Branislav Krunić

Branislav Krunić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранислав Крунић; born 28 January 1979) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player.

Branislav Krunić
Krunić with Moscow in May 2009
Personal information
Full name Branislav Krunić
Date of birth (1979-01-28) 28 January 1979
Place of birth Trebinje, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Leotar
2000–2001 Olimpija Ljubljana 9 (1)
2001–2004 Leotar 30 (5)
2004–2005 Volyn Lutsk 33 (9)
2005–2006 Tom Tomsk 45 (6)
2007–2010 Moscow 51 (3)
2010 Leotar Trebinje 7 (2)
2010 Dynamo Bryansk 14 (3)
2011–2013 Borac Banja Luka 52 (10)
2015–2018 Željezničar Banja Luka 26 (9)
2018–2019 Željezničar Banja Luka 2 (0)
National team
2002–2008 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 (0)
Teams managed
2017–2018 Željezničar Banja Luka
2018 Krupa
2019–2020 Borac Banja Luka
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

International career

Krunić made his debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina on 11 October 2002, against Germany.

After that match, Krunić was recalled by Fuad Muzurović in March 2007, for UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying. In total, Krunić played four times at the qualifying. After Muzurović was sacked, Krunić was selected once for the national team by Miroslav Blažević.

Managerial career

Krunić retired from football on 15 March 2013, because the issue in football had overshadowed the risk of heart disease, but later returned again as a player-manager to the then Bosnian fourth division club Željezničar Banja Luka, who he led in the First League of RS during the 2017–18 season.

He again retired in May 2018, but once again came out of retirement in November 2018 and came back to Željezničar Banja Luka.[1] In January 2019, he left Željezničar and once again retired from the game and decided to focus only on his managerial career.

From June to October 2018, he was manager of at the time Bosnian Premier League club Krupa.[2][3]

On 9 June 2019, it was announced that Krunić became the new manager of Borac Banja Luka.[4] He led Borac to a third-place finish in the first half of the 2019–20 season, with the same number of points as second placed Željezničar and only one point less than first placed Sarajevo.[5] On 5 March 2020, Krunić was sacked after 0–2 defeats against Sarajevo in the league and Željezničar in the cup, with Borac being in poor form.[6]

Managerial statistics
As of 4 March 2020
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Željezničar Banja Luka 1 July 2017 3 May 2018 25 8 5 12 032.00
Krupa 11 June 2018 8 October 2018 15 3 5 7 020.00
Borac Banja Luka 9 June 2019 5 March 2020 24 12 6 6 050.00
Total 64 23 16 25 035.94

Honours

Player

Leotar

Borac Banja Luka

Željezničar Banja Luka

References
  1. Krunić ponovo obuo kopačke: U 40. godini našao klub at sportsport.ba, 11 November 2018
  2. E. Čaušević (11 June 2018). "Branislav Krunić novi trener Krupe" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  3. E. Škorić (8 October 2019). "Krupa ostala bez trenera" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  4. M. Šljivak (9 June 2019). "Branislav Krunić novi trener FK Borac!" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  5. K.H. (8 December 2019). "Banja Luka sanja titulu: Borac se pobjedom protiv Slobode poravnao sa Željezničarom" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  6. N.K. (5 March 2020). "Krunića posla koštali Sarajevo i Željezničar, Borac ekspresno pronašao zamjenu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
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