Vladimir Petrović

Vladimir Petrović
Владимир Петровић
Personal information
Date of birth 1 July 1955 (1955-07-01) (age 56)
Place of birth Belgrade, FPR Yugoslavia
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1982 Red Star Belgrade 257 (49)
1982–1983 Arsenal 13 (2)
1983–1985 Royal Antwerp 48 (10)
1985–1986 Brest 37 (5)
1986–1987 Standard Liège 31 (5)
1987–1988 Nancy 29 (1)
Total 417 (72)
National team
1973–1982 Yugoslavia 34 (5)
Teams managed
1996–1997 Red Star Belgrade
1999 Bor
1999–2000 Atromitos
2000–2001 Slavia Mozyr
2002–2004 Serbia and Montenegro U-21
2004 Vojvodina
2005–2006 Dalian Shide
2007–2008 China
2009–2010 Red Star Belgrade
2010 FC Timişoara
2010–2011 Serbia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Vladimir Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Петровић, born July 1, 1955 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He last managed the Serbia national football team.

He is widely known domestically by his nickname Pižon (Пижон), after the French for pigeon.

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Club career

During his playing career, he mostly played for Red Star Belgrade and is one of only five Zvezdine zvezde (stars of the Star) — the legends of the club.

He started out at Red Star making his debut in 1971, at the age of 16. With the team, he won five Yugoslav League Championship titles, six Yugoslav Cups and reached the final of the 1979 UEFA Cup, losing to Borussia Mönchengladbach. In 1982 he moved abroad, and briefly played for Arsenal; he joined the London side in December 1982 and made 22 appearances in the 1982–83 season. In June 1983 he left Arsenal and subsequently played for Brest and AS Nancy in France, and Royal Antwerp (1) and Standard Liège (16) in Belgium. In all he played 526 matches for the clubs.[1]

International career

He also represented Yugoslavia 34 times and played in the 1982 World Cup.[2]

Managing career

As assistant coach, he won the 1990–91 European Champions Cup with Red Star, and as head coach when they won the 1996 Yugoslavia FA Cup, Pižon guided the Serbia and Montenegro national under-21 football team to a runners-up finish at the 2004 European U-21 Championship.[3]

In 2005, Petrović managed the Chinese Dalian Shide team to the double.[4] On September 14, 2007, Petrović was named as coach of the Chinese national team. After China failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, he was sacked.[5]

On June 2, 2009, Petrović returned to Red Star Belgrade.[6] as manager. Petrović was part of takeover of Red Star by the club's veterans, replacing caretaker/interim coach Siniša Gogić. On 21 March 2010, Red Star officials unexpectedly sacked Petrović after a league defeat against Metalac.

On June 4, 2010, he was named the manager of Romanian club FC Politehnica Timişoara.

On September 15, 2010, Petrović was named the new head coach of Serbia. On October 14, 2011, the football association of Serbia announced they had terminated their contract with Petrović.

Statistics

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Red Star Belgrade 1974/75 26 5 ? ? ? ? 26 5
1975/76 12 1 ? ? ? ? 12 1
1976/77 10 0 ? ? ? ? 10 0
1977/78 28 9 ? ? ? ? 28 9
1978/79 27 5 ? ? ? ? 27 5
1979/80 28 5 ? ? ? ? 28 5
1980/81 23 6 ? ? ? ? 23 6
1981/82 29 3 ? ? ? ? 29 3
1982/83 16 6 ? ? ? ? 16 6
All 199 40 ? ? ? ? 199 40

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