Nebojša Novaković ( sr-Cyrl, Небојша Новаковић, born 29 October 1964) is a former professional

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player who played as a striker, most notably for AIK. He is the manager of Vasalunds IF. Born in

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, he moved to Sweden in the early 1990s.

Biography

He was born 29 October 1964, in

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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parents. He started his youth career at FK Bratstvo Vojkovići. He supported

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as a youngster. He moved from Sarajevo in 1991, a year before the war broke out, to

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, a suburb of Stockholm. He is nicknamed ''Nešo'' and ''Nebo''.

Playing career

Novaković joined Vasalunds IF in 1991 and played 33 league matches (19 goals) for the team in the 1991 and 1992 season. For the 1993 season, Novaković joined

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

and played 94 matches (46 goals) for the team between 1993 and 1997. In AIK, he made 104 league appearances, scored 27 goals, won

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

and played in the Champions League's 1999–2000 season, during which he scored a memorable lob versus

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Coaching career

After his playing career he got the job as assistant manager in Väsby IK with

Rikard Norling Rikard Olof Norling (; born 4 June 1971) is a Swedish football manager. Forced to retire early from his professional playing career due to an injury, Rikard Norling started a coaching career at the age of 22. In his early managerial career, Nor ...

as manager. The club won league two consecutive seasons but did not manage to win any of the promotion qualifications. After the 2003 season he returned to AIK to be assistant manager to Richard Money. Money later resigned from AIK and got replaced by Patrick Englund, who got sacked after the 2004 season. Novakovic followed AIK and the new manager Rikard Norling to

Superettan Superettan (; ) is an association football league and the second highest league in the Swedish football league system, league system of Swedish football, Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and rel ...

in 2005 due to their regulation. AIK won Superettan and reached for second place in Allsvenskan 2006. In

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

the club got the fifth place and were a disappointment to many supporters. Rikard Norling got sacked and Novakovic resigned because of it. A few months later Novakovic and AIK negotiated to get him a new role in the club but outside the training staff, but they didn't get an agreement. Novakovic said that he's a coach and will continue his career as one. On January 10, 2009 he became assistant manager to Patrick Walker in the Norwegian

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club

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. On December 16, 2010 he returned to AIK and signed a 3-year contract with the club as assistant manager together with the new manager Andreas Alm.

Personal life

Nebojsa novakovic and daniella novakovic

He is married to Gordana, with whom he has a son, Dejan (born 1990) and daughter, Daniella (born 1996). Daniella is also a footballer in AIK's youth teams.

Career statistics

Honours

; Djurgårdens IF * Division 1 Norra :

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

; AIK: *

Svenska Cupen Svenska cupen (, ), also known as the Swedish Cup in English, is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. ''Svenska cupen'' usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also ...

: 1996–97, 1998–99 Individual * Swedish Goal of the Year: 1998

References

External links

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Novakovic, Nebojsa 1964 births Living people Footballers from Sarajevo Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Yugoslav emigrants to Sweden Men's association football forwards Yugoslav men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers FK Famos Vojkovići players FK Famos Hrasnica players HNK Cibalia players Vasalunds IF players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players AIK Fotboll players Väsby IK FK players Yugoslav Second League players Allsvenskan players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers AIK Fotboll non-playing staff Vasalunds IF managers