{{Infobox football biography | name = Igor Prostran | image = Igor Prostran.jpg | caption = Prostran in 2005 | fullname = Igor Prostran | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|3|29}} | birth_place = Zadar, SFR Yugoslavia | height = | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1989–1993 | youthclubs1 = ONK Smoković | youthyears2 = 1993–1994 | youthclubs2 = Red Star Belgrade | youthyears3 = 1994–1998 | youthclubs3 = Oakville SC | youthyears4 = 1998 | youthclubs4 = Winona Serbs | collegeyears1 = 1998–1999 | college1 = McMaster Marauders | collegecaps1 = | collegegoals1 = | years1 = 1999 | years2 = | years3 = | years4 = | years5 = 2001–2002 | years6 = 2002–2003 | years7 = 2004 | years8 = 2005 | years9 = 2006 | clubs1 = IM Rakovica | clubs2 = Rad | clubs3 = → Spartak Ljig (loan) | clubs4 = Beograd | clubs5 = Remont Čačak | clubs6 = Borac Čačak | clubs7 = Toronto Lynx | clubs8 = Oakville Blue Devils | clubs9 = Hamilton Serbia | caps1 = | caps2 = | caps3 = | caps4 = | caps5 = | caps6 = | caps7 = 15 | caps8 = 20 | caps9 = | goals1 = | goals2 = | goals3 = | goals4 = | goals5 = | goals6 = | goals7 = 0 | goals8 = 5 | goals9 = | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | medaltemplates = | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }} '''Igor Prostran''' ({{Lang-sr-Cyrl|Игор Простран}}, born March 29, 1979) is a Serbian football manager and former player. As player, he played in the Second League of Serbia and Montenegro, USL A-League, and the Canadian Professional Soccer League.
== Playing career == Born in Zadar, SR Croatia, then within SFR Yugoslavia, he spent his childhood in the neighbouring village of Smoković which had a Serb majority and family Prostran made about one quarter of the total population. His father Branko was a footballer and later became coach at local club ONK Smoković and later NK Zadar. Igor's younger brother Nikša also plays football and he became a goalkeeper having played in Ontario.<ref name="vesti">[https://www.vesti.rs/Dijaspora/Igracu-dok-me-noge-nose-2.html IGRAĆU DOK ME NOGE NOSE!] at vesti.rs, 21-3-2014, retrieved 10-11-2019 {{in lang|sr}}</ref>
Igor started playing at local ONK Smoković in 1989 when he was 10. However, in 1991 Croatian War of Independence against federal Yugoslav forces and local Serb population started, and, in January 1993, Croatian Army took the town in the Operation Maslenica and destroyed and burned the village. Prostran family left their home and belongings and had to escape, leaving for Serbia where they became refugees.<ref name="vesti"/>
Upon their arrival to Belgrade, Prostran joined the youth team of Serbian giants Red Star Belgrade where he played in an extraordinary generation along players such as Dejan Stanković, Marko Pantelić, Zoran Urumov, Nenad Lalatović, Ivan Gvozdenović, Pavle Delibašić, Ognjen Koroman and coach Toma Milićević.<ref name="vesti"/> However, less than a year after, in November 1994, he and his family moved to Canada. Immediately after their arrival, Prostran began to play for the youth team of Oakville SC.<ref name="vesti"/> The club won the youth championship every year until 1998, and won two Ontario Cups, while only losing in the final in the other seasons.<ref name="vesti"/> In 1998, besides the Ontario Cup, they won the Canadian U-19 championship with Prostran being honored as the MVP of the season and was also the league top-scorer.<ref name="vesti"/> That same year he won the ''Srbijada'', competition between Serbian clubs in Canada, by playing with the Winona Serbs in Winona. In autumn 1998 he entered McMaster University in Ontario. Prostran played for the university soccer team and became rookie of the year in 1999.<ref name="vesti"/>
In 1999, he returned to Serbia and played with IM Rakovica, Spartak Ljig (on loan from FK Rad), and FK Beograd. In 2001 joins Remont Čačak and next moved to city rivals Borac Čačak of the Second League of Serbia and Montenegro.<ref>[https://issuu.com/metalac/docs/monografijafkmetalac/115 Monografija Fudbalski klub Metalac] page 117 {{in lang|sr}}</ref> The following season, he signed with rivals FK Borac Čačak, where he helped the club clinch its division, and win promotion to the First League of Serbia and Montenegro. On March 18, 2004, the Toronto Lynx of the USL A-League signed him to a contract.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports04/04lynx08.htm|title=March 18, 2004 Toronto Lynx announce signing of Igor Prostran and re-signing of Shawn Faria|last=Nutt|first=Dave|website=www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com|access-date=2016-07-01}}</ref> He made his debut for the club on May 1, 2004, in a match against Rochester Rhinos.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports04/04lynx22.htm|title=May 1, 2004 Toronto Lynx vs Rochester Raging Rhinos from Lynx media release|last=|website=www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com|access-date=2016-07-01}}</ref> In total he featured in 15 matches for the club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://soccerstats.us/bios/igor-prostran/|title=Igor Prostran {{!}} SoccerStats.us|website=soccerstats.us|access-date=2016-07-01}}</ref> On March 30, 2005, he signed with Oakville Blue Devils of the Canadian Professional Soccer League.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports05/05cpsl05.htm|title=March 31, 2005 Oakville Blue Devils news (from CPSL media release)|last=Adamson|first=Stan|website=www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com|access-date=2016-07-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports05/05cpsl04.htm|title=March 30, 2005 CPSL Oakville Blue Devils announcement (from Oakvill Blue Devils media release)|website=www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com|access-date=2016-07-01}}</ref> During the regular season he helped the club clinch a postseason berth by finishing second in the Western Conference. In the postseason he won the CPSL Championship by defeating the Vaughan Shooters by a score of 2–1.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports05/05cpsl2m.htm|title=October 10, 2005 CPSL Vaughan Shooters vs Oakville Blue Devils (by Rocket Robin)|last=Glover|first=Robin|website=www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com|access-date=2016-07-01}}</ref> In 2006, he signed with the Hamilton Serbians of the Ontario Soccer League.
In his late stage of his career he helps to establish FK Obilić from Hamilton.<ref name="vesti"/>
==Coaching career== By the time Oakville SC celebrated its 40th birthday, Igor Prostran has already been working for some time coaching the youth levels of the club. On that same ceremony he got awarded as one of the 40 most influential personalities in club history. He has been also selected as coaching instructor in the Ontario Soccer Association and has been assistant in the coaching academy.<ref name="vesti"/>
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