Boban Dmitrović

Boban Dmitrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Бобан Дмитровић; born 2 April 1972) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Boban Dmitrović

Personal information
Full name	Boban Dmitrović
Date of birth	(1972-04-02) 2 April 1972
Place of birth	Kraljevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Budućnost Konarevo
	Sloga Kraljevo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1996	Rad	83	(4)
1996–2003	Grazer AK	198	(12)
2003–2005	Sturm Graz	52	(0)
2005–2011	Borac Čačak	155	(10)
2011–2012	Sloga Kraljevo	32	(9)
Total		520	(35)
National team
2001–2003	Serbia and Montenegro	13	(0)
Teams managed
2017–2018	Radnički Niš (assistant)
2018	Radnički Niš
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Konarevo, a village near Kraljevo, Dmitrović started out at his local club Budućnost Konarevo, before joining Sloga Kraljevo. He made his First League of FR Yugoslavia debut with Rad in the 1993–94 season. In the summer of 1996, Dmitrović moved to Austria to play for Grazer AK. He stayed there for seven seasons, before signing for GAK's crosstown rivals Sturm Graz in May 2003.[1] He appeared in a total of 250 matches in the Austrian Bundesliga,[2] before returning to his homeland and signing with Borac Čačak in the summer of 2005. As captain, Dmitrović led the team to a fourth-place finish in the 2007–08 season, as the club gained a spot in UEFA competitions for the first time in history. At the beginning of 2011, after a dispute with the club's management, Dmitrović left the team after almost six years and 155 matches played in the Serbian SuperLiga. In the summer of 2011, almost two decades later, Dmitrović returned to Sloga Kraljevo, after they got promoted to the Serbian First League. He retired from professional football in the summer of 2012.

International career

In June 2001, Dmitrović made his national team debut in a 1–1 draw against Russia, aged 29.[3] He was capped 13 times for Serbia and Montenegro between 2001 and 2003, under the managerial reign of Dejan Savićević.

Managerial career

After serving as an assistant to Peter Pacult, Ivan Jević and Milan Đuričić, Dmitrović was appointed manager of Radnički Niš in January 2018. He left the position just two months later after suffering two consecutive losses.[4]

Statistics

Club

Club	Season	League
		Apps	Goals
Rad	1993–94	23	0
	1994–95	29	0
	1995–96	31	4
	Total	83	4
Grazer AK	1996–97	33	3
	1997–98	22	2
	1998–99	32	4
	1999–2000	20	2
	2000–01	34	0
	2001–02	32	1
	2002–03	25	0
	Total	198	12
Sturm Graz	2003–04	31	0
	2004–05	21	0
	Total	52	0
Borac Čačak	2005–06	27	3
	2006–07	28	0
	2007–08	29	3
	2008–09	29	0
	2009–10	28	3
	2010–11	14	1
	Total	155	10
Sloga Kraljevo	2011–12	32	9
	Total	32	9
Career total		520	35

International

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
FR Yugoslavia	2001	6	0
	2002	5	0
Serbia and Montenegro	2003	2	0
Total		13	0

Honours

Club

Grazer AK

• Austrian Cup: 1999–2000, 2001–02
• Austrian Supercup: 2000, 2002

Individual

• Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season: 2008–09

Personal life

Dmitrović is the father of fellow footballer Filip Dmitrović.[5]

References

1. "Dmitrovic swaps GAK for Sturm". uefa.com. 29 May 2003. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
2. "Boban DMITROVIC" (in German). bundesliga.at. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
3. "Bar baraž" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 3 June 2001. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
4. "Iznenađenje: Trener Radničkog podneo ostavku!" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
5. "Mladi golman napušta selekciju Srbije: Dmitrović bira Austriju" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2019.

External links

• Boban Dmitrović at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
• Boban Dmitrović at National-Football-Teams.com