Dragan Ćeran

Dragan Ćeran (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ћеран; born 6 October 1987) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Uzbekistan Super League club Pakhtakor.

Previously he played for Smederevo in the Serbian SuperLiga.

Club career
In August 2013, Ćeran signed for Azerbaijan Premier League side Simurq. Ćeran made his debut for Simurq in their second game of the season, away to Khazar Lankaran on 11 August 2013, coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Salif Ballo. Ćeran's first goal for Simurq came in the 78th minute of their 2–1 victory against Inter Baku on 1 September 2013. Ćeran signed a new one-year contract with Simurq on 31 May 2014, turning down offers from Dordrecht, Levadiakos and Viborg FF.

In 2016 he moved to Uzbekistan, where he first played for the Nasaf, and in the middle of the 2018 season he moved to the capital Pakhtakor, where he later became the leader of the team's attacks.

In 2019, he became the top scorer of the championship of Uzbekistan, scoring 23 goals, and was also recognized as the best football player of the Uzbekistan Super League.

International career
In 2006, Ćeran received his first call up to the Serbia national under-21 team.

Honours
Vardar Nasaf Pakhtakor Tashkent
 * Macedonian First League: 2015–16
 * Uzbekistan Cup runner-up: 2017
 * Uzbekistan Super League: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
 * Uzbekistan Cup: 2019, 2020; runner-up: 2018, 2021
 * Uzbekistan Super Cup: 2021, 2022
 * Uzbekistan League Cup: 2019

Individual
 * Azerbaijan Premier League Top Scorer: 2014–15
 * Uzbekistan Super League Top Scorer: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023