Vojo Ćalov

Vojo Ćalov (Serbian Cyrillic: Војо Ћалов, born 29 July 1963) is a Montenegrin football manager and former player.

Vojo Ćalov
Ćalov coaching Krylia Sovetov Samara in 2019
Personal information
Full name Vojo Ćalov
Date of birth (1963-07-29) 29 July 1963
Place of birth Pljevlja, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1985 OFK Titograd [1] 31 (0)
1985–1987 Bor [2] 23 (0)
1987–1992 Budućnost Titograd 70 (0)
Teams managed
2008 Amkar Perm (a'sst)
2009 FC Moscow (a'sst)
2013–2014 Rostov (a'sst)
2014 Lokomotiv Moscow (a'sst)
2015–2017 Red Star Belgrade (a'sst)
2017–2018 Arsenal Tula (a'sst)
2018–2020 Krylia Sovetov Samara (a'sst)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Club

Born in Pljevlja,[3] SR Montenegro, back then still within Yugoslavia, Ćalov started playing at third-level side OFK Titograd.[4] In 1984 they achieved promotion, and Ćalov played with OFK Titograd in the 1984–85 Yugoslav Second League.[5] Next season he moved to a Serbian side FK Bor playing same level,[5] however at the end of the season they ended-up relegated. Ćalov stayed another season with Bor, scoring one goal in their 1986/87 third league campaign.[4] That year Ćalov returned to Montenegro and signed with what was by then the best positioned Montenegrin club in the Yugoslav league system, FK Budućnost Podgorica, known till 1991 as FK Budućnost Titograd.[6] Between 1987 and 1992, Ćalov made 70 games in the Yugoslav First League with Budućnost.[5][7]

Managerial career

Ćalov had his coaching career closely linked to the one of his compatriot Miodrag Božović, being his right-hand as assistant manager while Božović coached several clubs in Russia, first FC Amkar Perm in 2008, followed by FC Moscow in 2009, then between July 15, 2013 and September 26, 2014, FC Rostov, from where he left to FC Lokomotiv Moscow.[8] Then, in July 2015, he followed Božović again, this time moving to Serbia to become assistantsp manager at Red Star Belgrade.[3]

References
  1. Note: Stats only for 1984/85 as 31/0.
  2. Note: Stats only for 1985/86 as 23/0, in 1986/87 in Third League are ?/1.
  3. Vojo Ćalov at Worldfootball
  4. "Asovi Yu fudbala", page 34
  5. Stats from Yugoslav First and Second Leagues at zerodic.com
  6. Stats from YUgoslav FIrst and Second Leagues at B92
  7. Tempo almanah 1991/1992 page 24 (in Serbian)
  8. Vojo Ćalov at footballfacts.ru


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