Tomislav Karadžić
Tomislav Karadžić | |
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Born |
Petnjica village near Šavnik, Zeta Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 10 February 1939
Occupation | President of the Football Association of Serbia |
Tomislav "Tole" Karadžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Томислав Караџић Толе; born 10 February 1939) is a Serbian businessman and football administrator of Montenegrin origin. Since 2008 he is in his second stint as the president of Serbian Football Association (FSS).[1] Previously he performed the same job from 2005 until 2006 when the organization was called Serbian-Montenegrin Football Association (FSSCG). Prior to that he was the president of the regional FA (Football Association of Vojvodina), the job he performed for 18 years.
On 25 September 2007, Karadžić became the president of FK Partizan where he came following the decades-long reign of Nenad Bjeković, Žarko Zečević, and Ivan Ćurković at the club.
Simultaneously, Karadžić kept a position at the Serbian FA where he was a deputy to the association's president Zvezdan Terzić. In March 2008, Terzić fled the country after getting indicted for embezzlement of player transfer funds and Karadžić took over his role as FA president. During summer 2008 new elections were held for the FSS presidency. Karadžić beat out Dragan Aca Bulić. During his presidency his former club FK Partizan has won a title every single season.
References
- ↑ "Tomislav Karadžić za RTS: Derbi sa publikom!". Radio Television of Serbia. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2011.