| Vedran Runje |
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| Personal information |
| Date of birth |
February 10, 1976 (1976-02-10) (age 32) |
| Place of birth |
Sinj, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia |
| Height |
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Playing position |
Goalkeeper |
| Club information |
| Current club |
Lens |
| Number |
1 |
| Senior clubs1 |
| Years |
Club |
App (Gls)* |
1996–1998
1998–2001
2001–2004
2004–2006
2006–2007
2007– |
Hajduk Split
Standard Liège
Olympique Marseille
Standard Liège
Besiktas JK
RC Lens |
23 (0)
96 (0)
92 (0)
68 (0)
32 (0)
27 (0) |
| National team2 |
| 2006– |
Croatia |
4 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 13 September 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 16 October 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)
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Vedran Runje (born 10 February 1976 in Sinj), is a Croatian football goalkeeper who currently plays for RC Lens.
Vedran Runje began his career at Hajduk Split back in 1996. Between 1998 and 2001 he played for Standard de Liège before he went to Olympique de Marseille. In France, he had two great years, but during the third season he lost his place to Fabien Barthez and returned to Belgium to play for Standard de Liège, again. Vedran Runje had won the best goalkeeper in Belgium award three times (in the 1998-1999, 2000-2001, and 2005-2006 seasons), before coming to Turkey to play for Beşiktaş J.K. in 2006. In 2007 he left Beşiktaş to join RC Lens.
Runje is married to his first love Tihana she is also known as the Victoria Beckham of Croatia , together they have a son Roko. Vedran's little brother is also a professional goalkeeper and played for Hajduk Split & AA Gent.
On November 15th 2006, he made his debut for the Croatian national football team against Israel. Croatia won 4-3.
Preceded by
Ronny Gaspercic |
Belgian Goalkeeper of the Year
1999 |
Succeeded by
Filip De Wilde |
Preceded by
Filip De Wilde |
Belgian Goalkeeper of the Year
2001 |
Succeeded by
Franky Vandendriessche |
Preceded by
Silvio Proto |
Belgian Goalkeeper of the Year
2006 |
Succeeded by
Daniel Zítka |
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Croatia squad - UEFA Euro 2008 |
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1 Pletikosa • 2 Šimić • 3 Šimunić • 4 Robert Kovač • 5 Ćorluka • 6 Vejić • 7 Rakitić • 8 Vukojević • 9 Kalinić • 10 Niko Kovač • 11 Srna • 12 Galinović • 13 Pokrivac • 14 Modrić • 15 Knežević • 16 Leko • 17 Klasnić • 18 Olić • 19 Kranjčar • 20 Budan • 21 Petrić • 22 Pranjić • 23 Runje • Coach: Bilić
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RC Lens – current squad |
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1 Runje • 2 Ramos • 3 Hilton • 4 Coulibaly • 5 Diane • 6 Mangane • 7 Boukari • 8 Maoulida • 10 Carrière • 11 Belhadj • 14 Monnet-Paquet • 15 Laurenti • 16 Le Crom • 18 Monterrubio • 20 Hermach • 21 Yaya Keita • 22 Lacourt • 23 Kovačević • 25 Biševac • 26 Demont • 27 Dindane • 28 Sablé • 40 Brocard • 41 Pollet • Coach: Wallemme
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