Boško Gjurovski Explained

Boško Djurovski
Fullname:Boško Djurovski
Birth Date:1961 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Tetovo, PR Macedonia, FPR Yugoslavia
Height:178 cm
Position:Defensive midfielder, sweeper
Youthclubs1:Teteks
Youthyears2:1976–1978
Youthclubs2:Red Star Belgrade
Years1:1978–1989
Clubs1:Red Star Belgrade
Caps1:503
Goals1:103
Years2:1989–1995
Clubs2:Servette
Caps2:163
Goals2:9
Totalcaps:666
Totalgoals:112
Nationalyears1:1982–1989
Nationalteam1:Yugoslavia
Nationalcaps1:4
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:1994–1995
Nationalteam2:Macedonia
Nationalcaps2:7
Nationalgoals2:3
Manageryears1:1998–2001
Managerclubs1:Servette (assistant)
Manageryears2:1999
Managerclubs2:Servette
Manageryears3:2001–2002
Managerclubs3:Red Star Belgrade (assistant)
Manageryears4:2002
Managerclubs4:Radnički Obrenovac
Manageryears5:2002–2003
Managerclubs5:Rad
Manageryears6:2004
Managerclubs6:Srem
Manageryears7:2005
Managerclubs7:Glogonj / PSK Pančevo
Manageryears8:2005–2006
Managerclubs8:Radnički Niš
Manageryears9:2006–2007
Managerclubs9:Red Star Belgrade (assistant)
Manageryears10:2007
Managerclubs10:Red Star Belgrade
Manageryears11:2008–2013
Managerclubs11:Nagoya Grampus (assistant)
Manageryears12:2013–2015
Managerclubs12:Macedonia
Manageryears13:2016–2017
Managerclubs13:Nagoya Grampus
Manageryears14:2017
Managerclubs14:Red Star Belgrade (caretaker)
Manageryears15:2018–2019
Managerclubs15:Kyoto Sanga FC
Manageryears16:2021
Managerclubs16:Grafičar Beograd
Manageryears17:2022
Managerclubs17:Paradou AC

Boško Gjurovski (Macedonian: Бошко Ѓуровски; ; born 28 December 1961) is a |Macedonian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

He is the elder brother of Milko Djurovski and the uncle of Mario Djurovski.

Playing career

Club

He was a long-time servant of Red Star Belgrade, where he played for eleven years. He was very much loved by Red Star fans, especially after his brother, Milko, joined bitter rivals FK Partizan. He was known for excellent defending skills, great tackling and powerful shooting. In 1989, he joined Swiss side Servette FC, where he stayed for six seasons and ended his career.

International

He made his senior debut for Yugoslavia in a December 1982 European Championship qualification match against Wales and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. In 1994, just like his brother Milko, Djurovski accepted a call-up to represent the country of his birth. He made his senior debut for Macedonia in a March 1994 friendly match against Slovenia in Skopje and earned a total of 7 caps, scoring all of his 3 international goals in a match against Cyprus. His final international was a June 1995 European Championship qualification match against Belgium.[1]

Managerial career

Gjurovski commenced his coaching career at his former club Servette FC as an assistant, and remained in that position for several seasons, in which they won a Swiss title and finished up runner up in another 2. He left this role to take up another assistant's role at his other former club Red Star Belgrade after this, and also remained in that role for one season.

In November 2002, he became the new coach of FK Rad, after steering FK Radnički Obrenovac to promotion the season earlier. He left FK Rad after only 1 season, citing differences between the club board & himself.

Gjurovski was appointed as Red Star Belgrade head coach in March 2007 after Dušan Bajević walked out on the club. Đurovski did well and won the league title in his first season as senior coach 2006–07 season. However, the following 2007-08 started poorly from the get-go as the team struggled & just managed to qualify for the Champions League 2nd qualifying round with a lot of difficulties, beating Levadia in Belgrade 1:0 and losing in Tallinn 1:2. Gjurovski was sacked after that game. He remained in the Red Star organization, however, moving to the position of the club's chief scout.

Just months after his sacking as head coach of Red Star Belgrade, Gjurovski was targeted for the assistant's role at J1 League underachiever Nagoya Grampus. It was rumored after this that Gjurovski was ultimately sacked by then red star President Dragan Stojković due to the fact that he would be taking the senior coaching position at Nagoya & was determined to take Gjurovski with him as his number 2.

After a 2-year rebuild, Stojković & Gjurovski managed to steer Nagoya to a long-awaited 2nd J-League championship.

On 26 November 2013 Gjurovski was appointed as a head coach of the North Macedonia national football team,[2] but was sacked due to poor results on 7 April 2015.[3]

On 7 May 2017, Gjurovski became the internal coach of Red Star Belgrade, after the departure of Miodrag Božović after a Red Star loss against Voždovac, losing the first place to Partizan.

On 20 March 2022, Gjurovski signed a contract with Paradou AC.[4]

Managerial statistics

TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
MacedoniaNovember 2013April 2015
Nagoya GrampusAugust 2016December 2016
Red Star Belgrade8 May 201727 May 2017
Kyoto Sanga FCMay 2018December 2018
Total

Honours

Player

Red Star Belgrade

1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1987–88

1981–82, 1984–85Servette

1993–94

Manager

Radnički Obrenovac

2001–02Red Star Belgrade

2006–07

2006–07

Politics

In 2020, he decided to join politics claiming that he wants to fight for agrarian rights, natural environment, and the development of sport in Serbia.[5] He received thirteenth position on a combined electoral list of the right-wing Healthy Serbia, and Better Serbia in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election.[6]

Gjurovski, who was present at the famous football match between Hajduk Split and Red Star Belgrade when Josip Broz Tito died, has expressed yugo-nostalgic sentiments, saying that "life was nice in the time of Broz."[7]

Personal life

Gjurovski was born in Tetovo in 1961, while his father Cvetko Gjurovski (born as Cvetko Stojanović), an ethnic Serb from Belgrade and moved to Macedonia at the beginning of World War II. His paternal grandfather fought for the Royal Serbian Army in World War I and retreated with the Serbian Army to Corfu. According to Gjurovski, his father's original surname Stojanović was changed to Gjurovski after the establishment of the new communist regime in Macedonia and Yugoslavia.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Player Database. eu-football.info. 2020-03-27.
  2. http://www.ffm-mk.com/2013/11/бошко-ѓуровски-е-новиот-селектор-на-а-р/ Gjurovski is the new head coach of the national football team
  3. Web site: Bosko Gjurovski dismissed by Macedonia after Euro 2016 Qualifying disappointment.
  4. Web site: Football: Boško Đurovski, nouvel entraîneur du PAC . 22 March 2022 . 25 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220325044832/https://rivalite-dz.com/?p=11435 . dead .
  5. Web site: Ekipa „Blica“. SA FUDBALSKOG TERENA U POLITIČKU ARENU Boško Đurovski: Često ni u fudbalu nema fer-pleja. 2020-06-03. Blic.rs. 2 June 2020 . sr.
  6. Web site: Online. Piše: Danas. 2020-05-22. Ko je sve na listi Milana Stamatovića i Dragana Jovanovića za poslanike?. 2020-06-03. Dnevni list Danas. sr-RS.
  7. Web site: Stojkoski. Zdravko. 2020. The Match When Tito Died. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200927225255/https://footballmakeshistory.eu/the-match-when-tito-died/ . 27 September 2020 .
  8. Web site: EKSKLUZIVNO! BOŠKO ĐUROVSKI PRVI PUT O SVOM POREKLU: Prezivali smo se STOJANOVIĆ, a onda je TITO to promenio! ZVEZDA je moj život!. 2021-12-19. kurir.rs. sr.