Borče Sredojević

Borče Sredojević

Personal information
Date of birth	(1958-02-01) 1 February 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth	Bosanska Gradiška, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1974–1977	Sloga Gornji Podgradci
1977–1979	Kozara Gradiška
1980–1984	Borac Banja Luka	91	(4)
1984–1987	Rijeka	105	(0)
1987–1989	Partizan	35	(0)
1989–1990	Deportivo La Coruña	31	(2)
1990–1991	Kozara Gradiška
Managerial career
1993–1995	Kozara Gradiška
1995–1996	Mladost Apatin
2000–2001	Tabor Sežana
2001–2002	Domžale
2002–2003	Primorje[1]
2003	Borac Banja Luka
2003–2004	Kozara Gradiška
2004–2005	Zagorje
2007–2014	Bosnia and Herzegovina (assistant)
2009–2010	Leotar
2012	Leotar
2016	Borac Banja Luka
2017	Kozara Gradiška
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Borče Sredojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Борче Средојевић; born 1 February 1958) is a Serbian football manager and former player.

Playing career

Born in Bosanska Gradiška, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, to a Bosnian Serb family, he started playing with FK Kozara Gradiška but his playing career highlights were during his spells in the Yugoslav First League with OFK Beograd,^[2] FK Borac Banja Luka, NK Rijeka and FK Partizan, before moving to Spain to play in La Liga with Deportivo de La Coruña.

Managerial career

Sredojević started his coaching career in 1993 and went to manage several clubs in Bosnia, Serbia and Slovenia.^{[3][better source needed]} Notably he was assistant-coach of four Bosnia national team coaches, between 2007 and 2014, enjoying full confidence as a tactician and analyst.^[4] Notably, Sredojević assisted Fuad Muzurović (2007), Meho Kodro (2008), Miroslav Blažević (2008–2009) and Safet Sušić (2010–2014).^[5][6] The greatest success for Sredojević came in 2014, when he reached historical first FIFA World Cup 2014 with his Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team while assisting to Safet Sušić who served as team's manager.^[7] Meanwhile, he also led Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina club FK Leotar as the head coach.^[8]

He was appointed manager of Borac Banja Luka in March 2016^[9] but could not save the club from relegation^[10] and his last job was as a manager of FK Kozara Gradiška in the First League of the Republika Srpska, which ended on 26 September 2017.^[11]

References

1. from Gazzetta dello Sport
2. Borce Sredojevic at playerhistory.com
3. "Borče Sredojević, gradišćanin, proslavljeni fudbaler i trener". Gradiska live (in Serbo-Croatian). 9 August 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
4. "Čovjek od najvećeg povjerenja svih selektora skautirao Nigeriju i Iran". BIH.ba (in Bosnian). 17 June 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
5. "Sredojević mijenja Stojnića?". Mondo (in Serbo-Croatian). MTELBA. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
6. "Borče Sredojević je uvijek pomoćni trener, samo jedan selektor je podnio ostavku". depo.ba (in Serbo-Croatian). 22 November 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
7. "Sredojević: Siguran sam da će kapiten biti spreman". SportSport.ba (in Bosnian). 19 June 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
8. Sredojević preuzeo Leotar - SportSport (in Bosnian)
9. Sredojević: Raduje me povratak u Borac - SportSport (in Bosnian)
10. Sredojević: Čestitke Vitezu na opstanku - SportSport (in Bosnian)
11. "Kozara pronašla zamjenu za Sredojevića". SportSport.ba (in Bosnian). 26 September 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

External links

• Stats from Yugoslav leagues at Zerodic
• Borče Sredojević at BDFutbol
• Interview and career story at Borac B.Luka official website (boracbl.net) at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 October 2009)