Boško Gjurovski ( mk, Бошко Ѓуровски; ; born 28 December 1961) is a Macedonian professional

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former player who played as a

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and a current

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. He is the elder brother of

Milko Djurovski Milko Djurovski ( mk, Милко Ѓуровски, translit=Milko Gjurovski, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Milko Đurovski, Милко Ђуровски; born 26 January 1963) is a Macedonian former professional footballer and manager. He was re ...

and the uncle of Mario Djurovski.

Playing career

Club

He was a long-time servant of Red Star Belgrade, where he played for eleven years. He was very much loved by Red Star fans, especially after his brother, Milko, joined bitter rivals

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 ...

. He was known for excellent defending skills, great tackling and powerful shooting. In 1989, he joined Swiss side

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, where he stayed for six seasons and ended his career.

International

He made his senior debut for

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

in a December 1982 European Championship qualification match against

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and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. In 1994, just like his brother Milko, Djurovski accepted a call-up to represent the country of his birth. He made his senior debut for Macedonia in a March 1994

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against

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in Skopje and earned a total of 7 caps, scoring all of his 3 international goals in a match against Cyprus. His final international was a June 1995 European Championship qualification match against

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Managerial career

Gjurovski commenced his coaching career at his former club

as an assistant, and remained in that position for several seasons, in which they won a Swiss title and finished up runner up in another 2. He left this role to take up another assistant's role at his other former club

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

after this, and also remained in that role for one season. In November 2002, he became the new coach of FK Rad, after steering

FK Radnički Obrenovac FK Radnički Obrenovac () is a football club based in Obrenovac, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League Belgrade, the third tier of the national league system. History The club was founded as Radnički in 1927 on the initiative of t ...

to promotion the season earlier. He left FK Rad after only 1 season, citing differences between the club board & himself. Gjurovski was appointed as

head coach in March 2007 after

Dušan Bajević Dušan "Duško" Bajević ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Бајевић, ; gr, Ντούσαν Μπάγεβιτς, ''Doúsan Báyevits''; born 10 December 1948) is a Bosnian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former player. H ...

walked out on the club. Đurovski did well and won the league title in his first season as senior coach 2006–07 season. However, the following 2007-08 started poorly from the get-go as the team struggled & just managed to qualify for the Champions League 2nd qualifying round with a lot of difficulties, beating Levadia in Belgrade 1:0 and losing in

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1:2. Gjurovski was sacked after that game. He remained in the Red Star organization, however, moving to the position of the club's chief scout. Just months after his sacking as head coach of Red Star Belgrade, Gjurovski was targeted for the assistant's role at

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underachiever

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. It was rumored after this that Gjurovski was ultimately sacked by then red star President

Dragan Stojković Dragan Stojković ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Стојковић, ; born 3 March 1965), also known by the nickname Piksi (Пикси), is a Serbian former footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of the Serbia national team. Wi ...

due to the fact that he would be taking the senior coaching position at Nagoya & was determined to take Gjurovski with him as his number 2. After a 2-year rebuild, Stojković & Gjurovski managed to steer Nagoya to a long-awaited 2nd J-League championship. On 26 November 2013 Gjurovski was appointed as a head coach of the

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, but was sacked due to poor results on 7 April 2015. On 7 May 2017, Gjurovski has become the internal coach of Red Star Belgrade, after a departure of

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which is happen after a Red Star loss against

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and losing the first place to

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. On 20 March 2022, Gjurovski signed a contract with

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Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Red Star Belgrade *

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, ...

: 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1987–88 *

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

: 1981–82, 1984–85 Servette *

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: 1993–94

Manager

Radnički Obrenovac *

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: 2001–02 Red Star Belgrade *

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

: 2006–07 *

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: 2006–07

Politics

In 2020, he decided to join politics claiming that he wants to fight for agrarian rights,

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, and the development of sport in

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. He received thirteenth position on a combined electoral list of the right-wing

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, and

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in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election. Gjurovski, who was present at the famous football match between

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and

when

Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito (; sh-Cyrl, Тито, links=no, ), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman, serving in various positions from 1943 until his deat ...

died, has expressed yugo-nostalgic sentiments, saying that "life was nice in the time of Broz."

Personal life

Gjurovski was born in Tetovo in 1961, while his father Cvetko Gjurovski (born as Cvetko Stojanović), an ethnic

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from

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and moved to Macedonia at the beginning of World War II. His paternal grandfather fought for the

Royal Serbian Army The Army of the Kingdom of Serbia ( sr-cyr, Војска Краљевине Србије, Vojska Kraljevine Srbije), known in English language, English as the Royal Serbian Army, was the army of the Kingdom of Serbia that existed between 1882 a ...

in World War I and retreated with the Serbian Army to

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. According to Gjurovski, his father's original surname Stojanović was changed to Gjurovski after the establishment of the new

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in Macedonia and

References

External links

*
Profile at MacedonianFootball.com
* *

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