–93
OFK Beograd	1993–94	29	16
Pierikos	1994–95
OFK Beograd	1994–95	9	7
Le Havre	1995–96	8	0
OFK Beograd	1995–96	12	4
Braga	1996–97	3	0
OFK Beograd	1997–98	26	31
Hamburger SV	1998–99	7	1
	1999–2000	4	1
	Total	11	2
OFK Beograd	2000–01	9	0
Erzurumspor	2000–01	3	1
OFK Beograd	2001–02	10	4
	2002–03	11	6
	Total	21	10
Digenis Morphou	2003–04
Al-Wakrah	2004–05
Career total		139	71