Boban Babunski

Boban Babunski

Personal information
Date of birth	(1968-05-05) 5 May 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Skopje, SR Macedonia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1993	FK Vardar	141	(14)
1993–1994	CSKA Sofia	40	(4)
1994–1996	Lleida	63	(3)
1996–1998	Gamba Osaka	38	(6)
1998–1999	AEK Athens	8	(0)
1999–2000	Logroñés	34	(0)
2000	Sint-Truiden	1	(0)
2000	Chemnitzer FC	8	(1)
2001	Rabotnichki	3	(1)
2008	Kozhuf	1	(0)
Total		337	(29)
International career
1991	Yugoslavia	2	(0)
1993–2000	Macedonia	23	(1)
Managerial career
2002–2003	Macedonia (assistant)
2005	Macedonia (assistant)
2005–2006	Macedonia (interim)
2008–2009	Rabotnichki (coach)
2009–2014	Macedonia U21 (coach)
2011	Macedonia (caretaker)
2011–2012	Macedonia (assistant)
2018	FK Vardar
2022	Pobeda
2023	Pelister
2024-	KF Besa Dobërdoll
Medal record Representing  Yugoslavia UEFA U-21 Euro 1990
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Boban Babunski (Macedonian: Бобан Бабунски; born 5 May 1968) is a Macedonian retired footballer who played as a central defender, and a coach.

Playing career

Babunski was born in Skopje, SR Macedonia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. On the club level he started playing with hometown's FK Vardar, then spent two seasons in Bulgaria with CSKA Sofia to become of the first Macedonians to compete in the A Football Group.[1] After two solid years in the Spanish second division with Lleida he played the same time in Japan, at Gamba Osaka.

Babunski retired professionally in 2001 at the age of 33, after stints with AEK Athens, Logroñés, Sint-Truiden and Chemnitzer FC – he left Germany in December 2000, signing with native FK Rabotnichki – the second and the last teams two also in the respective countries' second level.

Babunski was capped two times for Yugoslavia in 1991. Subsequently, during seven years, he played 23 matches and scored once for the newly formed Macedonia.

Managerial career

Babunski began his coaching career as assistant in the Macedonian national side, under Slobodan Santrač. When the latter resigned on 23 August 2005 he was appointed interim manager but, on 17 February of the following year, Srečko Katanec took over the job on a permanent basis.

On 23 July 2009, Babunski was signed as head coach of Macedonian First Football League champions Rabotnichki, also from Skopje, winning the domestic cup in his sole season. Four years later he returned to the national team.

Personal life

Babunski's sons, David and Dorian, are also footballers. The former played youth football with FC Barcelona, whilst the latter did the same at Real Madrid.[2][3] Babunski's great-grandfather was Jovan Babunski, a Serbian Chetnik vojvoda.[4]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[citation needed]

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FK Vardar	1985–86	First League	6	0					6	0
	1986–87		19	0					19	0
	1987–88		23	1					23	1
	1988–89		14	0					14	0
	1989–90		15	1					15	1
	1990–91	Second League	38	5					38	5
	1991–92	First League	26	7					26	7
	Total		141	14					141	14
CSKA Sofia	1992–93	A Football Group	22	2					22	2
	1993–94		18	2					18	2
	Total		40	4					40	4
Lleida	1994–95	Segunda División	31	1					31	1
	1995–96		31	1					31	1
	Spain		62	2					62	2
Gamba Osaka	1996	J1 League	14	1	4	0	3	0	21	1
	1997		23	5	2	1	5	1	30	7
	1998		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		38	6	6	1	8	1	52	8
AEK Athens	1998–99	Superleague Greece	8	0					8	0
Logroñés	1999–2000	Segunda División	33	0					33	0
Sint-Truiden	1999–2000	Belgian Pro League	1	0					1	0
Chemnitzer FC	2000–01	2. Bundesliga	8	1					8	1
Rabotnichki	2000–01	Macedonian First Football League	3	1					3	1
Career total			306	25	6	1	8	1	348	31

1. Includes Yugoslav Cup, Bulgarian Cup, Copa del Rey, Emperor's Cup, Greek Cup, Belgian Cup, DFB-Pokal, Macedonian Cup.
2. Includes J.League Cup, Greek League Cup.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Yugoslavia	1991	2	0
Total		2	0
Macedonia	1993	1	0
	1994	3	0
	1995	4	0
	1996	2	1
	1997	2	0
	1998	1	0
	1999	6	0
	2000	4	0
Total		23	1

References

1. Lelyov, Momchil (20 July 2006). ""А" група погледна към елита на Европа. За пръв път в първенството ще ритат холандец и испанец" (in Bulgarian). 7 Sport. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
2. Rojo, Luis F. (7 September 2011). "Los Babunski tienen el Clásico en casa" [The Babunskis have the Clásico at home]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 December 2013.
3. Gasevski, Emil (18 November 2013). "FYROM's Babunski clan keeping it in the family". UEFA. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
4. "Super-tata! El klasiko u kući: Jedan sin u Realu, drugi u Barsi!". BN. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
5. "Boban Babunski". European Football. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

External links

• Profile at MacedonianFootball.com (in English)
• Boban Babunski at BDFutbol
• Boban Babunski at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Yugoslavia national team data (in Serbian)
• Macedonian national team data
• Boban Babunski at National-Football-Teams.com
• Boban Babunski at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)