Simo Krunić (Serbian Cyrillic: Симо Крунић; born 13 January 1967) is a Bosnian-Serbian professional football manager and former footballer. He is currently the manager of OFK Beograd.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 January 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | OFK Beograd (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987 | Sarajevo | 3 | (0) |
| 1988 | Famos Hrasnica | 12 | (1) |
| 1988–1992 | Željezničar | 50 | (2) |
| 1992–1994 | OFK Beograd | 59 | (7) |
| 1994–1995 | Marbella | 44 | (3) |
| 1996 | Pohang Steelers | 6 | (2) |
| 1997 | Čukarički | 8 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | AEL | 32 | (4) |
| 1998–1999 | ILTEX Lykoi | 47 | (2) |
| 2000 | Panetolikos | 15 | (3) |
| Total | 268 | (24) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2006 | OFK Beograd (assistant) | ||
| 2006–2007 | BASK | ||
| 2006–2007 | Serbia (assistant) | ||
| 2008 | Željezničar | ||
| 2009 | OFK Beograd | ||
| 2010 | Čukarički | ||
| 2011 | Inđija | ||
| 2011–2013 | Jagodina | ||
| 2013 | Dalian Yifang | ||
| 2014–2015 | Jagodina | ||
| 2017–2018 | Radnik Surdulica | ||
| 2018–2019 | Čukarički | ||
| 2019 | Serbia (assistant) | ||
| 2019 | Radnički Niš | ||
| 2019–2020 | Radnik Surdulica | ||
| 2022 | Radnik Surdulica | ||
| 2023– | OFK Beograd | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editIn the late 1980s, Krunić played for the two biggest clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo and Željezničar, while the teams competed in the Yugoslav First League. In between the two clubs, he also played for Famos Hrasnica.[1] He subsequently moved to OFK Beograd due to the outbreak of the Bosnian War, spending two seasons with the Romantičari (1992–1994).
During his footballing career, Krunić also played professionally in Spain, South Korea (he won the 1996 Korean FA Cup with Pohang Steelers) and Greece.[2]
Managerial career
editTogether with Risto Vidaković, Krunić served as assistant to Spaniard Javier Clemente at the helm of the Serbia national team during the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying. He was later manager of BASK, Željezničar, OFK Beograd, Čukarički, Inđija, Jagodina (on two occasions), Dalian Yifang and Radnik Surdulica. In May 2013, he won the 2012–13 Serbian Cup with Jagodina.
In May 2018, Krunić for a second time in his career took over the managerial job of Čukarički.[3] Krunić had success with Čukarički, getting the club to 4th place in the 2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga and also qualifying it to the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds. He decided to leave Čukarički on 25 May 2019.[4]
On 11 February 2019, it was announced that Krunić became a new member of the Serbia national team coaching staff and was appointed as a coach.[5] He left the national team later that day.
On 25 June 2019, he became the new manager of Radnički Niš, succeeding Nenad Lalatović on the position.[6] He was sacked in August 2019, but shortly after in October, returned to manage Radnik Surdulica.[7]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of match played 26 November 2024
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| BASK | July 2006 | June 2007 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 46.67 |
| Željezničar Sarajevo | 20 January 2008 | 24 November 2008 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 41.67 |
| OFK Beograd | 13 April 2009 | 13 June 2009 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14.29 |
| Čukarički | 1 February 2010 | 12 August 2010 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 46.67 |
| Inđija | 11 April 2011 | 30 June 2011 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 44.44 |
| Jagodina | 1 July 2011 | 2 June 2013 | 70 | 35 | 15 | 20 | 50.00 |
| Dalian | 3 June 2013 | 5 December 2013 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 40.91 |
| Jagodina | 18 September 2014 | 30 June 2015 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 40.00 |
| Radnik Surdulica | 22 March 2017 | 30 June 2018 | 43 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 37.21 |
| Čukarički | 1 July 2018 | 25 May 2019 | 39 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 48.72 |
| Radnički Niš | 24 June 2019 | 19 August 2019 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 42.86 |
| Radnik Surdulica | 30 October 2019 | 25 August 2020 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 25.00 |
| Radnik Surdulica | 31 October 2020 | 31 December 2020 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33 |
| OFK Beograd | 1 January 2023 | Pressent | 53 | 31 | 10 | 12 | 58.49 |
| Total | 364 | 163 | 76 | 125 | 44.78 | ||
Honours
editPlayer
editPohang Stellers
Manager
editJagodina
OFK Beograd
References
edit- ^ "FK FAMOS HRASNICA 1953 - 1993" (PDF) (in Bosnian). cafehrasnica.com. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ "Foreign Players in Greece 1999/00-2001/02". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ A. Pašić (24 May 2018). "Nekadašnji trener Željezničara preuzeo Čukarički" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ "Bivši trener Željezničara doveo klub do Evrope, pa otišao" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ S. Mlaćo (11 February 2019). "Simo Krunić ponovo na klupi reprezentacije Srbije" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ A. Pašić (25 June 2019). "Bivši trener Željezničara preuzeo Radnički iz Niša" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ M. Šljivak (30 October 2019). "Bivši trener Željezničara već na četvrtom poslu ove godine" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
External links
edit- Simo Krunić at BDFutbol
- Simo Krunić at WorldFootball.net
- Simo Krunić – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
- Srbijafudbal profile
