Gojko Kačar

Gojko Kačar
Personal information
Full name	Gojko Kačar
Date of birth	26 January 1987
Place of birth	Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Anorthosis Famagusta
Number	44
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:27, 2 September 2018 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:51, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Gojko Kačar (Serbian Cyrillic: Гојко Качар, pronounced [ɡôːjko kâtʃaːr]; born 26 January 1987) is a Serbian footballer, who plays for Anorthosis Famagusta. He represented Serbia at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Career

Kačar played for Vojvodina's youth academy before breaking into the first team. In January 2008 he transferred to Hertha for a fee of €3 million, which makes him the most expensive player in the history of FK Vojvodina. Kačar was selected to play for the Serbia U21s at the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in the Netherlands. He only played one game, against England, losing 0–2.

On 7 September 2008, Kačar scored five goals for the Serbian U21 team in their 8–0 demolition of Hungary U21 in a qualifying match for the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.^[1] In the tournament, in June 2009, he was the scorer of the only goal Serbia scored in three matches.

On 21 August 2010, Kačar debuted for his new team Hamburger, coming on as a substitute for Eljero Elia in the 79th minute of a 2–1 home turf win against Schalke.

On 19 July 2016, he signed a contract at Augsburg.^[2]

Personal life

Kačar competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China in a match against Australia on 7 August 2008. His uncle Slobodan Kačar won the Light Heavyweight Olympic Gold medal in boxing in 1980 competing for Yugoslavia. His other uncle, Tadija Kačar, won a silver Olympic medal in boxing in 1976, also competing for Yugoslavia.

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 August 2018^[3]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vojvodina	2003–04	Superliga	1	0	?	?	0	0	1	0
	2004–05		12	2	?	?	0	0	12	2
	2005–06		26	2	?	?	0	0	26	2
	2006–07		22	1	?	?	0	0	22	1
	2007–08		17	11	?	?	4	1	21	12
	Total		78	16	?	?	4	1	82	17
Hertha	2007–08	Bundesliga	17	1	0	0	0	0	17	1
	2008–09		25	6	0	0	6	1	31	7
	2009–10		22	3	2	0	6	3	30	6
	Total		64	10	2	0	12	4	78	14
Hamburger	2010–11	Bundesliga	23	2	0	0	0	0	23	2
	2011–12		21	1	2	0	0	0	23	1
	2012–13		3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2013–14		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2014–15		12	3	1	0	0	0	13	3
	2015–16		19	1	0	0	0	0	19	1
	Total		78	7	3	0	0	0	81	7
Cerezo Osaka (loan)	2014	J1 League	12	1	0	0	4	0	16	1
Augsburg	2016–17	Bundesliga	22	0	1	0	0	0	23	0
	2016–18	Bundesliga	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
	Total		28	1	1	0	0	0	29	1
Career total			260	35	6	0	20	4	286	39

International

Serbian national team^[4]
Year	Apps	Goals
2007	1	0
2008	5	0
2009	8	0
2010	8	0
2011	2	0
2012	1	0
Total	25	0

References

↑ UEFA (7 September 2008). "Kačar stars in Serbian rout". Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
↑ "Augsburg stellt Kacar vor" [Augsburg introduces Kacar] (in German). kicker. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
↑ "Gojko Kačar » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
↑ http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=27146

External links

Gojko Kačar at bundesliga.de
Player profile on Serbian National Team page (in Serbian)
Gojko Kačar at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] UEFA (7 September 2008). "Kačar stars in Serbian rout". Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2008.

[2] "Augsburg stellt Kacar vor" [Augsburg introduces Kacar] (in German). kicker. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[3] "Gojko Kačar » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[4] ttp://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=27146