Vladica Grujic

Vladica Grujic
Personal information
Full name Vladica Grujic
Date of birth (1962-10-22) 22 October 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Vojvodina (assistant)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 LUV Graz 34 (13)
1993 VSE St. Pölten 11 (1)
1994–1995 Oberwart 33 (10)
1995–1996 Spittal/Drau 12 (3)
1996–1997 SAK Klagenfurt
1997–1998 Gratkorn
1998–2000 SVL Flavia Solva
2001–2005 SVU Gleinstätten
2005 FV St. Andrä/Höch 4 (2)
Managerial career
2005–2006 SV Gleinstätten
2006–2007 ASK Köflach
2008–2009 USV Allerheiligen
2011 Laos (assistant)
2012–2013 FC Tokyo (assistant)
2014 Cerezo Osaka (assistant)
2014–2015 Zaragoza (assistant)
2016–2017 Buriram United (assistant)
2017–2018 Pune City (assistant)
2018 Pune City (caretaker)
2018–2019 St. Pölten (assistant)
2020–2023 Machida Zelvia (assistant)
2023– Vojvodina (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vladica Grujic (born 22 October 1962) is a Serbian football manager and former player and also holds Austrian citizenship.[1] He is the assistant coach of Vojvodina.

Playing career

Grujic started his playing career in Austria and played for different clubs in first and second division club as forward.

Coaching career

Grujic started his playing career as player cum coach and after managing Austrian clubs he became the assistant coach of Hans-Peter Schaller in Laos national football team in 2011.

He also served as an assistant coach of Ranko Popović for different clubs in different countries. In 2013 he appointed as the assistant coach of FC Tokyo and he also worked as the caretaker for some games.[2] In 2014 he left the club with Popović. He also worked as an assistant coach of Cerezo Osaka in 2014 . In November 2014 he appointed as the assistant coach of Real zaragoza under Popović and stayed with them until the dismissal of Popović in December 2015.[3] After the zaragoza job he again united with Popović in Buriram United in 2016.[4] After the Thailand stint he appointed as the assistant coach of Pune City in Indian Super League in 2017. He also worked as the caretaker manager of the club after the suspension of Popović.[5][6] In 2018 he returned to Austria again with Popović at SKN St. Pölten his old club.

References

  1. ^ "SKN St. Pölten trennt sich von Trainer Ranko Popovic". www.spox.com. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Cerezo couldn't overcome disadvantage, lost to group-leading Pohang". JFA｜公益財団法人日本サッカー協会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. ^ Aragón, Heraldo de. "Ranko Popovic cesa como entrenador del Real Zaragoza". heraldo.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  4. ^ Juninho (25 August 2016). "Buriram United Announce New Coaching Team". Buriram Times. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Vladica Grujic: Upset with the result but lost being the better team". Indian Super League. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  6. ^ "ISL 2017-18: FC Pune City's Vladica Grujic - I expect Kerala Blasters to play long balls | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 23 June 2020.