Zvonko Varga

Zvonko Varga (Serbian Cyrillic: Звонко Варга; born 27 November 1959) is a Serbian football manager and former player.

Zvonko Varga
Personal information
Full name Zvonko Varga
Date of birth (1959-11-27) 27 November 1959
Place of birth Zrenjanin, FPR Yugoslavia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Crvenka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1977 Crvenka 1 (0)
1978–1986 Partizan 199 (58)
1986–1993 RFC Liégeois 169 (65)
1993–1994 RFC Seraing 24 (2)
1994–1995 RC Liégeois 28 (13)
Total 421 (138)
National team
1979 Yugoslavia U20 3 (0)
Teams managed
2000–2001 OFK Beograd
2002 Rad
2002–2003 Partizan (assistant)
2004 Sartid Smederevo
2004–2005 Partizan (assistant)
2005–2006 Teleoptik
2006–2007 Partizan (assistant)
2007 Qatar SC (assistant)
2008–2011 Teleoptik
2011 Ittihad (assistant)
2012–2015 Partizan (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Varga made his senior team debut with Crvenka in the Yugoslav Second League, before moving to Partizan without his club's permission.[1] He would spend one year with lower league club Rad, before being able to play for Partizan. Afterwards, Varga spent eight seasons (1978–1986) with the Crno-beli, making 199 appearances and scoring 58 goals in the Yugoslav First League. He also won two national championship titles (1983 and 1986).

In 1986, Varga moved abroad to Belgium, spending the next seven seasons at RFC Liégeois. He was the Belgian league's second-highest scorer in the 1988–89 season with 22 goals, one less than Eddie Krncevic. On 13 May 1989, Varga scored all six goals in his team's 6–1 home league win over Beerschot. He won the Belgian Cup in the following 1989–90 campaign. In the summer of 1993, Varga switched to RFC Seraing, but returned to RC Liégeois after only a year.

International career

At international level, Varga represented Yugoslavia at the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship. He appeared in all three games, as the team exited the tournament at the group stage.[2]

Managerial career

After starting his managerial career with RTFC Liégeois, Varga went back to his homeland and took over the helm of OFK Beograd in 2000.[3] He was also manager of Rad for several months,[4] before being named assistant manager to Lothar Matthäus at Partizan.[5] Following the departure of Matthäus, Varga left his position and became manager of Sartid Smederevo in January 2004.[6] He resigned from the club after only four games.[7] In June 2004, Varga returned to Partizan to be assistant manager to Vladimir Vermezović.[8] He then served as co-manager of Teleoptik, alongside Blagoje Paunović, between 2005 and 2006,[9] before returning to Partizan as an assistant.

In the second part of 2007, Varga was assistant manager to Dimitri Davidovic at Qatar SC.[10] He then returned to Serbia, taking charge of Teleoptik in early 2008. Varga led them to promotion to the Serbian First League in 2009.[11] He was released in January 2011.[12] Varga again moved to the Middle East and joined Davidovic at Saudi Arabian outfit Ittihad in the second part of 2011.[13] He returned to Partizan in 2012, being an assistant in the following three years.

Personal life

Varga is the father of fellow footballer Saša Varga.[14]

Career statistics
Club Season League Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crvenka 1976–77 10—10
Partizan 1978–79 20020220
1979–80 309—309
1980–81 299—299
1981–82 348—348
1982–83 203—203
1983–84 411051
1984–85 3011313312
1985–86 3217403617
Total 1995810120959
RFC Liégeois 1986–87 3110—3110
1987–88 3111—3111
1988–89 3122533625
1989–90 28861349
1990–91 731083
1991–92 2810—2810
1992–93 131—131
Total 1696512418169
RFC Seraing 1993–94 242—242
RC Liégeois 1994–95 2813—2813
Career total 421138225443143

Honours
Partizan
RFC Liège

References
  1. "Zvonko Varga: Moj kobni provod u Makarskoj" (in Serbian). mozzartsport.com. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  2. "Zvonko Varga". 11v11.com. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  3. "Varga trener OFK Beograda!" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 1 June 2000. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  4. "Rad turn to Djurovski". uefa.com. 7 November 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  5. "LOTHAR MATTHÄUS PROMOVISAN !" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 23 December 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  6. "Zvonko Varga novi trener Sartida" (in Serbian). b92.net. 6 January 2004. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  7. "Sartid bring back Kikovic". uefa.com. 16 March 2004. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  8. "Zvonko Varga ponovo u stručnom štabu" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 24 June 2004. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  9. "Teleoptik osvojio Kup Beograda" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 24 May 2006. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  10. "Invazija stranaca u Humskoj" (in Serbian). politika.rs. 17 July 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  11. "Muka, pa kreč, pa drama, pa slavlje!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  12. "Rašović umesto Varge u Teleoptiku" (in Serbian). b92.net. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  13. "Varga: Stanojević sve činio da me degradira!" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  14. "Zvonko Varga: Napravio sam glupost veka" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
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