Slobodan Krčmarević

Slobodan Krčmarević
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-06-12) 12 June 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1987 Partizan 2 (0)
1986–1987 → Bor (loan) 16 (4)
1987–1989 OFK Beograd 57 (24)
1989 Vasalunds IF 24 (16)
1990–1991 OFK Beograd 47 (18)
1991–1993 Partizan 54 (20)
1993–1996 Apollon Limassol 75 (48)
1996–1997 EN Paralimni 23 (16)
1997–1998 Anorthosis 39 (31)
1999–2000 PAOK 15 (3)
1999–2000 → Panionios (loan) 31 (7)
2000–2001 Anorthosis 22 (13)
Total 405 (200)
Managerial career
2003–2005 Partizan (youth)
2005–2006 OFK Beograd
2007–2009 Serbia U21
2010 Apollon Limassol
2010 Anorthosis
2011–2012 Kazakhstan U21
2012 Zhetysu
2014 Al-Madina
2014–2015 Doxa Katokopias
2016 Rudar Velenje
2017 Riffa
2018 Pobeda
2018 Željezničar
2023–2024 Aiolikos
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Slobodan Krčmarević (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Крчмаревић; born 12 June 1965) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

After coming through the youth system of Partizan, Krčmarević made his first-team debut in the 1983–84 season. He went on loan to Yugoslav Second League side Bor in early 1986 and spent there the next one and a half years. In the summer of 1987, Krčmarević joined OFK Beograd, scoring 24 goals in 57 appearances over the next two seasons in the Second League.

In the summer of 1991, Krčmarević returned to his parent club Partizan.[1] He spent two seasons in his second spell at Stadion JNA and collected two trophies.[2] In the summer of 1993, Krčmarević moved abroad for the second time and joined Cypriot club Apollon Limassol. He was the team's top scorer in each of the following three seasons and won the championship in his debut season.

International career

Krčmarević was additionally called up to Yugoslavia's UEFA Euro 1992 squad. However, the country received a ban just days before the tournament due to the Yugoslav Wars and the team returned home.[3]

Managerial career

After serving as manager of OFK Beograd, Krčmarević spent two years at the helm of the Serbia national under-21 team, between 2007 and 2009. He left the position after the team exited in the group stage at the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[4]

From February to October 2010, Krčmarević was manager of Apollon Limassol, winning the Cypriot Cup in the 2009–10 season. He also briefly worked at fellow Cypriot First Division side Anorthosis from November to December of the same year.[5]

In 2011, Krčmarević took charge of the Kazakhstan national under-21 team, signing a contract until the end of 2012. He also simultaneously served as manager at Kazakhstan Premier League side Zhetysu in 2012.

Career statistics

Club Season League
Apps Goals
Partizan 1983–84 2 0
1984–85 0 0
Total 2 0
Bor (loan) 1985–86 16 4
1986–87
Total 16 4
OFK Beograd 1987–88 32 9
1988–89 25 15
Total 57 24
Vasalunds IF 1989 24 16
OFK Beograd 1989–90 16 4
1990–91 31 14
Total 47 18
Partizan 1991–92 27 9
1992–93 27 11
Total 54 20
Apollon Limassol 1993–94 22 15
1994–95 32 16
1995–96 21 17
Total 75 48
Enosis Neon Paralimni 1996–97 23 16
Anorthosis 1997–98 25 12
1998–99 14 19
Total 39 31
PAOK 1998–99 15 3
Panionios 1999–2000 31 7
Anorthosis 2000–01 22 13
Career total 405 200

Honours

Player

Partizan

Apollon Limassol

Anorthosis

Manager

Apollon Limassol

References

  1. ^ "Krčmarević: Partizan me ne bi vratio da me Džajić nije tražio" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Tempo Almanah Yu Fudbal 91-92" (in Serbian). yumpu.com. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Yugoslavia barred from European Championships". upi.com. 31 May 1992. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Krčmarević: Očekivao sam polufinale!" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Krčmarević ends one-month spell at Anorthosis". uefa.com. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2019.