Gordan PetriÃÂ (; born 30 July 1969) is a Serbian football manager and former player.
Petriàmade his senior debut with OFK Beograd in the 1985âÂÂ86 season, as the club suffered relegation from the top flight of Yugoslav football. He was transferred to Partizan in the 1989 winter transfer widow. In the following five years, Petriàwon one league title and two national cups, before transferring to Scottish club Dundee United in November 1993. He immediately became a first-team regular under manager Ivan Golac, winning the Scottish Cup in his debut season with the club. His consistent performances at Tannadice earned him a move to Rangers in July 1995. Petriàremained with the club for three years, helping them secure their ninth league title in a row, before a spell in England with Crystal Palace. He scored once for the club in a 1âÂÂ1 draw against Sheffield United.
On 2 July 1999, Petriàmoved to Greece and signed for AEK Athens. On 2 December depite being a few months at the club, he returned to Scotland at the request of Jim Jefferies and was transferred to Hearts for a fee of 250 million drachmas. Petriàremained with Hearts until March 2001, leaving the club two years before the end of his contract by mutual consent. He scored once for Hearts in a 3âÂÂ2 UEFA Cup win over VfB Stuttgart.
After six months of training with his former club Partizan, PetriÃÂ was loaned to Chinese club Sichuan Dahe in March 2002. He briefly stayed there, before retiring from the game.
PetriÃÂ represented the Yugoslavia U20 national team at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship, as the team won the tournament. He was later called up to the Yugoslavia senior national team's UEFA Euro 1992 squad. However, the country was eventually banned from the tournament due to the Yugoslav Wars.
PetriÃÂ collected a total of five caps for the senior national team of his country between 1989 and 1997.
Between 2007 and 2008, PetriÃÂ served as general secretary of Partizan. He was subsequently named vice-president of the club in October 2008, alongside Zoran MirkoviÃÂ. They both left their positions by September 2009.
In December 2012, Petriàwas appointed manager of Beà ¾anija. He left the club in late 2013. Subsequently, together with Ivan TomiÃÂ, Petriàwas named as assistant to Serbia caretaker Ljubinko Druloviàin May 2014.
After two brief stints at SinÃÂeliÃÂ Beograd and Zemun, both in 2015, PetriÃÂ became manager of Serbian SuperLiga club ÃÂukariÃÂki in September 2016. His contract was terminated by mutual consent after three months.
In June 2017, PetriÃÂ was appointed manager of Rad.
In September 2020, PetriÃÂ was named the new head coach of Slovenian top division side Gorica, replacing Borivoje LuÃÂiÃÂ. He resigned only three months later, when Gorica was in last place after 17 rounds.
On 12 August 2022, PetriÃÂ returned to Partizan, being appointed as the new manager of the club. On 24 February 2023, PetriÃÂ resigned.
Partizan
Dundee United
Rangers
Yugoslavia