Rešad Kunovac

Rešad Kunovac

Photo of Kunovac in 2010 as assistant coach of Serbia
Personal information
Full name Rešad Kunovac
Date of birth August 24, 1953 (1953-08-24) (age 58)
Place of birth Foča, FPR Yugoslavia
Playing position Defender
Youth career
Sutjeska Foča
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Sutjeska Foča
Sloboda Užice
1973-1978 Partizan Belgrade 100 (4)
Teams managed
1990 Yugoslavia U-16
2001 Yugoslavia (ass't)
2003 Barcelona (ass't)
2008-2010 Serbia (ass't)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Rešad Kunovac (born August 24, 1953 in Foča) is a Bosnian former football player and current coach. He was the assistant to Radomir Antić, the head coach of the Serbian national team until 2010.

He started his career playing for FK Sutjeska Foča[1] and FK Sloboda Užice in late 1960s,[2] and later moved on to FK Partizan Belgrade, where he took the championship crown in the 1975-76 Yugoslav First League season. He also played with FK Napredak Kruševac.

After ending his playing career, Kunovac became a long-term assistant coach of Radomir Antić at Atlético de Madrid, FC Barcelona[3] and Real Oviedo. In 2001, he was an assistant coach to Milovan Đorić, head coach of the FR Yugoslavia national football team. He was an assistant coach to Mirko Jozić at the 1990 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship.[4]

References

  1. ^ Sutjeska Foča history at club site
  2. ^ "Istorijat FK Sloboda 1925-2009" (in Serbian). FK Sloboda Užice. http://www.fksloboda.org/istorijat.php. Retrieved 2010-10-11. 
  3. ^ "Barselona će upoznati novog Antića!". Glas Javnosti. 2003-02-02. http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/2003/02/02/srpski/S03020103.shtml. 
  4. ^ D. Kolašinac (Tempo) (1990-05-13). "Od sutra naši fudbaleri - kadeti učestvuju na Evropskom prvenstvu u DR Nemačkoj". 
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Andries Jonker
FC Barcelona Assistant Manager
2003
Succeeded by
Henk ten Cate