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Miodrag Ješić
Ješić in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1958-11-30)30 November 1958
Place of birth Osečenica, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death 8 December 2022(2022-12-08) (aged 64)
Place of death Ruma, Serbia
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1974–1980 Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1985 Partizan 144 (13)
1985–1989 Altay 136 (29)
1989–1990 Trabzonspor 32 (3)
1990–1991 Partizan 4 (0)
1992–1994 Altay 18 (2)
International career
1980–1982 Yugoslavia U21 25 (0)
1982–1984 Yugoslavia 8 (2)
Managerial career
1998 Radnički Niš
1998–1999 OFK Beograd
1999–2000 Partizan
2000–2001 CS Sfaxien
2002 Altay
2002–2004 Slavia Sofia
2004 Pegah Gilan
2004–2006 CSKA Sofia
2006–2007 Partizan
2007 Shirin Faraz
2007–2008 Litex Lovech
2008 Otopeni
2008–2009 Budućnost Podgorica
2009–2010 Al-Ittihad Tripoli
2010 Changsha Ginde
2011 Al Tahaddy
2011 Shahrdari Tabriz
2012–2013 Najran
2013 CSKA Sofia
2014 Litex Lovech
2015 Yangon United
2015–2016 Sarajevo
2016–2017 Al-Arabi
2017 Ettifaq
2018–2019 Khor Fakkan
2019 Ismaily
2021 Al-Ahly
2022 Maziya
2022 Al-Shoulla
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miodrag Ješić (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг Јешић, pronounced [mîodrag jêːʃitɕ]; 30 November 1958 – 8 December 2022) was a Serbian football manager and player.[1]

Playing career

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Born in Osečenica, Ješić played for Partizan between 1974 and 1985,[2] taking part in 342 matches and scoring 81 goals in all competitions.

Between 1985 and 1989 he represented Altay SK, where he recorded 136 matches and 29 goals, and finished his career at Trabzonspor in 1989–90 with 37 matches and 9 goals in total.

Ješić was immensely disliked amongst the Fenerbahçe supporters because they viewed him as responsible for an injury suffered by Rıdvan Dilmen in 1990 during a league match between Fenerbahçe and Trabzonspor. Dilmen never fully recovered despite undergoing sixteen operations, and eventually had to retire in 1995 at Fenerbahçe after painful years of injuries. Ješić had also accumulated a record number of bookings in his tenure in Süper Lig. Opponents claimed that he also injured many players in Turkey and gave him the nickname of "Kasap Yeşiç", which means "Ješić the Butcher."

For the Yugoslavia national team, he played in eight games and scored twice.

Coaching career

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As a manager, Ješić began his career at FK Obilić in 1994, earning promotion to the First League of FR Yugoslavia, and then managed several other Serbian teams, including OFK Beograd and his native Partizan, that, during his period at the helm, scored 111 goals in a single season, a club record. He also recorded wins over Flora (6–0, 4–1) and Rijeka (3–1, 3–0) in UEFA Champions League qualifiers.

After coaching Tunisian side CS Sfaxien in 2000–01 and winning the Arab Champions League, he was at the helm of Turkish club Altay in 2002 and moved to Bulgaria in 2002 to manage Slavia Sofia and then Iranian Pegah Gilan, after which he became the manager of CSKA Sofia. During this period he became a Champion of Bulgaria and recorded a win over Liverpool in the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase, also eliminating Bayer Leverkusen in the UEFA Cup. Voted coach no. 1 for season 2004–05 by Bulgarian sport newspaper.

In May 2006 he became the coach of Partizan for the second time in his coaching career. However, following a disappointing first half of the season, he left the club in January 2007.[3] Since November 2007 he was coaching Litex Lovech. With him Litex won the Bulgarian Cup.

In June 2008, he signed with Romanian Liga I newcomers CS Otopeni and following a series of defeats his agreement was terminated early on 18 August 2008.[4]

In September 2008, he signed a one-year contract with Montenegrin First League team FK Budućnost Podgorica.

In July 2009, he signed a one-year contract with Libyan First League team Al-Ittihad Tripoli.[5] On 22 September 2009, Al Ittihad won the Libyan Super Cup, beating Tarsana 3–2.

On 16 June 2010, Ješić was appointed to the manager of Changsha Ginde replacing Hao Wei.[6]

On 19 June 2011, he was named as Shahrdari Tabriz F.C.'s new head coach replacing Hamid Derakhshan but he was sacked by the club on 24 December 2011.[7]

On 24 June 2012, he was named as Saudi Professional League side Najran's new head coach. On 7 January 2013, Ješić was reappointed CSKA Sofia manager, replacing Stoycho Mladenov, but was surprisingly released from his duties on 11 March 2013, after just two games in charge of the team, one of which was won.

In late 2013, he was close to becoming the new Vancouver Whitecaps FC head coach.[8]

On 31 March 2014 Ješić was appointed head coach of Litex Lovech and was assisted by Darko Obradović.

On 14 June 2017, he was named as Saudi Professional League side Al-Ettifaq's coach.[9] He was fired on 10 December 2017.[10]

On 31 August 2019, the Egyptian club Ismaily SC appointed Ješić as the team's new head coach, succeeding Mahmoud Gaber.

On 7 July 2022, Saudi First Division League side Al-Shoulla appointed Ješić as the team's new manager.[11] On 29 September 2022, he was sacked after five matches.[12]

Personal life and death

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Ješić was married to Irena, with whom he had a daughter named Tara.[13] In 2001, while coaching CS Sfaxien, his daughter Jelena died in a traffic collision at the age of nineteen.[14]

Ješić, aged 64, died on 8 December 2022 in a car accident near the town of Ruma.[15]

Career statistics

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# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 15 December 1982 City Stadium, Titograd  Wales 4–2 4–4 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
2. 7 June 1983 Stade Municipale, Luxembourg  West Germany 1–2 2–4 Friendly

Managerial statistics

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Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Radnički Niš 11 April 1998 20 May 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
OFK Beograd 2 September 1998 30 June 1999 17 6 5 6 24 21 +3 035.29
Partizan 1 July 1999 20 May 2000 50 37 4 9 133 43 +90 074.00
CS Sfaxien 1 July 2000 30 April 2001 22 11 5 6 32 24 +8 050.00
Altay 20 July 2002 9 August 2002 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Slavia Sofia 15 December 2002 20 August 2003 13 9 2 2 27 11 +16 069.23
Pegah Gilan 2004 2004 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
CSKA Sofia 23 February 2005 5 April 2006 46 37 5 4 111 29 +82 080.43
Partizan 18 May 2006 8 January 2007 22 12 4 6 37 20 +17 054.55
Shirin Faraz 2007 2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Litex Lovech 6 November 2007 20 May 2008 21 14 5 2 39 14 +25 066.67
CS Otopeni 1 July 2008 16 August 2008 4 0 0 4 4 13 −9 000.00
Budućnost Podgorica 15 September 2008 2 June 2009 28 19 7 2 68 33 +35 067.86
Al-Ittihad Tripoli 3 June 2009 15 May 2010 22 15 6 1 42 21 +21 068.18
Changsha Ginde 16 June 2010 1 October 2010 13 4 4 5 14 19 −5 030.77
Al Tahaddy 2011 2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Shahrdari Tabriz 1 June 2011 5 December 2011 16 4 8 4 18 18 +0 025.00
Najran 31 May 2012 7 January 2013 14 5 4 5 20 21 −1 035.71
CSKA Sofia 7 January 2013 11 March 2013 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
Litex Lovech 31 March 2014 31 May 2014 10 4 2 4 16 9 +7 040.00
Yangon United 2 January 2015 20 September 2015 17 15 1 1 47 20 +27 088.24
Sarajevo 23 September 2015 16 March 2016 16 9 2 5 33 17 +16 056.25
Al-Arabi SC 12 November 2016 12 May 2017 19 13 3 3 39 25 +14 068.42
Ettifaq 14 June 2017 10 December 2017 14 6 2 6 20 19 +1 042.86
Khor Fakkan 4 June 2018 26 August 2019 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Ismaily SC 31 August 2019 2 December 2019 10 5 1 4 11 10 +1 050.00
Al-Ahly 11 July 2021 21 July 2021 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 066.67
Maziya 4 February 2022 24 July 2022 22 19 0 3 79 10 +69 086.36
Al-Shoulla 25 July 2022 29 September 2022 5 2 1 2 6 4 +2 040.00
Career total 406 249 66 91 826 405 +421 061.33

Honors

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Player

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Partizan

Manager

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CS Sfaxien

CSKA Sofia

Litex Lovech

Al-Ittihad Tripoli

Yangon United

References

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  1. ^ Guha, Sayantan (22 May 2022). ""We took Maziya to be an easy team" - Gokulam Kerala FC head coach admits underestimating AFC Cup opponents". www.sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  2. ^ "JEŠIČ Miodrag". Strukljeva.net. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  3. ^ Milosavljevic, Zoran (9 January 2007). "Soccer-Former Yugoslavia defender Djukic named Partizan coach". Reuters. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Jesici, dat afară de la CS Otopeni!" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 18 August 2008.
  5. ^ "Ješić novi trener libijskog Al Itihada" (in Serbian). RTS. 26 June 2009.
  6. ^ 金德队主帅发生更迭 郝伟请辞耶西奇继任 Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine(in Chinese)
  7. ^ يسيچ سرمربي تيم فوتبال شهرداري تبريز شد
  8. ^ Vujcic, Djuradj (8 November 2013). "Could Miodrag Jesic be the next Whitecaps head coach?". RedNation Online. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  9. ^ "الصربي ميودراغ يسيتش مدرب للاتفاق". ettifaq. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  10. ^ Miodrag Ješić napustio Etifak‚ naslovi.net, 11 December 2017
  11. ^ "ميودراج مدرباً للشعلة".
  12. ^ "الشعلة يبعد يسيتش".
  13. ^ Vesti (24 February 2011). "Meci leteli umesto lopti" (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  14. ^ Informativa.ba (3 October 2015). "Miodrag Ješić, "imperator" i "kasapin": Odbio Mamića da bi došao u FK Sarajevo" (in Bosnian). Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  15. ^ B92 (8 December 2022). "Poginuo Miodrag Ješić" (in Serbian). Retrieved 25 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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