Vujadin Boškov

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Vujadin Boškov
Personal information
Full name Vujadin Boškov
Date of birth May 16, 1931 (1931-05-16) (age 77)
Place of birth    Begeč, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Playing position Manager
(Right winger as a player)
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1946-1960
1961-1962
1962-1964
Flag of Yugoslavia FK Vojvodina
Flag of Italy Sampdoria
Flag of Switzerland Young Boys
- (-)
- (-)
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Teams managed
1962-1964
1964-1971
1971-1973
1974-1976
1976-1978
1978-1979
1979-1982
1983-1984
1984-1986
1986-1992
1992-1993
1994-1996
1996-1997
1998-1999
1999
1999-2000
2001
Flag of Switzerland Young Boys player/coach
Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FK Vojvodina
Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia co-coach
Flag of the Netherlands FC Den Haag
Flag of the Netherlands Feyenoord
Flag of Spain Real Zaragoza
Flag of Spain/Flag of Spain Real Madrid
Flag of Spain Sporting de Gijon
Flag of Italy Ascoli
Flag of Italy Sampdoria
Flag of Italy AS Roma
Flag of Italy SSC Napoli
Flag of Switzerland Servette Geneva
Flag of Italy Sampdoria
Flag of Italy AC Perugia
Flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
Flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia co-coach

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Olympic medal record
Competitor for Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
Men's football
Silver 1952 Helsinki Team Competition

Vujadin Boškov (Serbian: Вујадин Бошков, born May 16, 1931) is a retired Serbian football player and coach.

Boškov was born in the village of Begeč near Novi Sad, Danube Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia). He played with FK Vojvodina for most of his career (1946-1960). He also won the became a playing member of the Yugoslavia national team, and was part of the team that won the silver medal at the 1952 Olympic football tournament.

In 1961 he moved to Italy to play for Serie A club Sampdoria for one season (1961/62), before accepting a stint as a player/coach at Swiss side Young Boys (1962-1964). Boškov then returned to the club that made him as a player - FK Vojvodina - and coached it for 7 seasons (1964-1971) winning one Yugoslav league championship in 1965-66.

He soon developed a successful international coaching career with stints in Dutch Eredivisie (FC Den Haag (1974-1976), and Feyenoord (1976-1978)), Spanish La Liga (Real Zaragoza (1978/79), Real Madrid (1979-1982), and Sporting de Gijon (1983/84)), Italian Serie A (Ascoli Calcio 1898 (1984-1986), U.C. Sampdoria (1986-1992, 1998/99), A.S. Roma (1992/93), S.S.C. Napoli (1994-1996), and A.C. Perugia (1999)), and Swiss league (Servette Geneva (1996/97)).

Arguably his greatest achievement as a coach came in 1991, when he steered Sampdoria to the Serie A scudetto. The following season, he got them to the European Cup final, where they lost 1-0 to Barcelona at Wembley.

He also coached Yugoslavia at Euro 2000, where they famously lost 4-3 to Spain in Brugge and later went out to Holland in the quarter-finals.

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