Petar "Peđa" Vasiljević (

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: Петар Пеђа Bacиљeвић; born 3 November 1970) is a

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n former

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who played as a

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Football career

Born in

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, Vasiljević started his career with local and national powerhouse

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 ...

, being an important part of the squad that won two

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and as many

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s. In the 1994 summer he moved to

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where he remained for the following six years, in representation of

CA Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club based in Pamplona, Navarre. It was founded on 24 October 1920 and plays in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. The team's ...

(two spells) and

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 5 July 1939, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish foo ...

. Vasiljević's only season in

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was 1995–96, as he started in 21 of his 22 league appearances for Albacete, who ranked in 20th position and suffered relegation. After leaving the country in 2000, he played with

Rot Weiss Ahlen Rot Weiss Ahlen is a football in Germany, German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as ''LR Ahlen'' for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after th ...

in Germany and

FK Obilić Fudbalski klub Obilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Обилић) is a Serbian football club based in Vračar, a neighbourhood of Belgrade. It was named after medieval Serbs, Serbian hero Miloš Obilić, a legendary 14th-century ...

, returning later in the decade to Osasuna to work in several capacities (youth coach, co-

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). On 5 January 2017, Vasiljević became Osasuna's third manager of the top flight season after replacing fired

Joaquín Caparrós Joaquín de Jesús Caparrós Camino (born 15 October 1955) is a Spanish football manager currently in charge of La Liga club Sevilla. After winning the Segunda División with Sevilla in 2001, Caparrós was a regular on the La Liga sidelines for ...

. He signed until 30 June.Osasuna sack Joaquin Caparros and appoint Petar Vasiljevic

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, 5 January 2017

Managerial statistics

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