Zoran Urumov

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Zoran Urumov
Personal information
Full name Zoran Urumov
Date of birth August 30, 1977 (1977-08-30) (age 30)
Place of birth    Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 180cm (5'11")
Playing position defender
Club information
Current club FK Banat Zrenjanin
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1995-1999
1997-1998
1999-2003
2003-2004
2005-2006
2006
2007-
Red Star Belgrade
Milicionar Beograd (loan)
Busan I'Park
Suwon Bluewings
FK Rad Belgrade
Thrasivoulos Fylis
FK Banat Zrenjanin
  0 (0)
13 (0)
69 (5)
33 (8)
19 (4)
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1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)


Zoran Urumov (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Урумов), (b. August 30, 1977 in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian footballer. The left-footed defender began his career on the books of Red Star Belgrade and earned international honours with the Serbian and Montenegrin U21 side.

In 1999 he joined K-League side Busan I'Park, and immediately made a name for himself as one of the best players in the league. Urumov made 105 appearances in total for Busan between 1999 and 2003, scoring 17 goals for the club which was struggling to return to the top of Korean football. Urumov scored two goals for Busan in a 4-1 friendly win over Dutch powerhouse Feyenoord in June 2003, but just one month later Busan manager Ian Porterfield made the decision to sell the player to Suwon Samsung Bluewings for $350,000.

Urumov slotted in well to Kim Ho's young Suwon side for the latter half of the 2003, but when Kim was replaced as manager by Cha Bum-keun for the 2004 season, Urumov lost his place in the starting line-up and took on the role of perennial substitute, often deployed in the final twenty minutes of a match to make full use of his pace. He made headlines around the sports world on 29th July 2004 by scoring a stunning 35-yard free kick in Suwon's 1-0 friendly win over Spanish giants Barcelona after coming on as a second half substitute.

In December 2004 Urumov lifted the K-League championship trophy, scoring the final Suwon goal in the penalty shootout at the end of their playoff final match against Pohang Steelers in what turned out to be his last match for the club. After unsuccessful attempts to secure contracts in the J-League and the Chinese Super League, as well as an unsuccessful trial with Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv, Urumov was eventually transferred to newly-promoted Serbo-Montenegrin Football League side FK Rad Belgrade in July 2005.

A financial dispute with the club in September 2005 led to Urumov and six team-mates refusing to train until wages were paid, which resulted in all seven players being suspended by the club. Urumov returned to action shortly after the issue was resolved and continued to play for Rad in the 2005/06 season.

In the summer of 2006, he moved to Greek side Thrasivoulos Fylis, but was released in January 2007 and played for fk Sindjelic Belgrade.2008 he joined Serbian top division side FK Banat Zrenjanin on a free transfer.