Zoran Urumov

Who is Zoran Urumov?

Zoran Urumov 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 U-21 side.

In 1999 he joined K-League side Busan I'cons, 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-Kun 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 29 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.