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Luka Peruzović
Personal information
Date of birth	26 February 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth	Split, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1969–1980	Hajduk Split
1980–1986	Anderlecht
1986–1988	Hajduk Split
Total
International career
1974–1983	Yugoslavia
Managerial career
1990	Hajduk Split
1991–1992	Charleroi
1992–1993	Anderlecht
1993–1994	Genk
1995	Marseille
1995–1997	Charleroi
1997	Gençlerbirliği
1998	Standard Liège
1999	Charleroi
2002–2004	Al Sadd
2004–2005	Al-Ittihad
2005–2006	Bahrain
2008	Al-Shaab
2009–2010	Sfaxien
2011	Charleroi
2013	Charleroi
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luka Peruzović (born 26 February 1952) is a Croatian football coach and former player, who managed Belgium's Standard Liège, Charleroi and Anderlecht and Qatar's Al Sadd.^[1] He also holds a Belgian citizenship.

Club career

As a player, Peruzović played over 400 games for Hajduk Split in all competitions before following his former coach Tomislav Ivić to Anderlecht in 1980. Playing as centre-back or sweeper he helped them reach the 1982 European Cup semi-final and won the 1983 UEFA Cup Final against Benfica.

International career

Peruzović made his debut for Yugoslavia in a July 1974 World Cup Finals match against Sweden, coming on as a 78th-minute substitute for Miroslav Pavlović, and earned a total of 18 caps, scoring no goals. He also played for his country in the 1976 European championship. His final international was a December 1983 European championship qualification match against Bulgaria.^[2]

Managerial career

After retiring he worked as a coach in Croatia, Belgium, France and Turkey. In December 2004, he was appointed manager of Al Ittihad, but lasted only three months until March 2005. He then coached Bahrain national team in their 2006 World Cup qualifiers, losing out the playoff to Trinidad and Tobago. He was dismissed by the Bahraini FA in February 2006.^[3]

He was named as the manager of Tunisian team CS Sfax in 2009,^[4]^[5] before returning to Belgium to take charge of Charleroi, his fourth stint at the club.

Personal life

Peruzović is the younger brother of WWE wrestler Josip Peruzović, better known as Nikolai Volkoff, who died on 29 July 2018, after having been in a hospital in Maryland where he had been treated for dehydration and other issues.^[6]