Boris Savić (

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: Борис Савић born 18 January 1988) is a Bosnian professional

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and former player.

Playing career

Born in

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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 ...

, Savić started his career in Serbia by playing with the youth teams of

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

. As a senior, he started playing in Serbian lower-league sides Tavankut,

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, Sinđelić Beograd and Hajduk Beograd. After a short spell in Bosnia and Herzegovina with

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, he was back to Serbia this time by signing with Rad, after trials in Germany with

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. Next, Savić was back in Bosnia playing with

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Borac Banja Luka Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бopaц Бања Лука, ) is a Bosnian Serb professional football club, based in the city of Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is the main ...

and

Rudar Prijedor Fudbalski klub Rudar Prijedor (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Pудаp Пpиjeдop) is a professional football club from the city of Prijedor that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Rudar plays in the Premier League of Bosnia ...

. He then had a spell at Mornar in the

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as well. One of three European additions to

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in 2014, Savić missed the club's first two matches owing to work permit delays. After being cleared to play, he was sidelined for six weeks due to getting an injury and had to unpremeditatedly undergo an operation. In the end, Savić left Moroka Swallows as his mother was ill and asked the club if he could return to his home country. Shortly after leaving Moroka, Savić decided to finish his playing career.

Managerial career

He started as manager of Bosnian club Jedinstvo Žeravica, and in the summer of 2017 he moved to Cyprus where he became an assistant manager of

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. In May 2018, he came back to Jedinstvo Žeravica. In the 2018–19 season, Savić won the Second League of RS - west division, and got the club promoted to the First League of RS. On 4 July 2019 however, Jedinstvo decided not to participate in the 2019–20 First League of RS season because of financial reasons. On 27 May 2019, shortly after winning the league with Jedinstvo, he left the club and became the new manager of, at the time,

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club Zvijezda 09. In his first league game as Zvijezda's manager, the club lost 1–5 at home against

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on 20 July 2019. On 31 August 2019, Savić decided to leave Zvijezda 09 after a poor start to the 2019–20 season. On 10 January 2020, he was named manager of Serbian club IMT, who he later on promoted to the

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. After leaving IMT, on 21 May 2020, Savić replaced Igor Janković as manager of First League of RS club

. He decided to leave Rudar on 18 April 2021.

Honours

Manager

Jedinstvo Žeravica * Second League of RS: 2018–19 (West) IMT *

Serbian League Belgrade Serbian League Belgrade ( Serbian: Српска лига Београд / Srpska liga Beograd) is one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third tier of professional football in Serbia. The other three sections are Serbian League East, Se ...

: 2019–20

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