Nikola Lazarević ( sr-cyr, Никола Лазаревић; born 29 January 1978) is a

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n football coach, and

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holder.

Career

Lazarević started his coaching career at the age of 21. Joining Car Konstantin as an Assistant coach in 2008, leaving in 2009 for a similar role at Radnički Niš until 2010. In 2012 moved to Tajikistan, joining the coaching staff of

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as an assistant coach on a one-year contract, before taking up a similar role with the

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

national team in 2013. Lazarević took his first head coaching role in the summer of 2013, moving back to Car Konstantin, coaching them for a year. During 2014, Lazarević moved to China, coaching the Youth Team of

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(currently Shenzhen F.C.) until taking up his previously role as Assistant Coach of Istiklol in 2015, helping them to win the

Tajik League The Ligai Olii Tojikiston ( Tajik: ''Лигаи Олии Тоҷикистон'') or Tajikistan Higher League ( fa, لیگ عالی فوتبال تاجیکستان, Russian: ''Высшая лига Таджикистана'') is the top division ...

Tajik Cup The Jomi Tojikiston ( Tajiki: ''Ҷоми Тоҷикистон''), ( fa, جام حذفی تاجیکستان), or Tajikistan Cup is the top knockout football tournament of Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; rus ...

and Tajik Supercup during the season. At the same year, Istiklol FC took a participation of AFC Cup and made historical achievement of Runner-Up. After Lazarević's success with Istiklol, he returned to the Tajikistan National Team setup as an Assistant Coach. During this period, National Team took participation of 2018 World Cup qualifications. In the group stage, Tajikistan National Team took third place, after Australia National Team and Jordan National Team. On 13 July 2016, Istiklol announced Lazarevic as their new manager, leaving the club at the end of the year after Istiklol announced the new club manager for the 2017 season. After leaving Istiklol, Lazarevic was appointed as manager of FK Cetinje in 2017, leaving the position in the same year. At the beginning of 2018, Lazarevic moved to China again, taking a part of China Football Federation project - BSU Football Club (participating at China League 1), working together with the former FC Barcelona president

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and former Spanish coach

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. On 21 December 2019, Lazarevic was announced as the new Head Coach of

FK Khujand FC Khujand ( tg, Клуби футболи «Хуҷанд»), ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال خجند), is a Tajik professional football club based in Khujand, currently playing in the Ligai Olii Tojikiston, the top division in the country. ...

. His achievement was 2020 AFC Cup group stage participation and Tajikistan Super Cup. On 15 of December 2020, Lazarevic was announced as the new Sporting Director of

Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi) Al-Nasr Sports, Cultural and Social Club () or simply Al-Nasr Benghazi is a Libyan professional football club based in Benghazi. Honours National titles *Libyan Premier League :Winners (2): 1987,2017–18. :Runners-up (4): 1977–78, 1983– ...

from Libya, Champion of Libya 2020. During the period he spent at the position of Sporting Director he didn't he was out of Libya most of the time because of security reason. At the beginning of March 2021 he got an offer to be a part of a coaching staff at Al Taawoun FC and on 11 of March Lazarevic officially became an assistant coach of Saudi Arabian club.

Career statistics

Managerial

''Only competitive matches are counted.''

Honours

Club

; Istiklol *

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References

External links

Nikola Lazarevic successful in Tajikistan football
at Juzne Vesti official site
Nikola Lazarevic in Jordan with Tajikistan National Team
at FFT official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Lazarevic, Nikola 1978 births Living people Serbian football managers Serbian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in China Expatriate football managers in Tajikistan Expatriate football managers in Montenegro