Velibor Đurić (born 5 May 1982) is a Bosnian professional
football manager
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and former
player
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.
Club career
Đurić played with the youth teams of
Slavija Sarajevo and then with the first teams of
Proleter Zrenjanin and
Glasinac Sokolac before moving to
Zrinjski Mostar in the summer of 2005. He won with Zrinjski the
2008–09 Bosnian Premier League and the
2007–08 Bosnian Cup.
Đurić's contract with Zrinjski expired on 30 June 2009 and he placed his signature under a 3-year contract with
Widzew Łódź
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. He was released from Widzew on 16 July 2011. While at the club, he won the
2009–10 I liga
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.
After Łódź, Đurić also played for
Olimpik
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, Zrinjski Mostar once again (with Zrinjski he again won the
2013–14 Bosnian Premier League) and
Vitez
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. He totalled 202 official matches in all competitions for Zrinjski, which placed him third behind
Pero Stojkić and
Mario Ivanković on the club's all-time appearances list.
On 17 June 2016, Đurić signed a two-year contract with
Radnik Bijeljina. While at Radnik, he also became the club
captain
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. In June 2018, he extended his contract with Radnik. On 24 August 2019, he scored a
hat-trick
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in Radnik's 3–0 home league win against
Mladost Doboj Kakanj.
Đurić scored another hat-trick for Radnik, this time in his team's 0–4 away league win against, once again, Mladost Doboj Kakanj on 23 November 2019. He ended his career at Radnik in October 2021.
International career
Đurić made one appearance for the
Bosnia and Herzegovina national team in a June 2009
friendly match
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against
Uzbekistan national team.
Managerial career
Radnik Bijeljina
Right after ending his playing career, Đurić replaced
Vlado Jagodić
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Club career
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as
Radnik Bijeljina's manager on 25 October 2021. He debuted as manager in a
Bosnian Cup loss against
Široki Brijeg
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on 27 October. Đurić's first win managing Radnik was against
Velež Mostar in a league game on 31 October. He finished the season with the club in eleventh place, getting relegated from the top flight of Bosnian football.
Đurić remained manager following relegation and finished the
2022–23 First League of RS in seventh place. He led the side to the
First League of RS title in the
2023–24 season, achieving promotion to the
Bosnian Premier League
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. Radnik opened the
2024–25 season in the Bosnian Premier League with a 1–0 win over
GOŠK Gabela on 3 August 2024. Following a string of poor results, Đurić left the club by mutual consent on 1 April 2025.
Managerial statistics
Honours
Player
Zrinjski Mostar
*
Bosnian Premier League
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:
2008–09,
2013–14
*
Bosnian Cup:
2007–08
Widzew Łódź
*
I liga
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:
2009–10
Individual
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Bosnian Premier League Player of the Year:
2008
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Manager
Radnik Bijeljina
*
First League of RS:
2023–24
References
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1982 births
Living people
People from Vlasenica
Footballers from Vlasenica Region
Men's association football midfielders
Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers
21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen
Bosnia and Herzegovina men's international footballers
FK Proleter Zrenjanin players
OFK Glasinac 2011 players
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar players
Widzew Łódź players
FK Olimpik players
NK Vitez players
FK Radnik Bijeljina players
Second League of Serbia and Montenegro players
First League of the Republika Srpska players
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players
I liga players
Ekstraklasa players
Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers
FK Radnik Bijeljina managers
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina managers
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia and Montenegro
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Serbia and Montenegro
Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Poland