Aleksandar Vuković

Aleksandar Vuković
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-08-25) 25 August 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Piast Gliwice (manager)
Youth career
1993–1994 Borac Banja Luka
1994–1998 Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Partizan 20 (3)
1998–1999 → Teleoptik (loan) 23 (3)
2000–2001 Milicionar 17 (2)
2001–2004 Legia Warsaw 75 (4)
2004–2005 Ergotelis 5 (0)
2005–2008 Legia Warsaw 91 (7)
2009 Iraklis Thessaloniki 9 (0)
2009–2013 Korona Kielce 76 (7)
Total 416 (26)
Managerial career
2016 Legia Warsaw (caretaker)
2018 Legia Warsaw (caretaker)
2019–2020 Legia Warsaw
2021–2022 Legia Warsaw
2022– Piast Gliwice
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aleksandar Vuković (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Вуковић, pronounced [aleksǎndar ʋûːkoʋit͡ɕ]; born 25 August 1979) is a Bosnian Serb professional football manager and former player who currently manages Polish Ekstraklasa club Piast Gliwice.

Club career

He started his career at Borac Banja Luka. Still young, he moved to FK Partizan youth team. Where he played until 2000. While in Serbia, he also played for FK Teleoptik and FK Milicionar. He signed a contract with Iraklis Thessaloniki on 17 December 2008. He retired after a four-year stint in Ekstraklasa side Korona Kielce.

Managerial career

On 2 April 2019, Vuković was appointed manager of Legia Warsaw, having previously worked there in assistant and caretaker roles. In the 2019–20 season, he led the team to their 14th Ekstraklasa title.[1] He was dismissed in the following season, after quickly dropping out of a UEFA Champions League qualifying and a league defeat at Górnik Zabrze.[2]

On 13 December 2021, he was once again announced as the manager of Legia, following Marek Gołębiewski's resignation a day prior after a defeat to Wisła Płock, which saw Legia drop to the bottom of the league.[3] In his first match after his return, Legia defeated Zagłębie Lubin 4–0 and left the relegation zone.[4] He successfully led Legia away from relegation and finished 10th, eleven points clear of the relegation zone, winning 3–0 against Cracovia on the last match day.[5] On the same day, Vuković left his role as Legia's manager.[6]

On 27 October 2022, he replaced Waldemar Fornalik as the manager of Piast Gliwice.[7] On 14 May 2024, shortly before the conclusion of the 2023–24 season, Piast announced they had exercised an option in Vuković's contract to keep him at the club until June 2025.[8]

Personal life

He was granted Polish citizenship on 13 June 2008.[9]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 25 May 2024[10]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Legia Warsaw (caretaker) Poland 19 September 2016 24 September 2016 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
Legia Warsaw (caretaker) Poland 1 August 2018 13 August 2018 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 033.33
Legia Warsaw Poland 2 April 2019 21 September 2020 67 37 12 18 112 60 +52 055.22
Legia Warsaw Poland 13 December 2021 21 May 2022 21 10 5 6 34 23 +11 047.62
Piast Gliwice Poland 27 October 2022 Present 60 25 21 14 78 53 +25 041.67
Total 152 73 40 39 228 139 +89 048.03

Honours

Player

Partizan

Legia Warsaw

Manager

Legia Warsaw

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Sezon 2019/2020 dobiegł końca!" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 19 July 2020. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Aleksandar Vuković został zwolniony z Legii Warszawa. Następcą Michniewicz?" (in Polish). Przegląd Sportowy. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Zmiany w sztabie szkoleniowym Legii". legia.com. Legia Warszawa. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Efektowny powrót Vukovicia na Łazienkowską. Legia gromi w zaległym meczu Ekstraklasy" [Vukovic's impressive return to Łazienkowska. Legia is scolding in an overdue match of the Ekstraklasa]. Sport Wprost (in Polish). 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Udane pożegnanie trenera z Legią. Wygrana z Cracovią na koniec sezonu". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Aleksandar Vuković i Artur Boruc odchodzą z Legii". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Aleksandar Vuković nowym trenerem Piasta Gliwice!" (in Polish). Piast Gliwice. 27 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Aleksandar Vuković na dłużej w Piaście!" (in Polish). Piast Gliwice. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Vuković otrzymał polskie obywatelstwo" [Vuković was granted Polish citizenship] (in Polish). legionisci.com. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Aleksandar Vukovic career sheet". footballdatabase. footballdatabase. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Legia Warszawa mistrzem Polski 2019/2020!" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 12 July 2020. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Sezon 2019/2020 dobiegł końca!" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 19 July 2020. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Trener Marca 2022: Aleksandar Vuković (Legia Warszawa)" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 31 March 2022. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  14. ^ "TRENER KWIETNIA 2023: ALEKSANDAR VUKOVIĆ (PIAST GLIWICE)" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 9 May 2023. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
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