Aleksandar Ristić (born 28 June 1944) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian football manager and a former player.

Playing career

Club

Ristić was born in

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo ...

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

. During his playing career he played for the Yugoslav clubs

FK Velež Mostar Fudbalski klub Velež Mostar ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Beлеж Мостар; English: Football club Velež Mostar) is a professional football club based in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club has a history of being one of the ...

, HNK Hajduk Split, FK Sarajevo and German

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club Eintracht Braunschweig. While playing with Hajduk Split he won the

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Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

Managerial career

In 1977, Ristić started his career as manager at Eintracht Braunschweig, where he worked as a youth coach. In 1980, he joined the staff of

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. There he started as assistant of Manager

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, in 1981 he was caretaker for half a year, until

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became manager, and he was again only his assistant. Between 1983 and 1985 he worked almost two years in Braunschweig, where he started his career in Germany. In 1987, he started in

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for three and a half years, in January 1991 he went to

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, but in summer 1992 he re-changed to

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...

for another four years. There he was called "King Aleks" for his long-term workplace. His third manager job at Düsseldorf ran from summer 2000 till the end of the year when he again was dismissed for lack of success. Between 1998 and 2003, Ristić managed

Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen is a German association football club in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed as ''Oberhausener SV'' in December 1904 out of the merger of ''Emschertaler SV'' (1902) and the football enthusiasts of ''Oberh ...

(except the late summer 2000 in Düsseldorf). In 2004, he got a manager position at Union Berlin, but he stayed there just a few months, because his team was relegated to the third league. After a pause, he returned to work in 2007 for just one year at

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in the German

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. He cancelled his contract in March 2008.

Personal life

Ristić lives in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ristic, Aleksandar 1944 births Living people Footballers from Sarajevo Association football wingers Yugoslav footballers FK Sarajevo players HNK Hajduk Split players FK Velež Mostar players Eintracht Braunschweig players Yugoslav First League players Bundesliga players Yugoslav expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Germany Yugoslav football managers Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers Hamburger SV managers Eintracht Braunschweig managers Fortuna Düsseldorf managers FC Schalke 04 managers Rot-Weiß Oberhausen managers 1. FC Union Berlin managers KFC Uerdingen 05 managers Bundesliga managers 2. Bundesliga managers Yugoslav expatriate football managers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Germany Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Germany Eintracht Braunschweig non-playing staff