Vladimir Gaćinović (, ; born 3 January 1966) is a Serbian

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manager and former player.

Career

Playing career

Born in

Trebinje Trebinje ( sr-Cyrl, Требиње, ) is a city and municipality located in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of Trebišnjica river in the re ...

SR Bosnia and Herzegovina The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Социјалистичка Pепублика Босна и Херцеговина), commonly referred to as Socia ...

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before the country's break-up, Gaćinović played in the

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mostly with

FK Leotar FK Leotar ( sr-cyrl, ФК Леотар), commonly known as Leotar Trebinje or simply Leotar, is a professional football club based in the city of Trebinje that is situated in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Founded in 1925 and named after the mou ...

, but also a half-season with

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. In summer 1991 he signed with

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, having made 25 appearances and scored 5 goals.Tempo almanah 1991–1992
page 30 As player he played as forward. He played with Bečej until 1997.Vladimir Gaćinović
at zerozero.pt

Coaching career

After finishing his playing career, he became a coach. He was the assistant manager of Mile Jovin at Leotar in 2003–04 season, while next season he became the main coach of the team. In season 2010–11 he coached the under-17 side of

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, the second la ...

. Between 2012 and 2014 he was back to Bosnia coaching Leotar and

NK Zvijezda Gradačac Nogometni klub Zvijezda Gradačac (English: Football Club Zvijezda Gradačac), or commonly referred to as just Zvijezda is a football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, based in the town of Gradačac. Zvijezda host their home matches at the Banja ...

. In between he had a short stint as coach in Montenegro coaching

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. In 2015 he accepted a call from major Lithuanian

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side,

FK Sūduva FK Sūduva is a Lithuanian professional football club based in the city of Marijampolė. Founded in 1968, the club competes in the A Lyga, the top flight of Lithuanian football. The club has been playing in the A Lyga since 2002. In 2006, ...

, which he coached in seasons 2015 and 2016. Afterwards, he returned to Serbia and worked as the assistant manager at

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

clubs Vojvodina and Spartak Subotica. In 2018, he was promoted to head coach of Spartak Subotica. Gaćinović led the team to an historical upset elimination of

Sparta Prague ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...

in the

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for the

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. Spartak however went on to be eliminated in the

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by Brøndby. On 6 June 2019, it was announced that Gačinović will once again be taking over the Spartak Subotica managerial position. On 6 October 2021, he was hired as a manager of Spartak Subotica for the third time.

Personal life

His son is Serbian international footballer

Mijat Gaćinović Mijat Gaćinović (, ; born 8 February 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek Super League club AEK Athens and the Serbia national team. Club career Vojvodina Gaćinović was born in Novi Sad while his fa ...

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