 Kunovac in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1953-08-24) 24 August 1953 (age 71) | ||
| Place of birth | Foča, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sutjeska Foča | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Sutjeska Foča | |||
| 1971–1975 | Sloboda Titovo Užice | ||
| 1975–1980 | Partizan | 100 | (4) |
| 1981 | Napredak Kruševac | 12 | (0) |
| 1981–1983 | Memphis Americans (indoor) | 65 | (51) |
| 1983–1985 | Baltimore Blast (indoor) | 46 | (7) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1990 | Yugoslavia U16 (assistant) | ||
| 1995–1998 | Atlético de Madrid (assistant) | ||
| 2001 | FR Yugoslavia (assistant) | ||
| 2003 | Barcelona (assistant) | ||
| 2008–2010 | Serbia (assistant) | ||
| 2013 | Shandong Luneng (assistant) | ||
| 2015 | Hebei China Fortune (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rešad Kunovac (born 24 August 1953) is a Bosnian football coach and former player. He was the assistant to Radomir Antić, the head coach of the Serbia national team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Playing career
He started his career playing for FK Sutjeska Foča and FK Sloboda Užice in late 1960s, and later moved on to FK Partizan, where he took the championship crown in the 1975–76 and 1977–78 Yugoslav First League season and also won Mitropa Cup in 1978. He also played with FK Napredak Kruševac.
He played in the Major Indoor Soccer League in the United States under the name of Ray Kunovac.
Managerial career
After ending his playing career, Kunovac became a long-term assistant coach of Radomir Antić at Atlético de Madrid, FC Barcelona and Real Oviedo. In 2001, he was an assistant coach to Milovan Đorić, head coach of the FR Yugoslavia national football team. He was an assistant coach to Mirko Jozić at the 1990 UEFA European Under-16 Championship.
References
- Sutjeska Foča history at club site
- "Istorijat FK Sloboda 1925-2009" (in Serbian). FK Sloboda Užice. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- "Barselona će upoznati novog Antića!". Glas Javnosti. 2 February 2003.
- D. Kolašinac, Tempo (13 May 1990), Od sutra naši fudbaleri-kadeti učestvuju na Evropskom prvenstvu u DR Nemačkoj
External links
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byAndries Jonker | FC Barcelona assistant manager 2003 |
Succeeded byHenk ten Cate |
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- 1953 births
- Living people
- People from Foča
- Men's association football defenders
- Yugoslav men's footballers
- FK Sutjeska Foča players
- FK Sloboda Užice players
- FK Partizan players
- FK Napredak Kruševac players
- Memphis Americans players
- Baltimore Blast (1980–1992) players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players
- Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers
- Atlético Madrid non-playing staff
- FC Barcelona non-playing staff
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in China
- Bosnia and Herzegovina football biography stubs