Aleksandar Vuković (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Вуковић, pronounced [aleksǎndar ʋûːkoʋit͡ɕ]; born 25 August 1979) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player who currently manages Polish Ekstraklasa club Piast Gliwice.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aleksandar Vuković | ||
Date of birth | (1979-08-25) August 25, 1979 (age 43) | ||
Place of birth |
Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Piast Gliwice (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1993–1994 | Borac Banja Luka | ||
1994–1998 | Partizan | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2000 | Partizan | 20 | (3) |
1998–1999 | → Teleoptik (loan) | ||
2000–2001 | Milicionar | 17 | (2) |
2001–2004 | Legia Warsaw | 75 | (4) |
2004–2005 | Ergotelis | 5 | (0) |
2005–2008 | Legia Warsaw | 91 | (7) |
2009 | Iraklis Thessaloniki | 9 | (0) |
2009–2013 | Korona Kielce | 76 | (7) |
Teams managed | |||
2016 | Legia Warsaw (interim) | ||
2018 | Legia Warsaw (interim) | ||
2019–2020 | Legia Warsaw | ||
2021–2022 | Legia Warsaw | ||
2022– | Piast Gliwice | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He started his career at Borac Banja Luka. Still young, he moved to FK Partizan youth team. Where he played until 2000. While in Serbia, he also played for FK Teleoptik and FK Milicionar. He signed a contract with Iraklis Thessaloniki on 17 December 2008. He retired after a four-year stint in Ekstraklasa side Korona Kielce.
In 2019–2020 he was the Legia Warsaw's coach. He won the Polish Championship in the 2019–20 Ekstraklasa season.[1] He was dismissed in the following season, after quickly dropping out of a UEFA Champions League qualifying and the league defeat at Górnik Zabrze.[2]
On 13 December 2021 he was once again announced as the manager of Legia, following Marek Gołębiewski's resignation a day prior after an defeat to Wisła Płock, which saw Legia drop to the bottom of the league.[3] In his first match after his return, Legia defeated Zagłębie Lubin 4-0 and left the relegation zone.[4] He successfully led Legia away from relegation and finished 10th, eleven points clear of the relegation zone, winning 3–0 against Cracovia on the last match day.[5] On the same day, Vuković left his role as Legia's manager.[6]
On 27 October 2022, he replaced Waldemar Fornalik as the manager of Piast Gliwice.[7]
He was granted Polish citizenship on 13 June 2008.[8]
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
Legia Warsaw (interim) | ![]() |
19 September 2016 | 24 September 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
Legia Warsaw (interim) | ![]() |
1 August 2018 | 13 August 2018 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 033.33 |
Legia Warsaw | ![]() |
2 April 2019 | 21 September 2020 | 67 | 37 | 12 | 18 | 112 | 60 | +52 | 055.22 |
Legia Warsaw | ![]() |
13 December 2021 | 21 May 2022 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 047.62 |
Piast Gliwice | ![]() |
27 October 2022 | Present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
Total | 92 | 48 | 19 | 25 | 150 | 86 | +64 | 052.17 | |||
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