Božidar Urošević
Božidar Urošević (Serbian Cyrillic: Божидар Урошевић, born 9 February 1975) is a retired Serbian professional football goalkeeper. After finishing his career, he became goalkeeping coach.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Božidar Urošević | ||
| Date of birth | 9 February 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
FK Voždovac Gk coach | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1992 | FK Priština | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1995 | Priština | 3 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Radnički Niš | 5 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Palilulac Beograd | 31 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | KSV Roeselare | 6 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | RC Harelbeke | 14 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Hajduk Beograd | 30 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Borac Čačak | 30 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Željezničar Sarajevo (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2004 | → AEP Paphos (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Smederevo | 12 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Hajduk Beograd | 47 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | FK Laktaši | 25 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Sloga Kraljevo | 33 | (0) |
| 2011 | Srem Jakovo | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| –2014 | Rad (Gk coach) | ||
| 2015– |
Voždovac (Gk coach) 2018 FC Huasa China second division (Gk coach) 2019 Kunshan FC China second division (Gk coach) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career
He started his career playing in the youth squads of his home town FK Priština. In 1992, he passed to the senior squad, playing, in that period, in the First League of FR Yugoslavia. In 1995, he moved to the historic, also First league, club Radnički Niš. He still played one season in the lower league FK Palilulac, before moving, in 1997, to Belgium to play in SV Roeselare for two seasons. In 1999, he moved to Germany to play in the 2. Bundesliga club Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, but after one season, was back to Belgium, now to play in RC Harelbeke, a club that changed name to K.R.C. Zuid-West-Vlaanderen. In 2002, he was back to Serbia, this time to the ambitious Second League club Hajduk Beograd before, in 2003, moving to the, traditionally biggest, Bosnia and Herzegovina club FK Željezničar from Sarajevo. After one season there, he was back to Serbia, now to plat in the First League club Borac Čačak, but soon, moved to a short spell in Cyprus with AEP Paphos. After returning, he played for one and a half seasons in, now called Serbian SuperLiga club FK Smederevo, a traditional Serbian club, better known by his former name of FK Sartid. In January 2007, he moved back to a Serbian First League, new name for the old Second League, club Hajduk Beograd, where he stayed until 2008. Then he moved to Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian-Serb club FK Laktaši. In 2009, with 34 years, decided to return to Serbia, and signed with FK Sloga Kraljevo.
After finishing his playing career, he became goalkeeping coach. After working in FK Rad, he moved to another Serbian SuperLiga side, FK Voždovac during the winter break of the 2014–15 season.[1]
Personal life
Next to his football success, he also got a bachelor's degree in "Physical preparation of football players" which he was finished in 2002 at the University of Priština. He is married to Marijana Urosevic, and a father of son Stefan, and two daughters Tara and Violeta and lives in Belgrade.[2]
References
- Кадровска слагалица за бољу будућност “змајева” at FK Voždovac official website, 24-12-2014 (in Serbian)
- From his website Archived May 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
External sources
- Playing career in BozidarUrosevic.com
- Profile and stats at Srbijafudbal.