Vujadin Boškov
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Full name | Vujadin Boškov | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 16 May 1931 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Begeč, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 27 April 2014 | (aged 82)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Novi Sad, Serbia | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right winger | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1946–1960 | FK Vojvodina | 185 | (15) | |||||||||||
1961–1962 | Sampdoria | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||
1962–1964 | SC Young Fellows Juventus | |||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1951–1958 | Yugoslavia | 57 | (0) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
1962–1964 | SC Young Fellows Juventus (player/coach) | |||||||||||||
1964–1971 | FK Vojvodina (technical director) | |||||||||||||
1966 | Yugoslavia (co-coach) | |||||||||||||
1971–1973 | Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||
1974–1976 | FC Den Haag | |||||||||||||
1976–1978 | Feyenoord | |||||||||||||
1978–1979 | Real Zaragoza | |||||||||||||
1979–1982 | Real Madrid | |||||||||||||
1982–1984 | Sporting Gijón | |||||||||||||
1984–1986 | Ascoli | |||||||||||||
1986–1992 | Sampdoria | |||||||||||||
1992–1993 | A.S. Roma | |||||||||||||
1994–1996 | Napoli | |||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Servette Geneva | |||||||||||||
1997–1998 | Sampdoria | |||||||||||||
1999 | Perugia | |||||||||||||
1999–2000 | FR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||
2001 | FR Yugoslavia (co-coach) | |||||||||||||
2006 | Sampdoria (scout) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Vujadin Boškov (Serbian Cyrillic: Вујадин Бошков, pronounced [ʋujǎdin bǒʃkoʋ]; 16 May 1931 – 27 April 2014) was a Serbian footballer and coach.
Throughout his career as a football manager, he stood out both for his many successes, as well as due to his unique sense of humour and memorable ironic comments, which were used to dissolve tension during post-match interviews; these led him to become a popular figure with football fans during his time in Italy.[1][2]
Club career
Boškov was born in the village of Begeč, 10 km from Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. He comes from a Serbian family who lived in Novi Sad (he was officially born in Petrovaradin) before moving to Begeč during the Second War where his grandfather lived. His elder brother was also a football player but died early. Vujadin had two sisters Vera and Dada, the latter still living. He remained loyal to his local team and played with FK Vojvodina for most of his career (1946–1960), as well as continuously supporting it. In gratitude the FK Vojvodina training facility in Veternik is named after him. [citation needed] He joined the Yugoslav team that won against the Soviet Union at the Helsinki Olympics in 1952. He is still remembered in a photo with the Dinamo Zagreb team in "Charlie's" café in Zagreb, as a great Yugoslav football player.[citation needed] In 1961 he moved to Italy to play for Serie A club Sampdoria for one season (1961–62), before accepting a stint as a player-coach at Swiss side Young Boys (1962–1964).[3] Boškov then returned to the club that made him as a player – FK Vojvodina – and spent seven seasons (1964–1971) as a technical director, leading the club to winning one Yugoslav league championship in 1965–66. Vujadin Boskov was well known in Italy as a gentleman and a cosmopolitan all his life. Corriere dello sport published his quotations e.g. "Quando l'arbitro fischia... it is a penalty". There is a book of his quotations published in Italy. He spoke several languages and lived all over Europe.
International career
He also became a playing member of the Yugoslavia national team, and was part of the team that won the silver medal at the 1952 Olympic football tournament. Also he played at the 1954 and 1958 FIFA World Cups.[4]
Managerial career
“Penalty is when referee whistles.”
— An example of one of Boškov's humorous quips in interviews.[2]
Boškov soon developed a successful international coaching career with stints in Dutch Eredivisie (FC Den Haag (1974–1976), and Feyenoord (1976–1978)), Spanish La Liga (Real Zaragoza (1978–79), Real Madrid (1979–1982), and Sporting de Gijon (1983–84)), Italian Serie A (Ascoli Calcio 1898 (1984–1986), U.C. Sampdoria (1986–1992, 1997–98), A.S. Roma (1992–93), S.S.C. Napoli (1994–1996), and A.C. Perugia (1999)), and Swiss league (Servette Geneva (1996–97)).
“In addition to being a great coach, he was a great psychologist and a very intelligent person.”
— Goalkeeper Gianluca Pagliuca on his former Sampdoria coach Boškov.[2]
Arguably his greatest achievement as a coach came in 1991, when he steered Sampdoria to the Serie A scudetto. The following season, he led the club to the European Cup final, where they lost 1–0 to Barcelona at Wembley.[1]
He also coached Yugoslavia at Euro 2000, where they famously lost 4–3 to Spain in Brugge and later went out to hosts the Netherlands in the quarter-finals, after losing 6–1 to the Dutch.[1]
Managerial statistics
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Vojvodina | July 1964 | June 1971 | 252 | 93 | 75 | 84 | 36.90 |
Yugoslavia | April 1971 | October 1973 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 37.04 |
Den Haag | June 1974 | July 1976 | 81 | 31 | 25 | 25 | 38.27 |
Feyenoord | July 1976 | June 1978 | 80 | 32 | 26 | 22 | 40.00 |
Real Zaragoza | July 1978 | May 1979 | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 41.30 |
Real Madrid | August 1979 | March 1982 | 139 | 80 | 31 | 28 | 57.55 |
Sporting de Gijon | July 1982 | June 1984 | 79 | 27 | 24 | 28 | 34.18 |
Ascoli | November 1984 | June 1986 | 63 | 23 | 27 | 13 | 36.51 |
Sampdoria | July 1986 | June 1992 | 289 | 139 | 90 | 60 | 48.10 |
Roma | July 1992 | June 1993 | 51 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 37.25 |
Napoli | October 1994 | June 1996 | 66 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 33.33 |
Servette Geneva | July 1996 | December 1996 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22.73 |
Sampdoria | November 1997 | June 1998 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 38.46 |
Perugia | February 1999 | June 1999 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 35.71 |
Yugoslavia | July 1999 | July 2000 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 40.00 |
Yugoslavia | May 2001 | October 2001 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50.00 |
Total | 1,258 | 525 | 383 | 350 | 41.73 |
Honours
Manager
- FK Vojvodina (as the club's director of football)
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1989–90
- Serie A: 1990–91
- Coppa Italia: 1987–88, 1988–89
- Supercoppa Italiana: 1991
Death
Boškov died after long illness in Novi Sad, on 27 April 2014, aged 82.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "Europe mourns Serbia great Boškov". UEFA. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ a b c "Remembering the great Boskov". Football Italia. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ Ex-Yugoslavia, Real coach Boskov dies - FIFA
- ^ Vujadin Boškov – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Preminuo Vujadin Boškov; Mondo, 27 April 2014
External links
- Vujadin Boškov at National-Football-Teams.com
- Serbian national football team website Template:Sr icon
- Europe mourns Serbia great Boškov - UEFA
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