Slobodan Starčević (born 14 August 1971) is a Bosnian professional

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Managerial career

Early career

Starčević started his managerial career in 2010 when he became an assistant manager at

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. After two years, in 2012, Starčević was named the new manager of Borac. He left the club in May 2013. After leaving Borac, on 11 June 2013, he became the new manager of Rudar Prijedor. In September 2013, Starčević was sacked after drawing 4 and losing 3 out of 7 matches with Rudar.

Krupa

On 24 January 2014, Starčević became the new manager of Krupa. In May 2014, he won the Second League of RS (Group West) with Krupa, promoting the club to the First League of RS. In May 2016, Starčević won the club's first ever and historic First League of RS in the 2015–16 season and promoted the club to the

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. Starčević once again made Krupa history by leading the club to the 2017–18 Bosnian Cup final in which the club lost to Željezničar in both matches (2–0 at

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and 2–4 at Krupa na Vrbasu), thus finishing as cup runners-up. On 31 May 2018, after almost four and a half years as the club's manager and making the best results in the club's history so far, he left Krupa.

Tuzla City

On 12 June 2018, two weeks after leaving Krupa, Starčević became the new manager of newly promoted

club

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, at that time still known as ''Sloga Simin Han''. His first official win as Tuzla City's manager came on 4 August 2018, in a 0–1 away win against Mladost Doboj Kakanj. On 23 February 2019, 8 months after being appointed as the club's manager, Starčević left Tuzla City after not making the best results, which culminated with a 0–3 home loss against

on the 20. matchday of the 2018–19 Bosnian Premier League season.

Return to Krupa

On 12 March 2019, Starčević came back to the club he had great success with, Krupa. Almost 10 months after leaving the club, he came back with a goal, if possible, to save Krupa from relegation from the

, where the club was currently last placed in the 2018–19 season. In his first game back, Krupa made a good result by drawing 0–0 against

on 17 March 2019. His first win came on 13 April 2019, a 5–2 home win against Čelik Zenica. Even though Krupa made good results with Starčević as the manager and won a reasonable 17 points in 11 league games, it still wasn't enough to escape relegation, as the club finished on 11th place, only 3 points off of safe and 10th placed

, the club Starčević managed right before being appointed as the Krupa manager. He left Krupa for a second time in June 2019, after his contract with the club expired.

Radnik Bijeljina

On 11 November 2019, Starčević was named the new manager of Radnik Bijeljina, replacing

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who was at that position for over two years. In his first game as Radnik manager, Starčević's team beat Mladost Doboj Kakanj in a 0–4 away, league match win on 23 November 2019. His first loss with Radnik came on 1 December 2019, a 0–1 home league loss against Velež Mostar.

Bosnia and Herzegovina U21

On 6 March 2020, it was announced that Starčević had taken over the role of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national team head coach. In his first game as head coach, the team defeated

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in a

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match on 4 September 2020.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Krupa * First League of RS: 2015–16 * Second League of RS: 2013–14 (West) *

Bosnian Cup The Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kup Bosne i Hercegovine, Куп Босне и Херцеговине) is a knock-out football competition contested annually by clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The winner ...

runner-up: 2017–18 Laktaši * First League of RS: 2024–25

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Starčević, Slobodan 1971 births Living people Footballers from Banja Luka Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina managers FK Borac Banja Luka managers FK Rudar Prijedor managers FK Krupa managers FK Tuzla City managers FK Radnik Bijeljina managers Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-21 football team managers FK Laktaši managers