Vojo Ćalov (, born 29 July 1963) is a Montenegrin

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manager and former player.

Playing career

Club

Born in

Pljevlja Pljevlja ( srp, Пљевља, ) is a town and the center of Pljevlja Municipality located in the northern part of Montenegro. The town lies at an altitude of . In the Middle Ages, Pljevlja had been a crossroad of the important commercial roads and ...

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SR Montenegro The Socialist Republic of Montenegro ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Crna Gora, Социјалистичка Република Црна Гора), commonly referred to as Socialist Montenegro or simply Montenegro, was ...

, back then still within Yugoslavia, Ćalov started playing at third-level side OFK Titograd."Asovi Yu fudbala", page 34 In 1984 they achieved promotion, and Ćalov played with OFK Titograd in the

1984–85 Yugoslav Second League The 1984–85 Yugoslav Second League season was the 39th season of the Second Federal League ( sh, Druga savezna liga), the second level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. The league was contested ...

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at zerodic.com Next season he moved to a Serbian side FK Bor playing same level, however at the end of the season they ended-up relegated. Ćalov stayed another season with Bor, scoring one goal in their 1986/87 third league campaign. That year Ćalov returned to Montenegro and signed with what was by then the best positioned Montenegrin club in the Yugoslav league system,

FK Budućnost Podgorica Fudbalski Klub Budućnost Podgorica (Cyrillic: Будућност Подгорица, , lit. "Future") is a Montenegrin football club from Podgorica, Montenegro. It is competing in the Montenegrin First League. Its colours are blue and white. ...

, known till 1991 as FK Budućnost Titograd. Between 1987 and 1992, Ćalov made 70 games in the

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, ...

with Budućnost.

Managerial career

Ćalov had his coaching career closely linked to the one of his compatriot

Miodrag Božović Miodrag "Grof" Božović (, ; born 22 June 1968) is a Montenegrin football manager and former player. Playing career Club A tall central defender, Božović played alongside Yugoslav and Montenegrin legends Predrag Mijatović and Dejan Saviće ...

, being his right-hand as assistant manager while Božović coached several clubs in Russia, first FC Amkar Perm in 2008, followed by FC Moscow in 2009, then between July 15, 2013 and September 26, 2014, FC Rostov, from where he left to

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...

.Vojo Ćalov
at footballfacts.ru Then, in July 2015, he followed Božović again, this time moving to Serbia to become assistantsp manager at

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 ...

References

1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Pljevlja Association football midfielders Yugoslav footballers OFK Titograd players FK Bor players FK Budućnost Podgorica players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav Second League players Montenegrin football managers Expatriate football managers in Russia {{Montenegro-footy-bio-stub