Dean Ljubančić

Dean Ljubančić
Personal information
Full name Dean Ljubančić
Date of birth (1969-10-13) 13 October 1969
Place of birth Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
–1987 Rijeka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1992 Rijeka 46 (8)
1993–1994 Pazinka 3 (1)
1994–1995 VfB Oldenburg 15 (1)
1995–1997 Orijent 19 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dean Ljubančić (born 13 October 1969 in Rijeka) is a retired Croatian football player who played for Rijeka in the Yugoslav First League, Rijeka, Pazinka and Orijent in the Croatian First Football League, and Oldenburg in German Regionalliga Nord.

Ljubančić was the first player to score a hat-trick in the Croatian First Football League. He scored three times for Rijeka in a 3–0 victory over Istra on 2 May 1992. Ljubančić was also Rijeka’s joint league top-scorer in 1992.