Rade Paprica


Rade Paprica is a Yugoslav former professional footballer who played in the former Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey.

Career

Born in Foča, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, Paprica started playing at local FK Sutjeska Foča. From 1977 to 1984 he played for FK Željezničar Sarajevo.
Paprica played for Greek side PAOK Thessaloniki from 1984 to 1986. He was one of the key players when PAOK FC won the Greek championship in 1985.
He also played for Beşiktaş J.K. for a year, Apollon Kalamarias F.C. the next year, and went to Cyprus to play for APOP Paphos for three years.
After retiring from playing football in 1992, Paprica moved to Thessaloniki where he worked as a coach in PAOK's youth team.