Vladimir Božović

Vladimir Božović
Božović with Montenegro in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-11-13) 13 November 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Peć, SR Serbia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back / Winger
Team information
Current team
 FK Sušica Kragujevac (manager)
Youth career
FK Sušica Kragujevac
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Zastava Kragujevac
2001–2007 OFK Beograd 77 (14)
2002 → Proleter Zrenjanin (loan) 12 (0)
2004 → Proleter Zrenjanin (loan) 3 (0)
2007–2012 Rapid București 131 (3)
2013–2015 Mordovia Saransk 49 (0)
2016 FK Sušica Kragujevac
2017 Šumadija 1903 12 (0)
2018–2021 FK Sušica Kragujevac
International career
2007–2014 Montenegro 42 (0)
Managerial career
2021– FK Sušica Kragujevac
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vladimir Božović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Божовић, pronounced [ʋlǎdimiːr bôːʒoʋitɕ]; born 13 November 1981) is a Montenegrin professional football coach and a former player who is the head coach of FK Sušica Kragujevac. He earned 42 international caps for Montenegro between 2007 and 2014.[1]

Club career

Born in Peć, modern day Kosovo, Božović moved to Kragujevac at an early age. He played for local clubs Sušica and Zastava,[2] before transferring to OFK Beograd in the summer of 2001.[3] Subsequently, Božović spent six seasons with the Romantičari, reaching the final of the Serbia and Montenegro Cup in 2006.[4] He also had two loan spells at Proleter Zrenjanin (2002 and 2004).

In the summer of 2007, Božović signed for Romanian club Rapid București. He made over 150 competitive appearances for the side, winning the domestic Super Cup in his debut year. In the 2013 winter transfer window, Božović moved to Russia and joined Mordovia Saransk.

In early 2016, Božović returned to Serbia and joined his parent club Sušica, helping them earn promotion to the Morava Zone League.[5] He stayed there for a year, before switching to fellow Kragujevac side Šumadija 1903,[6] competing in the Serbian League West. In early 2018, Božović made another return to Sušica,[7] helping them remain in the fourth tier of Serbian football.[8]

International career

Božović was among the founding members of the Montenegro national team, starting their inaugural match versus Hungary on 24 March 2007. He played regularly for the country in the following seven years, collecting 42 appearances to his name.[9]

Honours

OFK Beograd
Rapid București
Mordovia Saransk

References

  1. ^ "Montenegro - Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Vladimir Bata Božović" (in Serbian). ffsrb.rs. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Od Minska do Rudara" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 9 July 2001. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Od 0:2 do "duple krune"" (in Serbian). sportskacentrala.com. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Fudbaleri Sušice proslavili ulazak u Moravsku zonu (FOTO)" (in Serbian). kgsport.info. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Šumadija 1903 na proleće sa novim snagama" (in Serbian). kgsport.info. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Arsenal odustao od takmičenja, a Slavija i Sušica se pojačali" (in Serbian). kgsport.info. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Sušica "preživela" baraž i ostala u zoni" (in Serbian). kgsport.info. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Vladimir Božović". eu-football.info. Retrieved 16 December 2018.