Toplica Spasojević ( sr-cyr, Топлица Спасојевић; born 1956 in

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), is a former president of

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 ...

. He has graduated from the

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. Work experience: 1981–1992 Yugoslavia Commerce Belgrade, commercial manager, division manager, deputy general manager, chairman of the board of directors, 1992– MTI London, UK Director, 1993–1997 MTI Moscow, director, 1994–1999 ITM Company / ITM Group Belgrade, co-founder and general manager, 1999 Holding company ITM Group Belgrade Company chairman. Social engagement: 2005– Belgrade Commercial Chamber, president of the Trade Association, member of board of directors, member of Chamber Assembly, 2005– National project – Strategy for economic development of Serbia – member of team for economic development 2005– Economic team for Kosovo and Metohija and the South of Serbia Trade coordinator, 2006– member of board of executive directors of the Serbian business Club „Privrednik“, 2006– member of board of directors of Sports society

, 2007– The Serbian Economic Journalists Club Award "Businessman of the year for 2006", 2007– president of the Serbian Association of Corporate Managers (UKDS) 2007– vice president of NALED (National alliance for local and economic development), 2007– Serbian chamber of commerce Member of Chamber Assembly. He speaks English and

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Red Star president 2007–2008

On Tuesday, November 20, 2007, the Assembly of

football club has elected Toplica Spasojević as president of

. In the Assembly meeting, Spasojević was appointed as new president with 52 votes in favour and 5 abstained. The Assembly has previously relieved his predecessor

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 ...

, who has been the club president since July 2005, of his duties. A newly appointed member of the Assembly of

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in place of recently deceased

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. Spasojević has informed the Assembly about the five-year plan for the development of the club and announced the making of a long-term plan. According to the new president,

has to keep the status of the biggest club in the central and southeastern parts of Europe, to form a scouts’ network in

, and to transform its school into one of the best football schools in the worl

On March 2, 2008, Spasojević appointed former Red Star player

Goran Bunjevčević Goran Bunjevčević ( sr-cyr, Горан Буњевчевић, ; 17 February 1973 – 28 June 2018) was a Serbian footballer who played as a defender in Serbia, England and the Netherlands. Playing career Club career Tottenham Hotspur Bunjevče ...

to be the club's sporting director in charge of transfers and player personnel. After failing to win the 2007–08 league title or Serbian Cup, Spasojević and Bunjevčević fared even worse during the 2008 summer transfer window. Bringing in Zdenek Zeman as the new head coach along with a series of uninspired signings, Red Star started 2008–09 season in disastrous fashion. Spasojević and Bunjevčević left the club on September 2, 2008. Also, he was a member of the

KK Crvena zvezda Košarkaški klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Црвена звезда, ), commonly referred to as KK Crvena zvezda mts for sponsorship reasons or simply Crvena zvezda, is a men's professional basketball Sports club, ...

managing board in 2009.

References

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