Aleksandar Vuković

Aleksandar Vuković (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Вуковић, pronounced [aleksǎndar ʋûːkoʋit͡ɕ]; born 25 August 1979) is a Serbian-Polish football manager and former professional player. He currently manages the Ekstraklasa side Legia Warsaw.

Aleksandar Vuković
Personal information
Full name Aleksandar Vuković
Date of birth (1979-08-25) August 25, 1979
Place of birth Banja Luka,
SR Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Legia Warsaw (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)
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)
Teams managed
2016 Legia Warsaw (interim)
2018 Legia Warsaw (interim)
2019–2020 Legia Warsaw
2021– Legia Warsaw
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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. Vuković became a citizen of Poland on 13 June 2008. He has signed a contract with new club – Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. on 17 December 2008. He ended his football career in the Polish Ekstraklasa side Korona Kielce.

In 2019–2020 he was the Legia Warsaw's coach. He won the Polish Championship in the 2019–20 Ekstraklasa season.[1] He was dismissed in the following season, after quickly dropping out of a UEFA Champions League qualifying and the 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 an defeat to Wisła Płock, which had Legia drop to last in the league.[3]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 19 September 2020[4]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Legia Warsaw (interim) 19 September 2016 24 September 2016 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
Legia Warsaw (interim) 1 August 2018 13 August 2018 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 033.33
Legia Warsaw 2 April 2019 21 September 2020 67 37 12 18 112 60 +52 055.22
Legia Warsaw 13 December 2021 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 71 38 14 19 116 63 +53 053.52

References
  1. "Sezon 2019/2020 dobiegł końca!" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 19 July 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. "Aleksandar Vukovic career sheet". footballdatabase. footballdatabase. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
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