Đorđe Kunovac (

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: ЂорЂе Куновац, born 8 June 1975) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian

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manager and former player.

Playing career

Born in

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

, he began playing football in his home-town club

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 ...

. He was spotted there by

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

who brought him to their youth team.Djordje Kunovac profile
at tripod.com (under FK Rad players) He started playing as senior in the

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clubs

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and

FK Rad FK Rad () is a football club based in Banjica, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade Zone League, the fourth tier of the national league system. Founded in 1958, the club spent a total of 30 seasons in the top flight between 1987 and 2 ...

. He played with Leotar in the

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during until 2000, before coming to

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to play in

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fo ...

. Afterwards, he was back to Rad and in 2002 played for Montenegrin club

FK Mogren FK Mogren was a football club based in Budva, Montenegro. Founded in 1920, it was two times champion of Montenegrin First League and once winner of Montenegrin Cup. In 2015, following the bankruptcy and debts, FK Mogren was relegated to the lowes ...

before finishing his playing career in

FK Sinđelić Beograd FK Sinđelić Beograd () is a football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League Belgrade, the third tier of the national league system. History Founded in 1937, the club was named after the historical Serbian figure Stev ...

Coaching career

He was the coach of a

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-based

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club FK Sveti Stefan. For the 2011–12 season he was appointed as head coach of FK Milutinac Zemun. After a few months Kunovac resigned as coach of FK Milutinac Zemun and later that year he was appointed as manager of

FK Palilulac Beograd FK Palilulac Beograd () is a football club based in Krnjača, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade Intermunicipal League, the sixth tier of the national league system. History The club was founded as BSK Zlatibor on 15 June 1924. The n ...

. For the 2012–13 season he started as a head coach of a FK Zmaj Zemun, but again after a few months re-resigned. Second part of the 2012–13 season he worked again as a head coach in FK Milutinac Zemun, and played for the senior team. For the 2013–14 season he was appointed as a manager of Slovak side

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. At the beginning of the 2014–15 season he took over managing Belgrade lower league club FK Torlak from Kumodraž. Torlak competes in 5th tier of Serbian football league system. In his first season as Torlak manager he won the league and got promoted to

Belgrade Zone League Belgrade Zone League (Serbian language, Serbian: Зонска лига Београд / Zonska liga Beograd) is one of the Serbian Zone League divisions, the fourth tier of the Serbian football league system. It is run by the Football Association ...

(4th tier). He won the first tournament named Voždovac Trophy. In his second season the team won second Voždovac Trophy, and later that year fourth place on the end of the first part of the season, surprising everyone, which was expected by no one. FK Torlak style of play was recognizable in Belgrade at the time. Sadly, he resigned 3 rounds before end of the season due to differences with the club management. He was considered one of the best coaches in the league. After that he led newly-promoted FK Avala in their debut season 2016–17 in Belgrade Zone League. He got relegated due to poor quality in squad, and uninterested club management. He resigned at the end of the season. In the 2017–18 season he took the helm of FK Sremčica and a club from Belgrade Zone League. He completely rebuilt the squad prior to the season resulting poor displays in the first seven rounds. After that, everything got better and FK Sremčica won 4 matches plus 4 matches ended in a draw, which led to 10th place after the first part of the season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kunovac, Djordje 1975 births Living people Footballers from Trebinje Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Men's association football midfielders Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers OFK Bečej 1918 players FK Rad players FK Leotar players Fortuna Düsseldorf players FK Mogren players OFK Grbalj players FK Sinđelić Beograd players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Germany Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers Serbian football managers