| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Predrag Jokanović | ||
| Date of birth | October 26, 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | União Madeira (coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1985–1991 | Zemun | 44 | (3) |
| 1988–1989 | → Spartak Subotica (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 1991–1993 | OFK Kikinda | 25 | (8) |
| 1993–1995 | União Madeira | 41 | (10) |
| 1995–2001 | Marítimo | 137 | (14) |
| 2001–2003 | Nacional | 35 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2007–2008 | Nacional | ||
| 2009–2010 | Nacional | ||
| 2010–2011 | Nacional | ||
| 2011– | União Madeira | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Predrag Jokanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Пpeдpaг Joкaнoвић; born 26 October 1968 in Belgrade) is a retired Serbian professional footballer and a current manager of Liga de Honra team União da Madeira.
In his playing days, spent almost exclusively in Portugal - exactly ten years, nine of those in the first division - he played mainly as a defensive midfielder (although he could occasionally appear as a central defender).
After retiring in 2003, Jokanović took on a manager career, in the same country.
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Jokanović spent the vast majority of his professional playing career on the Portuguese island of Madeira, appearing for each of the island's biggest teams. He started at C.F. União in 1993, when it was in the top flight of Portuguese football. When the team was relegated in 1995, he transferred to neighbours C.S. Marítimo, the biggest and most successful of the local teams, enjoying six steady seasons in which he inclusively played in the 1998–99 UEFA Cup, losing to Leeds United on penalties.
In 2001, after helping his team to the final of the Cup of Portugal, Jokanović was released by the club, and promptly signed for fierce rivals C.D. Nacional, who were then competing in the second division. After just one season at the club, he helped it win promotion, and played there for one more year, before retiring at almost 35 years of age.
After almost two years in charge of the club's under-19, Jokanović was appointed manager of Nacional midway through 2006–07, and left the club at the end of the following season. After two years as an assistant - he also served the team as a scout and a match observer - he was re-signed on 13 December 2009,[1] replacing Manuel Machado who was recovering from surgery-related complications.[2]
At the end of the 2009–10 season, Jokanović definitely replaced Machado at Nacional's helm, proffiting from the opportunity by signing several of his former compatriots (one Montenegrin, one Slovene and three Croats), as his teams rarely fielded more than two or three Portuguese players.
On 13 March 2011, following a 1–1 home draw against Académica de Coimbra - who equalized in the 92nd minute - Jokanović was fired by Nacional.[3] He remained connected with the team subsequently, in the scouting department.
Jokanović returned to União da Madeira on 11 November 2011 - after 18 years - being appointed head coach at the second division club.
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