Žarko Korać (footballer)

Žarko Korać
Personal information
Full name	Žarko Korać
Date of birth	11 June 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Golubovci, SR Montenegro,; SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	FK Jedinstvo
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2007	Zeta
2007–2008	Vojvodina
2008–2010	Zeta
2010	Sheriff Tiraspol
2011–2014	Zeta
2013–2014	→ Hapoel Haifa (loan)
2014–2015	Beitar Jerusalem
2015–2017	Hapoel Haifa
2017	Grbalj
2018	Marcerra Kuantan
2018	Sisaket
2019	UiTM
2020	Hapoel Afula
2021–	FK Jedinstvo
International career
2007	Montenegro U-21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 October 2024

Žarko Korać (Cyrillic: Жapкo Kopaћ, born 11 June 1987) is a Montenegrin football player who plays as a forward for FK Jedinstvo.

Club career

Žarko has played mainly with Montenegrin club FK Zeta, having achieved the title of Montenegrin First League top scorer in the season 2006–07.^[1]

After this early success, he decided to move abroad signing a contract with Serbian SuperLiga club FK Vojvodina. After not getting many chances there, he returned to FK Zeta in December 2008. He played there until January 2010 when he moved to Moldovan club FC Sheriff Tiraspol.^[2] In summer 2010 he returned to Zeta where he became a regular at the starting 11.

He finished the 2012–13 Montenegrin First League season as the co-top scorer with 15 goals. following this success he has been loaned to Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Premier League, where he scored 11 goals, finishing as the 5th top scorer in the league.

on June 2, 2014, Korać has signed a 4-years contract with Israeli club Beitar Jerusalem, with a salary of €160,000 per season. Beitar also paid €160,000 to Hapoel Haifa for his service.^[3] After just half a season in Beitar, Korać returned to Hapoel Haifa, where he played for two seasons between 2015 and 2017.