Thomas Vasov (born 31 January 1972) is a Serbian-

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manager and former player. He is currently coaching

Timok The Timok ( Serbian and Bulgarian: Тимок; ro, Timoc), sometimes also known as Great Timok ( sr, Велики Тимок, Veliki Timok; ro, Timocul Mare), is a river in eastern Serbia, a right tributary of the Danube. For the last 15 k ...

Club career

Born in

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, he was already playing in Serbia with

FK Timok FK Timok 1919 () is a football club based in Zaječar, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League East, the third tier of the national league system. History Founded in 1919, the club participated in the regional leagues during its early stages. ...

before his transfer to

FK Borac Čačak Fudbalski klub Borac Čačak (), or simply Borac Čačak, is a professional football club based in Čačak, Serbia. The home ground is Čačak Stadium, which has seating capacity of 8,000. As of 2019–20 season, the club competes in third tier Se ...

in 1993. In his first season with Borac, they became champions of the 1993–94 Second League of FR Yugoslavia and got promotion to the

First League of FR Yugoslavia The First League of Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Прва савезна лига / Prva savezna liga) was the top football league of Serbia and Montenegro, before the country's dissolution in 2006. The league was formed following the breakup of Yu ...

where he played the following two seasons making 54 appearances and scoring 3 goals in the Yugoslav top-tier. After 3 years with Borac, in summer 1996 he transferred to Belgium to

K.A.A. Gent Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent (, English: ''Royal Athletic Association Ghent''), often simply known as Ghent or by their nickname ' ( en, The Buffalos), is a Belgian sports club, based in the city of Ghent, East Flanders. Their football ...

and played with them the following 7 seasons in the

Belgian Pro League The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 team ...

. In 2003, he transferred to

Shanghai Shenhua Shanghai Shenhua F.C. () is a Chinese professional football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The term ''shen hua'' literally translates as "the Flower of Shanghai" in ...

and won the

Chinese Jia-A League 2003 The 2003 Chinese Jia-A League season is the tenth season of professional association football and the 42nd top-tier overall league season in China. The league started on March 15 and ended on November 30, 2003, while in preparation for the rebrande ...

. However, Shanghai Shenhua were stripped of the title on 19 February 2013 for the match-fixing scandal in that season.

Coaching career

By Autumn 2014 he was working as coach of the youth team of

. In April 2016, after Ljubiša Stamenković got sacked, Vasov took charge as main coach of FK Borac Čačak. By January 2017, he was the director of all youth sections of

FK Mladost Lučani FK Mladost Lučani () is a professional football club based in Lučani, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian SuperLiga, the top tier of the national league system. History Founded in 1952, the club achieved its first notable success by winning the ...

. In the 2019–20 season, and, at the start of the 2020–21 season, he was coach of

FK Trepča Fudbalski klub Trepča ( sr-cyr, Фудбалски клуб Трепча), commonly known as Trepča, is a Serbian football club based in North Mitrovica, in North Kosovo.Kurirbr>PROVUKLI SE: Šćepović sprečio bruku protiv Trepče (serbian)/ ...

.Tomas Vasov
at srbijafudbal.com, retrieved 16-7-2020

Honours

;Borac Čačak *

Second League of FR Yugoslavia The Second League of Serbia and Montenegro was the second tier of the football league system in Serbia and Montenegro, one level below the First League of Serbia and Montenegro. History Formed in 1992 after the breakup of Yugoslavia, it consisted ...

: 1993–94 ;Shanghai Shenhua *

Chinese Jia-A League The National Football Jia A League (simplified Chinese, commonly known as Jia-A, was the highest tier of professional football in the People's Republic of China, during 1994 through 2003, operating under the auspices of the Chinese Football Associ ...

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References

External links

Tomas Vasov
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