Name: Goran Vlaović



Country: Croatia
Clubs: Valencia CF - Panathinaikos FC
Position: *CF, WF
Side: RF/BS
Age: 24-30 years (07/08/1972)

Height: 178 cm
Weight: 75 kg

Attack: 84
Defence: 40
Balance: 77
Stamina: 79
Top Speed: 82
Acceleration: 86
Response: 85
Agility: 84
Dribble Accuracy: 78
Dribble Speed: 83
Short Pass Accuracy: 76
Short Pass Speed: 71
Long Pass Accuracy: 72
Long Pass Speed: 72
Shot Accuracy: 84
Shot Power: 83
Shot Technique: 85
Free Kick Accuracy: 79
Curling: 81
Header: 78
Jump: 82
Technique: 82
Aggression: 85
Mentality: 74
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 76

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 5
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot Frequency: 6
Consistency: 5
Growth Type: Standard

CARDS:
P19: Super-Sub
S01: Reaction
S06: Outside Curve

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Positioning - Reaction - Outside

Attack / Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded


INFO

Goran Vlaović (born 7 August 1972) is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a striker. He was very agile player with good shot, even with his weaker foot. Penetrating and efficient striker, very resourceful in front of the opponent's goal. He could score with headers, from free kicks, back heel and volleys. Born in Nova Gradiška, Vlaović started his professional career with Osijek in 1989 and moved to HAŠK Građanski in 1992, before going abroad to play for Calcio Padova in Italy, Valencia in Spain and Panathinaikos in Greece, where he retired in June 2004. His biggest personal success at club level came when he topped the goalscoring charts of the 1993–94 Croatian First Football League, netting 29 goals for Dinamo Zagreb that season. The record remained unbroken for 13 years before Eduardo da Silva scored 34 goals for the same club in 2006–07. He remains the youngest player to have scored the most goals in a single season in Croatia. He also won the Copa del Rey and Supercopa de España with Valencia in 1999, as well as a Greek double with Panathinaikos in 2004. Vlaović was a member of the Croatian national football team for over ten years, between July 1992 and August 2002. He won a total of 52 international caps and scored 16 goals for the team. To date, he has remained the Croatian national team's second-best goalscorer of all time, after unreachable Davor Šuker with 45 international goals. Vlaović made his international debut for Croatia on 5 July 1992 in their friendly match against Australia in Melbourne, during the team's three-match tour through Australia. After the tour, Vlaović only made four international appearances in just over three and a half years, and having undergone surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain in 1995, he was only able to make one appearance in the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying. However, he started to play regularly for Croatia in early 1996. On 13 March 1996, he scored his first goals for the team in a friendly match against Korea Republic, netting a flawless hat-trick in Croatia's 3-0 victory. He won his last international cap in a friendly match against Wales on 21 August 2002.