Nebojša Vignjević (; born 15 May 1968) is a Serbian

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manager and former player.

Playing career

Vignjević came through the youth system of Partizan, but failed to make any first-team appearances. He started his senior career at lower league club Rakovica, before moving to

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

side Rad in the early 1990s. Later on, Vignjević spent some time with the Toronto Lynx of the

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. He also played professionally in Hungary in the early 2000s.

Managerial career

After hanging up his boots, Vignjević started working with the youth teams of Rad. He began his managerial career at BSK Borča in 2004, before returning to Rad. In June 2006, Vignjević took charge of

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club Radnički Pirot. Between 2009 and 2011, Vignjević spent two seasons as manager of Montenegrin side Rudar Pljevlja, winning one

Montenegrin First League The Montenegrin First League (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin: ''Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga'' — ''Prva CFL'' — ''1. CFL''; ), referred to as the Meridianbet 1. CFL for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional Association football, ...

title (

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) and back-to-back

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s (

and

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). On 23 October 2013, Vignjević was appointed as manager of Hungarian club

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. He led the team to two

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trophies (

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and

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). On 1 June 2020, Vignjević was dismissed from his position due to poor results.

Personal life

Vignjević is the older brother of fellow former footballer Nikola Vignjević. They played

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together for National Professional Soccer League team Edmonton Drillers in the 1999–2000 season.

Career statistics

Honours

Rudar Pljevlja *

: 2009–10 *

: 2009–10, 2010–11 Újpest *

: 2013–14, 2017–18 * Szuperkupa: 2014

References

External links

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