Jokanović as a Partizan player |
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 16 August 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1988 | Novi Sad | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1988–1990 | Vojvodina | 61 | (21) |
| 1990–1993 | Partizan | 54 | (10) |
| 1993–1995 | Oviedo | 62 | (12) |
| 1995–1999 | Tenerife | 123 | (17) |
| 1999–2000 | Deportivo La Coruña | 23 | (2) |
| 2000–2002 | Chelsea | 39 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Ciudad Murcia | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 368 | (62) | |
| National team | |||
| 1991 | Yugoslavia | 6 | (0) |
| 1994–2002 | Serbia/Montenegro | 58 | (10) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2008–2009 | Partizan | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Slaviša Jokanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Славиша Јокановић; born 16 August 1968) is a retired Serbian professional footballer who played in the 1990s and early 2000s.
A physical, not devoid of skill, defensive midfielder, with excellent aerial ability,[1] he impressed at FK Partizan, before spending seven seasons in La Liga with three different clubs, amassing totals of 208 games of 31 goals, mainly at the service of Tenerife; he also played for two years at Chelsea towards the end of his career.
Jokanović represented Serbia at the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.
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Born in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia, Jokanović started playing for hometown side FK Novi Sad, making his senior debuts with another team in his city, FK Vojvodina, which helped win its second national title, in the 1988–89 season, with four goals in 24 matches.
In 1990, Jokanović joined Belgrade's FK Partizan. In his second year, he helped the club win the domestic cup and, in his third, he scored an impressive 13 league goals (a career-best), being one of several players to score in double digits - the team scored 103 in 36 games - en route to the league conquest.
After impressive displays at Partizan, Jokanović signed for Real Oviedo in Spain. During his two-year spell, he partnered compatriots Janko Janković, Nikola Jerkan and Robert Prosinečki. Subsequently, he joined fellow La Liga side CD Tenerife, being instrumental in the Canary Islands' domestic consolidation.
In the 1999 summer, aged 31, Jokanović signed for Deportivo de La Coruña, forming a physical midfield partnership with Brazilians Mauro Silva and Donato Gama da Silva - the trio combined for 85 games and five goals - as the Galicians won its first ever league title.
After only one season with Depor, Jokanović signed with Premier League Chelsea in October 2000, for £1.7 million. He appeared relatively for the Blues during two seasons and was released in July 2002 at nearly 34,[2] and hung up his boots in the Spanish second division with Ciudad de Murcia, playing just three months.
Jokanović was living in Madrid when he joined, in September 2007, the technical staff of third division team Club Atlético de Pinto. However, three months later, he became the head coach of Partizan, replacing Miroslav Đukić, who left to take the reins of the national side. His family (wife and three children) remained in the Spanish capital.[3]
In May 2008, under Jokanović's management, Partizan won the double (league and cup). He was also selected as the year's "Best Coach in Serbia" by the Serbian FA, but refused to receive this award due to Partizan's poor results in the UEFA Cup group stage.
In his first full season, Jokanović led Partizan to another double, winning the league with 19 points in advance to former club Vojvodina; thus, he became the first coach in the club's history to successfully defend the accolades. On 5 September 2009, however, he left the post, by mutual consent,[4] bidding farewell to the club through an open letter.[5]
Jokanović played six times for Yugoslavia, his debut coming on 27 February 1991 in a friendly with Turkey, playing the last 10 minutes in the place of Željko Petrović. He then appeared in some UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying matches, helping the national team top its group - although it would eventually be prevented from taking part in the final stages in Sweden, due to the Yugoslav Wars.
Jokanović represented Serbia and Montenegro in a further 58 matches, appearing for the nation at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. In the former competition, he played in four complete matches as the national side reached the round of 16. In the latter, he appeared three times, being sent off against Spain in a 3–4 loss, with the team also reaching the last-eight stage.[6]
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| Preceded by Miroslav Đukić |
Serbian Coach of the Year 2008 |
Succeeded by Radomir Antić |
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