| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 February 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Titograd, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Playing position | Striker (Retired) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Red Star Belgrade | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1970-1980 | Red Star Belgrade | 520 | (302) |
| 1980-1981 | Club Brugge | 21 | (8) |
| 1981-1984 | Benfica | 84 | (42) |
| 1984-1985 | Boavista | 49 | (15) |
| National team | |||
| Yugoslavia | 13 | (2) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1988-1993 | SC Salgueiros | ||
| 1993-1994 | SC Beira-Mar | ||
| 1994-1996 | SL Benfica (assistant) | ||
| 1997 | Boavista FC | ||
| 1997-1998 | FR Yugoslavia (assistant) | ||
| 1998 | Vitória SC | ||
| 1999 | Sampdoria (assistant) | ||
| 1999-2000 | FR Yugoslavia (assistant) | ||
| 2000 | Panionios | ||
| 2001-2003 | Red Star Belgrade | ||
| 2003-2004 | Al-Shaab | ||
| 2005-2007 | Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro (Director) | ||
| 2007-2010 | Montenegro | ||
| 2010 | FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ | ||
| 2010-2011 | Golden Arrows | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Zoran Filipović (born 6 February 1953 in Titograd, Montenegro, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia) was a player of great success in the 1970s and 1980s for Red Star Belgrade and SL Benfica. He is an active football coach.
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Zoran Filipović made his name in Yugoslavia as a potent striker with Red Star Belgrade, during more than ten seasons at the club (05.06.1969 to 29.06.1980). He played a total of 520 games for the club scoring 302 goals. He was the Yugoslav First League top scorer in 1976/77 season with 21 goals. He also still holds the club record for most goals in European competitions - scoring 28 goals for Red Star in European Cup, Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup.
His first stop abroad was a season at Club Brugge in Belgium.
In the summer of 1981, 28-year-old Filipović joined the reigning Portuguese champions SL Benfica where over the following three seasons he scored 28 goals in 54 league matches. Zoran Filipović also guided the club Benfica to the 1983 UEFA Cup Final against Anderlecht, being the top scorer of that season's competition and scoring memorable goals for the Portuguese in the quarterfinal against AS Roma.
Filipović ended his career with Boavista FC (1984–1986) when he became the assistant coach at the same club.
On the International level, Zoran Filipović played 13 matches for the Yugoslav national team scoring 2 goals. His debut for Yugoslavia was at the age of 17.
Zoran Filipović began his coaching career with in Portugal as an assistant coach in Boavista FC.
He got his first head coaching job at S.C. Salgueiros in 1988 and stayed with the club for five seasons. He orchestrated the club's most notable moments in history by becoming Second League Champion and achieving UEFA Cup participation through best placement in club’s history immediately in the next season.
In 1993 he moved to S.C. Beira-Mar where he coached for a season.
In 1994 he returned to SL Benfica for a two year spell where he was the assistant coach and interim head coach winning one Portuguese Cup and participating in the Champions League.
From mid 1990s Zoran Filipović was on the FR Yugoslavia national team coaching staff as an assistant to head coach Slobodan Santrač. He was part of Yugoslav coaching staff at the World Cup 1998, leaving the post together with Santrač right after the tournament.
After joining Boavista FC again this time as their head coach for a short spell in 1997, he worked as part of Sampdoria coaching staff as their head coach under the tutelage of Vujadin Boškov during the second part of the 1998 season.
Zoran Filipović's next stop was Vitória S.C. in the Portuguese league.
However, Zoran Filipović re-joined the FR Yugoslavia national team in 1999 continuing his collaboration with Vujadin Boškov when he took over. Filipović was the assistant at the Euro 2000.
In 2001 Zoran Filipović returned to coach Red Star Belgrade in Serbia until 2003 with which he won the Serbian Cup title and is remembered for launching young players such as Nemanja Vidić, Boško Janković, Aleksandar Luković amongst others.
In 2003 Zoran Filipović went to the United Arab Emirates when coaching Al-Shaab with which he was defeated in the Cup finals.
After the Emirates experience, he became the Technical Director of the Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro A and u21 squads participating in the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and the u21 European Championship in Portugal in 2006.
On 1 February 2007 he was appointed the first coach of the newly created Montenegro national team. His first game in charge was a friendly against Hungary on 24 March 2007 where the they won their debut match with 2-1. The record in the newly formed Montenegro national team was more than positive for a team rated always as underdogs - of a total of 23 matches played, 8 victories were achieved, 8 draws and 7 defeats. The FA president Dejan Savićević commented when Zoran Filipović's contract expired in January 2010 - "Filipović did an enormously good job. He formed a great group of players and worked with great enthusiasm." Zoran Filipović left the Balkan newcomers in an astonishing 73rd position in the FIFA ranking when he departed from this historical role.
Only two months after leaving the helm of Montenegro national team he assumed a 3 month coaching job contract in Romanian Club FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ.
In July 2010 he was hired by South African club Golden Arrows from Durban.
Zoran Filipović's native language is Montenegrin. However, he speaks just as well both English and Portuguese. He also uses Spanish and Italian. During his playing years and despite his popularity following him everywhere, this was never an impediment for him to attend high school and the Law University in Belgrade. He took his professional coaching degree in Portugal and conducted his specialization through the Scottish Football Association at the same course as Jose Mourinho.
Yugoslavia - Red Star Belgrade Top Goalscorer Yugoslav League (1976/77), 3x Yugoslav League Winner, 1x Yugoslav Cup Winner. Portugal - SL Benfica UEFA Cup Top Goalscorer (1982/83), 2x Portuguese Liga Winner, 1x Portuguese Cup Winner, 1x Portuguese Super
SC Salgueiros Portuguese Second League Winner, SL Benfica Manager/Assistant-Manager: 1995/96 Portuguese Cup Winner , Red Star Belgrade Manager: 2001/02 Serbia and Montenegro Cup Winner
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