Bruno Akrapović

Bruno Akrapović (born 26 September 1967) is a Bosnian football manager and former professional player who played as a midfielder. Since 2020, he has been the manager of the Bulgarian side CSKA Sofia.

"Akrapović" redirects here. For the Slovenian manufacturer of exhaust systems, see Akrapovič.

Bruno Akrapović
Akrapović in 2019
Personal information
Full name Bruno Akrapović
Date of birth (1967-09-26) 26 September 1967
Place of birth

Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Yugoslavia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 CSKA Sofia (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1988 Čelik Zenica
1988–1990 Arminia Hannover 33 (2)
1990–1991 RSV Göttingen 05 33 (3)
1991–1992 TuS Celle 16 (2)
1992–1994 VfL Wolfsburg 79 (0)
1994–1997 Mainz 05 97 (2)
1997–2000 TeBe Berlin 84 (3)
2000–2002 Energie Cottbus 67 (0)
2003 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 9 (0)
2003–2005 Kickers Offenbach 55 (1)
2005 Arminia Hannover 16 (2)
National team
2000–2002 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 (1)
Teams managed
2008 Saturn (assistant)
2011 Mosor Zrnovnica
2012–2013 NK Val
2013 NK Solin
2014 Neretva Metkovic
2014–2015 College Europa
2015–2016 Shkëndija
2017 RNK Split
2017–2020 Lokomotiv Plovdiv
2020– CSKA Sofia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Club

Starting his career in native Bosnia, at the time part of Yugoslavia, Akrapović spent the majority of his career playing for various clubs in different German Bundesligas. He played for FC Energie Cottbus from 2000 until 2002.[1] He played alongside Jürgen Klopp at Mainz.[2]

International

Akrapović made his senior debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a March 2000 friendly match against Macedonia and has earned a total of 14 caps, scoring 1 goal.[3][4] His final international was a September 2002 European Championship qualification match against Romania.[5]

International goals

Managerial career

Akrapović recently coached KF Shkëndija in the Macedonian First League and RNK Split in Croatia before relocating to Bulgaria in 2017 to become the manager of Lokomotiv Plovdiv where he won twice in a row the Bulgarian Cup: 2018/19 and 2019/20.

On 16 January 2010, Akrapović received his UEFA Pro Licence in Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina's educational facility in Jablanica.[6]

Statistics
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Mosor 11 July 2011 30 June 2012 28 15 7 6 053.57
Solin 23 September 2013 9 December 2013 11 1 7 3 009.09
Shkëndija 22 December 2015 27 October 2016 33 22 4 7 066.67
Split 13 February 2017 30 June 2017 18 2 5 11 011.11
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 31 October 2017 10 November 2020 113 45 29 39 039.82
CSKA Sofia 11 November 2020 Present 7 5 1 1 071.43
Total 210 90 53 67 042.86

Personal life

His wife is Italian and their son Aaron Akrapović used to represent Italy U17.

Honours

Manager

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

References
  1. German career stats - FuPa
  2. Die kuriose Karriere des Bruno Akrapovic - Augsburger Allgemeine (in German)
  3. Appearances for Bosnia and Herzegovina National Team - RSSSF
  4. "Akrapović Volio BIH da Aaron Igra za BIH". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 23 January 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  5. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  6. "Profesionalne licence Barbarezu, Piplici i kolegama". sarajevo-x.com (in Bosnian). 5 January 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.


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