Borče Sredojević (; born 1 February 1958) is a

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manager and former player.

Playing career

Club

Born in Bosanska Gradiška, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, to a Bosnian Serb family, he started playing with FK Kozara Gradiška but his playing career highlights were during his spells in 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, ...

with

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburma, ...

FK Borac Banja Luka Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бopaц Бања Лука, ) is a Bosnian professional association football club, based in the city of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is the major part of th ...

NK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top division, HT Prva lig ...

and

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...

, before moving to Spain to play in

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with Deportivo de La Coruña.

Managerial career

He started his coaching career in 1993 and went to manage several clubs in Bosnia, Serbia and Slovenia. Notably he was assistant-coach of four Bosnia national team coaches, between 2007 and 2014, enjoying full confidence as a tactician and analyst. Notably, Sredojević assisted

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(2007), Meho Kodro (2008),

Miroslav Blažević Miroslav "Ćiro" Blažević (; born 10 February 1935) is a Croatian former professional football manager and player. His professional playing career spanned from 1954 to 1966, during which he played for Dinamo Zagreb, Lokomotiva Zagreb, FK Saraj ...

(2008-2009) and

Safet Sušić Safet "Pape" Sušić (; born 13 April 1955) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of TFF First League club Akhisarspor. He was a gifted midfielder known for his dribbling skills and techn ...

(2010-2014). The greatest success for Sredojević came in 2014, when he reached historical first

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with his

Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team The Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team ( bs, Nogometna/Fudbalska reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovine; sr, Фудбалска репрезентација Боснe и Херцеговинe, Fudbalska reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovi ...

while assisting to

who served as team's manager. Meanwhile, he also led

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina The m:tel Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, m:tel Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine / м:тел Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), also known as Liga 12, is the top tier football league in Bosnia and Herz ...

club FK Leotar as the head coach. He was appointed manager of

Borac Banja Luka Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бopaц Бања Лука, ) is a Bosnian professional association football club, based in the city of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is the major part of th ...

in March 2016 but could not save the club from relegationSredojević: Čestitke Vitezu na opstanku
- SportSport and his last job was as a manager of FK Kozara Gradiška in the First League of the Republika Srpska, which ended on 26 September 2017.

References

External links

Stats from Yugoslav leagues
at Zerodic * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sredojevic, Borce 1958 births Living people People from Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Association football defenders Yugoslav footballers FK Kozara Gradiška players FK Borac Banja Luka players HNK Rijeka players FK Partizan players Deportivo de La Coruña players Yugoslav First League players Segunda División players Yugoslav expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Spain Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers FK Kozara Gradiška managers FK Mladost Apatin managers NK Domžale managers NK Primorje managers FK Borac Banja Luka managers FK Leotar managers Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina managers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Serbia and Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Serbia and Montenegro Expatriate football managers in Slovenia Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia