Boban Babunski

Boban Babunski
Бобан Бабунски

Personal information
Date of birth	5 May 1968 (1968-05-05)
Place of birth	Skopje, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Macedonia U21 (head coach) Macedonia(assistant)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1986–1992	FK Vardar	141	(14)
1992–1994	CSKA Sofia	12	(1)
1994–1996	Lleida	63	(3)
1996–1998	Gamba Osaka	38	(6)
1998–1999	AEK Athens	8	(0)
1999–2000	Logroñés	34	(0)
2000	Chemnitzer FC	8	(1)
2001	Rabotnički	3	(1)
2008	FK Kožuv	1	(0)
National team
1991	Yugoslavia	2	(0)
1993–2000	Macedonia	23	(1)
Teams managed
2002-2003	Macedonia (assistant)
2005	Macedonia (assistant)
2005–2006	Macedonia (Head Coach)
2008-2009	Rabotnički (Head Coach)
2009–	Macedonia U21 (Head Coach)
2011-	Macedonia (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Boban Babunski (Macedonian Cyrillic: Бобан Бабунски) (born 5 May 1968 in Skopje, Yugoslavia) is a former Yugoslav and Macedonian football central defender, and also a coach. His son David Babunski is a member of FC Barcelona's youth academy, while his younger son Dorian Babunski is a member of Real Madrid C.F.'s youth academy.

Football career

On the club level, Babunski started playing with hometown's FK Vardar, then spending two seasons in Bulgaria with CSKA Sofia. After two solid seasons in the Spanish second division with UE Lleida, he played the same time in Japan, at Gamba Osaka.

Babunski retired professionally in 2001, after stints with AEK Athens, CD Logroñés and Chemnitzer FC - he left Germany in December 2000, signing with native FK Rabotnički - the latter two also in the respective countries' second level.

He was capped two times for Yugoslavia in 1991. Subsequently, during seven years, he played 23 matches and scored once for the newly formed Republic of Macedonia.

Babunski began his coaching career as assistant in the national side, under Slobodan Santrač. When the latter resigned on 23 August 2005, he was appointed caretaker manager but, on February 17 of the following year, Srečko Katanec took over the job on a permanent basis.

On 23 July 2009, Babunski was signed as head coach of First Macedonian Football League champions Rabotnički, also from Skopje, winning the domestic cup in his sole season. Four years later, he returned to the national team, now with the U-21s.

Club career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Yugoslavia			League		Yugoslav Cup		League Cup		Total
1985/86	Vardar Skopje	First League	6	0					6	0
1986/87			19	0					19	0
1987/88			23	1					23	1
1988/89			14	0					14	0
1989/90			15	1					15	1
1990/91		Second League	38	5					38	5
1991/92		First League	26	7					26	7
Bulgaria			League		Bulgarian Cup		League Cup		Total
1992/93	CSKA Sofia	A PFG	12	1					12	1
1993/94			0	0					0	0
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Copa de la Liga		Total
1994/95	Lleida	Segunda División	31	1					31	1
1995/96			31	1					31	1
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Total
1996	Gamba Osaka	J. League 1	14	1	4	0	3	0	21	1
1997			23	5	2	1	5	1	30	7
1998			1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Greece			League		Greek Football Cup		Greek League Cup		Total
1998/99	AEK Athens	Alpha Ethniki	8	0					8	0
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Copa de la Liga		Total
1999/00	Logroñés	Segunda División	33	0					33	0
Belgium			League		Belgian Cup		League Cup		Total
1999/00	Sint-Truidense	First Division	1	0					1	0
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		DFB Ligapokal		Total
2000/01	Chemnitzer FC	2. Bundesliga	8	1					8	1
Macedonia			League		Macedonian Cup		League Cup		Total
2000/01	Rabotnički Skopje	Prva Liga	3	1					3	1
Country	Yugoslavia		141	14					141	14
	Bulgaria		12	1					12	1
	Spain		95	2					95	2
	Japan		38	6	6	1	8	1	52	8
	Greece		8	0					8	0
	Belgium		1	0					1	0
	Germany		8	1					8	1
	Macedonia		3	1					3	1
Total			306	25	6	1	8	1	320	27

International career statistics

Yugoslavia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1991	2	0
Total	2	0

Macedonia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1993	1	0
1994	3	0
1995	4	0
1996	2	1
1997	2	0
1998	1	0
1999	6	0
2000	4	0
Total	23	1

External links

• BDFutbol profile
• Bundesliga stats (German)
• Boban Babunski at National-Football-Teams.com