Đorđe Kunovac Explained

Đorđe Kunovac
Birth Date:8 June 1975
Birth Place:Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia
Height:1.81 m
Position:Midfielder
Youthclubs1:Velež Mostar
Youthclubs2:Rad
Years1:1995–1996
Years2:1996–1998
Years3:1999–2000
Years4:2000–2001
Years5:2001–2002
Years6:2002
Years7:2003
Years8:2003–2004
Clubs1:Bečej
Clubs2:Rad
Clubs3:Leotar
Clubs4:Fortuna Düsseldorf
Clubs5:Rad
Clubs6:Mogren
Clubs7:Grbalj
Clubs8:Sinđelić Beograd
Caps4:10
Goals4:0
Manageryears1:2008–2011
Manageryears2:2011–2011
Manageryears3:2011–2012
Manageryears4:2012–2012
Manageryears5:2013–2013
Manageryears6:2014–2016
Manageryears7:2016–2017
Manageryears8:2017–
Managerclubs1:Sveti Stefan
Managerclubs2:Milutinac Zemun
Managerclubs3:Palilulac Beograd
Managerclubs4:Zmaj Zemun
Managerclubs5:Spartak Bánovce
Managerclubs6:Torlak
Managerclubs7:Avala
Managerclubs8:Sremčica

Đorđe Kunovac (Serbian Cyrillic: ЂорЂе Куновац, born 8 June 1975) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian football manager and former player.

Playing career

Born in Trebinje, he began playing football in his home-town club FK Leotar. He was spotted there by FK Partizan who brought him to their youth team.[1] He started playing as senior in the First League of FR Yugoslavia clubs FK Bečej and FK Rad. He played with Leotar in the First League of the Republika Srpska during until 2000, before coming to Germany to play in Fortuna Düsseldorf. Afterwards, he was back to Rad and in 2002 played for Montenegrin club FK Mogren before finishing his playing career in FK Sinđelić Beograd.

Coaching career

He was the coach of a Belgrade-based Serbian club FK Sveti Stefan. For the 2011–12 season he was appointed as head coach of FK Milutinac Zemun. After a few months Kunovac resigned as coach of FK Milutinac Zemun and later that year he was appointed as manager of FK Palilulac Beograd. For the 2012–13 season he started as a head coach of a FK Zmaj Zemun, but again after a few months re-resigned. Second part of the 2012–13 season he worked again as a head coach in FK Milutinac Zemun, and played for the senior team. For the 2013–14 season he was appointed as a manager of Slovak side FK Spartak Bánovce nad Bebravou.

At the beginning of the 2014–15 season he took over managing Belgrade lower league club FK Torlak from Kumodraž. Torlak competes in 5th tier of Serbian football league system. In his first season as Torlak manager he won the league and got promoted to Belgrade Zone League (4th tier). He won the first tournament named Voždovac Trophy. In his second season the team won second Voždovac Trophy, and later that year fourth place on the end of the first part of the season, surprising everyone, which was expected by no one. FK Torlak style of play was recognizable in Belgrade at the time. Sadly, he resigned 3 rounds before end of the season due to differences with the club management. He was considered one of the best coaches in the league. After that he led newly-promoted FK Avala in their debut season 2016–17 in Belgrade Zone League. He got relegated due to poor quality in squad, and uninterested club management. He resigned at the end of the season. In the 2017–18 season he took the helm of FK Sremčica and a club from Belgrade Zone League. He completely rebuilt the squad prior to the season resulting poor displays in the first seven rounds. After that, everything got better and FK Sremčica won 4 matches plus 4 matches ended in a draw, which led to 10th place after the first part of the season.

Notes and References

  1. http://fcobilic.tripod.com/igraci.html Djordje Kunovac profile