Vladimir Petrović

During his playing career, he mostly played for Red Star Belgrade and is one of the five Zvezdine zvezde (The Stars of Red Star) — the legends of the club.

He started out at Red Star making his debut in 1971, at the age of 16. With the team, he won four Yugoslav League Championship titles, one Yugoslav Cup and reached the final of the 1979 UEFA Cup Final, losing to Borussia Mönchengladbach. In 1980, he was named the Yugoslav Footballer of the Year.

In 1982, he moved abroad, and briefly played for Arsenal; he joined the London side in December 1982 and made 22 appearances in the 1982–83 season. At Arsenal he had a brief but memorable career and helped them reach the semi finals of both domestic cups (losing both to Manchester United). He scored twice in the league against Stoke City and West Ham United and once in the FA Cup quarter final against Aston Villa.[1] In June 1983 he left Arsenal and subsequently played for Brest and AS Nancy in France, and Royal Antwerp (1) and Standard Liège (16) in Belgium. In all he played 526 matches for the clubs.[2]

He also represented Yugoslavia 34 times and played in the 1974 World Cup and 1982 World Cup.[3]

Petrović during the friendly match between Bulgaria and Serbia. 17-11-2010, Sofia, Bulgaria.

As assistant coach, Petrović won the 1990–91 European Cup with Red Star, and as head coach when they won the 1996–97 FR Yugoslavia Cup. He guided the Serbia and Montenegro national under-21 football team to a runners-up finish at the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[4]

In 2005, Petrović managed the Chinese Dalian Shide team to the double.[5] On September 14, 2007, Petrović was named as coach of the Chinese national team. After China failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, he was sacked.[6]

On June 2, 2009, Petrović returned to Red Star Belgrade.[7] As manager, Petrović was part of takeover of Red Star by the club's veterans, replacing caretaker/interim coach Siniša Gogić. On 21 March 2010, Red Star officials unexpectedly sacked Petrović after a league defeat against Metalac.

On June 4, 2010, he was named the manager of Romanian club Politehnica Timișoara.

On September 15, 2010, Petrović was named the new head coach of Serbia. On October 14, 2011, the football association of Serbia announced they had terminated their contract with Petrović.

In 2013, he was the head coach of the Iraq national team. On 13 December 2013, he was named the head of coach of the Yemen national team. In May 2014, he resigned following the expiration of the contract.[8] In 2015, Petrović managed OFK Beograd.

As of 22 August 2015

Team	Nation	From	To	Record
				Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Win %
Bor		1994	1995	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Red Star Belgrade		July 1996	August 1997	46	31	7	8	91	37	+54	067.39
Atromitos		1999	2000	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Slavia Mozyr		2000	2001	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Serbia and Montenegro U21		2002	2004	16	8	2	6	25	31	−6	050.00
Vojvodina		July 2004	December 2004	17	5	5	7	19	22	−3	029.41
Dalian Shide		July 2005	December 2006	26	21	2	3	57	18	+39	080.77
China		September 2007	July 2008	18	6	7	5	28	16	+12	033.33
Red Star Belgrade		June 2009	March 2010	25	20	1	4	47	18	+29	080.00
Politehnica Timișoara		June 2010	September 2010	11	3	6	2	33	8	+25	027.27
Serbia		September 2010	October 2011	13	5	3	5	13	14	−1	038.46
Iraq		February 2013	September 2013	7	1	0	6	2	12	−10	014.29
Yemen		December 2013	May 2014	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	033.33
OFK Beograd		July 2015	August 2015	7	2	0	5	11	9	+2	028.57
Total				189	103	34	52	312	196	+116	054.50

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vladimir Petrović.

• Vladimir Petrović at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
• Vladimir Petrović at WorldFootball.net