Željko Simović (; born 2 February 1967) is a Serbian former

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

manager and player.

Playing career

Simović joined

Napredak Kruševac Napredak may refer to: *HKD Napredak, cultural society of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina *FK Napredak Kruševac, Serbian football club *FK Napredak Aleksinac, Serbian football club *FK Napredak Banatska Topola Fudbalski klub Napredak () is a f ...

from BSK Batajnica in 1986, making three appearances in the

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. He subsequently switched to

Zemun Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Земун, ; hu, Zimony) is a municipality in the city of Belgrade. Zemun was a separate town that was absorbed into Belgrade in 1934. It lies on the right bank of the Danube river, upstream from downtown Belgrade. The developme ...

in 1987, spending the next three years with the club. After completing his

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in 1989–90, Simović was let go by Zemun and went on to join Čukarički. He would earn a transfer to

Proleter Zrenjanin Fudbalski klub Proleter Zrenjanin () is a football club from the city of Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia. History Early period Soon after World War II, the club almost achieved promotion to the Yugoslav Second League after finishing top of the ...

in 1991, making 24 appearances and scoring seven goals in the final season of the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

. In 1993, Simović moved abroad to play for French club

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, netting three goals in the Championnat National 1 during the 1993–94 season. He was later acquired by

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side

Daewoo Royals Busan IPark ( ko, 부산 아이파크) is a South Korean professional association football, football club based in Busan that competes in K League 2, the second tier of the Football in South Korea, South Korean football pyramid. Its current home gr ...

in 1994. In December 1994, Simović moved to Greece and signed with

PAS Giannina PAS Giannina Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 1966), or with its full name Panepirotikos Athlitikos Syllogos Giannina ( el, Πανηπειρωτικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Γιάννινα, ''Panepirotic Athleti ...

. He switched to

Kavala Kavala ( el, Καβάλα, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos and on the Egnat ...

in January 1996 and helped the club win promotion to the top flight that year, contributing with seven goals. After spending one more season with Kavala, Simović joined fellow Alpha Ethniki club

Ethnikos Piraeus Ethnikos Piraeus (Greek: Εθνικός Πειραιώς) is a Greek multisport club based in Piraeus. It was founded in 1923. The full name of the club is Ethnikos Omilos Filathlon Pireos/Phalirou or Ethnikos OFPF (Greek: Εθνικός Όμιλ ...

in 1997.

Managerial career

In December 2002, Simović was appointed as caretaker manager of Čukarički following the resignation of

Miroslav Vukašinović Miroslav Vukašinović (; born 29 August 1948) is a Serbian former football manager and player. Playing career Born in Užička Požega, Vukašinović started out at his hometown club Sloga. He subsequently played for Sloboda Titovo Užice, bef ...

, becoming the permanent manager in January 2003. He was dismissed from his position in May 2003. Between November 2007 and November 2008, Simović served as manager of Greek club AE Giannena.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Simovic, Zeljko 1967 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade Yugoslav men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FK Napredak Kruševac players FK Zemun players FK Čukarički players FK Proleter Zrenjanin players Stade Brestois 29 players Busan IPark players PAS Giannina F.C. players Kavala F.C. players Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players Yugoslav Second League players Yugoslav First League players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players K League 1 players Super League Greece 2 players Super League Greece players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in France Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Greece Serbia and Montenegro football managers Serbian football managers FK Čukarički managers Serbian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Greece Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Greece