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Srdjan Tufegdzic

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Srdjan Tufegdzic
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-04-06) 6 April 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Kruševac, Serbia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Skövde AIK (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997-1999 FK Napredak Krusevac
2000-2001 FK Novi Pazar
2001-2002 FK Dinamo Pancevo
2002-2004 FK Mogren Budva
2005–2006 FK Inon Pozarevac
2006–2012 KA 106 (2)
Total 106 (2)
Managerial career
2012–2015 KA (assistant)
2015–2018 KA
2019 Grindavík
2020–2021 Valur (assistant)
2022–2023 Öster
2024 Skövde AIK
2024- Valur
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Srdjan Tufegdzic, commonly known as Hawk Túfa,[1] (born 6 April 1980) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He is the manager of Icelandic giants Valur.

Managerial career

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Tufegdzic took charge of Icelandic 1.deild team KA on 11 August 2015[2] as a caretaker manager, replacing Bjarni Jóhannsson. The club was in 5th place in the league when Tufegdzic took over, but the club managed to challenge for promotion and ended in 3rd[3] place. After good performances under Tufegdzic, winning 5 of the team's 7 games left, he was appointed the head coach for the 2016 season.

In 2016 Tufegdzic managed KA to become 1.deild champions[4] and securing a place in Úrvalsdeild 2017, the club won overall 16 of its 22 games. The 2017 Úrvalsdeildar season KA played their first Úrvalsdeildar game in 13 years and Tufegdzic's men ended in 7th place.

For the 2022 season, Tufegdic was hired by Öster in the Swedish second-tier Superettan.[5] In 2024, Tufegdzic was hired by Skövde AIK in the Swedish second-tier Superettan.[6] Túfa cited homesickness as a reason for quitting his job an moving back to his adopted home of Iceland in the summer of 2024. 1. August he took charge of Icelandic giants |Valur in the Icelandic top tier Besta deild karla[7]

Managerial statistics

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As of 3 February 2024

Includes games played in Icelandic Premier League, Icelandic Cup and Icelandic League Cup.

Team Nat From To Record
M W D L GF GA GD Win % Sources
KA Iceland 11 August 2015 13 September 2018 94 48 20 26 177 110 +67 051.06 [8]
Grindavìk Iceland 6 October 2018 28 September 2019 22 3 11 8 17 28 −11 - [9]
Öster Sweden 18 April 2022 24 november 2023
Skövde Sweden 1 December 2023 15 July 2024 [5]
Valur Iceland 1 August 2024 Present
Total 94 48 20 26 177 110 +67 051.06

Honours and achievements

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Manager

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Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar

Assistant Manager

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Valur Reykjavík

References

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  1. ^ Sindri Sverrisson (24 April 2019). "Skipti í brú og á dekki". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Þjálfaraskipti hjá KA | Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar". Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Summary - 1. Deild - Iceland - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Úrslit - staða | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Östers IF presenterar ny sportslig organisation" (Press release) (in Swedish). Östers IF. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Officiellt: Srdjan Tufegdzic ny tränare i Skövde AIK". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Staðfest: Arnar rekinn frá Val og Túfa tekur við". Visir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  8. ^ "KSI.is". KSÍ. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Fótbolti.net". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 October 2023.