Đorđe Kunovac

Đorđe Kunovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Куновац, born 8 June 1975) is a retired professional Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player and a current football manager.

Đorđe Kunovac
Personal information
Full name Đorđe Kunovac
Date of birth (1975-06-08) 8 June 1975
Place of birth Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Velež Mostar
Rad Beograd
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 FK Bečej 29 (?)
1995–1998 Rad Beograd 63 (?)
1998–2000 Leotar Trebinje 21 (?)
2000–2001 Fortuna Düsseldorf 10 (?)
2001–2002 Rad Beograd 6 (?)
2002–2003 Mogren Budva 2 (?)
2003–2003 OFK Grbalj 16 (?)
2003–2004 Sinđelić Beograd 30 (15)
Teams managed
2008–2011 FK Sveti Stefan
2011–2011 Milutinac Zemun
2011–2012 Palilulac
2012–2012 FK Zmaj Zemun
2013–2013 Spartak Bánovce
2014–2016 FK Torlak
2016–2017 FK Avala
2017– FK Sremčica
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Player

Born in Trebinje, he began playing football in his home-town club FK Leotar. He was spotted there by FK Partizan who brought him to their youth team.[1] He started playing as senior in the First League of FR Yugoslavia clubs FK Bečej and FK Rad. He played with Leotar in the First League of the Republika Srpska during until 2000, before coming to Germany to play in Fortuna Düsseldorf. Afterwards, he was back to Rad and in 2002 played for Montenegrin club FK Mogren before finishing his playing career in FK Sinđelić Beograd.

Coach

He was the coach of a Belgrade-based Serbian club FK Sveti Stefan. For the 2011-12 season he was appointed as head coach of FK Milutinac Zemun. After a few months Kunovac resigned as coach of FK Milutinac Zemun and later that year he was appointed as manager of FK Palilulac Beograd. For the 2012-2013 season he started as a head coach of a FK Zmaj Zemun, but again after a few months re-resigned. Second part of the 2012/2013 season he worked again as a head coach in FK Milutinac Zemun, and played for the Senior team. For the 2013/2014 season he was appointed as a manager of Slovak side FK Spartak Bánovce nad Bebravou.

At the beginning of the 2014/2015 season he took over managing Belgrade lower league club FK Torlak from Kumodraž. FK Torlak competes in 5th tier of Serbian football league system. In his first season as FK Torlak manager he won the league and got promoted to Beogradska Zona (4th tier). He won the first tournament named Trofej Voždovac. In his second season the team won second Trofej Voždovac, and later that year fourth place on the end of the first part of the season, surprising everyone, which was expected by no one. FK Torlak style of play was recognizable in Belgrade at the time. Sadly, he resigned 3 rounds before end of the season due to differences with the club management. He was considered one of the best coaches in the league. After that he led newly-promoted FK Avala in their debut season 2016/2017 in Beogradska Zona. He got relegated due to poor quality in squad, and uninterested club management. He resigned at the end of the season. In the 2017/2018 season he took the helm of FK Sremčica and a club from Beogradska Zona. He completely rebuilt the squad prior to the season resulting poor displays in the first seven rounds. After that, everything got better and FK Sremčica won 4 matches plus 4 matches ended in a draw, which led to 10th place after the first part of the season.

References

  1. Djordje Kunovac profile at tripod.com (under FK Rad players)

External sources

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