Simo Krunić

Simo Krunić (Serbian Cyrillic: Симо Крунић; born 13 January 1967) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player.

Simo Krunić
Personal information
Full name Simo Krunić
Date of birth (1967-01-13) 13 January 1967
Place of birth Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987 Sarajevo 3 (0)
1988 Famos Hrasnica 12 (1)
1988–1991 Željezničar 50 (2)
1992–1994 OFK Beograd 59 (7)
1994–1995 Marbella 44 (3)
1996 Pohang Steelers 6 (2)
1997 Čukarički ?? (??)
1997–1998 AEL 32 (4)
1998–1999 ILTEX Lykoi 47 (2)
2000 Panetolikos 15 (3)
Total 268 (24)
Teams managed
2003–2006 OFK Beograd (assistant)
2006–2007 BASK
2006–2007 Serbia (assistant)
2008 Željezničar
2009 OFK Beograd
2010 Čukarički
2011 Inđija
2011–2013 Jagodina
2013 Dalian Yifang
2014–2015 Jagodina
2017–2018 Radnik Surdulica
2018–2019 Čukarički
2019 Serbia (assistant)
2019 Radnički Niš
2019–2020 Radnik Surdulica
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

In the late 1980s, Krunić played for the two biggest clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo and Željezničar, while the teams competed in the Yugoslav First League. In between the two clubs, he also played for Famos Hrasnica.[1] He subsequently moved to OFK Beograd due to the outbreak of the Bosnian War, spending two seasons with the Romantičari (1992–1994).

During his footballing career, Krunić also played professionally in Spain, South Korea (he won the 1996 Korean FA Cup with Pohang Steelers) and Greece.[2]

Managerial career

Together with Risto Vidaković, Krunić served as assistant to Spaniard Javier Clemente at the helm of the Serbia national team during the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying. He was later manager of BASK, Željezničar, OFK Beograd, Čukarički, Inđija, Jagodina (on two occasions), Dalian Yifang and Radnik Surdulica. In May 2013, he won the 2012–13 Serbian Cup with Jagodina.

In May 2018, Krunić for a second time in his career took over the managerial job of Čukarički.[3] Krunić had success with Čukarički, getting the club to 4th place in the 2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga and also qualifying it to the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds. He decided to leave Čukarički on 25 May 2019.[4]

On 11 February 2019, it was announced that Krunić became a new member of the Serbia national team coaching staff and was appointed as a coach.[5] He left the national team later that day.

On 25 June 2019, he became the new manager of Radnički Niš, succeeding Nenad Lalatović on the position.[6] He was sacked in August 2019, but shortly after in October, returned to manage Radnik Surdulica.[7]

Honours

Player

Pohang Stellers

Manager

Jagodina

References
  1. "FK FAMOS HRASNICA 1953 - 1993" (PDF) (in Bosnian). cafehrasnica.com. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  2. "Foreign Players in Greece 1999/00-2001/02". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  3. A. Pašić (24 May 2018). "Nekadašnji trener Željezničara preuzeo Čukarički" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  4. "Bivši trener Željezničara doveo klub do Evrope, pa otišao" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  5. S. Mlaćo (11 February 2019). "Simo Krunić ponovo na klupi reprezentacije Srbije" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  6. A. Pašić (25 June 2019). "Bivši trener Željezničara preuzeo Radnički iz Niša" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  7. M. Šljivak (30 October 2019). "Bivši trener Željezničara već na četvrtom poslu ove godine" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
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