Goran "Goca" Jurić (born 5 February 1963) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a defender.

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Goran Jurić

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Full name	Goran Jurić
Date of birth	(1963-02-05) 5 February 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1987	Velež Mostar	130	(1)
1987–1991	Red Star Belgrade	78	(0)
1991–1993	Celta Vigo	76	(1)
1993–2000	Croatia Zagreb	84	(0)
1995–1996	→ Hrvatski Dragovoljac (loan)	9	(0)
1996	→ NK Zagreb (loan)	10	(0)
2000–2001	Yokohama F. Marinos	13	(0)
2001	NK Zagreb	5	(0)
Total		406	(2)
International career
1988–1989	Yugoslavia	4	(0)
1997–1999	Croatia	16	(0)
Medal record Representing  Croatia FIFA World Cup 1998
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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During his career, he played for Velež Mostar, Red Star Belgrade, Celta Vigo, Croatia Zagreb, Yokohama F. Marinos, and NK Zagreb. He earned 4 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team in 1988, and 16 caps for the Croatia national football team.

He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a September 1988 friendly match away against Spain. After the break-up of the country, he started to represent Croatia, playing his first game for them in April 1997. He was a non-playing member of the squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where Croatia finished third. His final international was an October 1999 European Championship qualification match against Serbia and Montenegro.^[1]