| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1959-11-27)27 November 1959 (age 65) | ||
| Place of birth | Crvenka,FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Crvenka | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1977 | Crvenka | 1 | (0) |
| 1978–1986 | Partizan | 199 | (58) |
| 1986–1993 | Club Liégeois | 169 | (65) |
| 1993–1994 | Seraing | 24 | (2) |
| 1994–1995 | Club Liégeois | 28 | (13) |
| 1995–1997 | Tilleur-Liégeois | ||
| Total | 421 | (138) | |
| International career | |||
| 1979 | Yugoslavia U20 | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1997 | Tilleur-Liégeois | ||
| 2000–2001 | OFK Beograd | ||
| 2002 | Rad | ||
| 2002–2003 | Partizan (assistant) | ||
| 2004 | Sartid Smederevo | ||
| 2004–2005 | Partizan (assistant) | ||
| 2005–2006 | Teleoptik | ||
| 2006–2007 | Partizan (assistant) | ||
| 2007 | Qatar SC (assistant) | ||
| 2008–2011 | Teleoptik | ||
| 2011 | Ittihad (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2015 | Partizan (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Zvonko Varga (Serbian Cyrillic:Звонко Варга; born 27 November 1959) is aSerbianfootball manager and former player.
Astriker, Varga made his senior debut atCrvenka in theYugoslav Second League, before moving toYugoslav First League sidePartizan without his club's permission.[1] He would occasionally train with Second League clubRad, before being cleared to play for Partizan. From then on, Varga spent eight seasons with theCrno-beli (1978–1986), making 199 appearances and scoring 58 goals in the top flight of Yugoslav football. He also won two national championship titles (1983 and1986).
In 1986, Varga moved abroad to Belgium and played forClub Liégeois over the next seven seasons. He was the Belgian league's second-highest scorer in the1988–89 season with 22 goals, one less thanEddie Krncevic. On 13 May 1989, Varga scored all six goals in his team's 6–1 home league win overBeerschot. He would win theBelgian Cup in the following1989–90 campaign. In the summer of 1993, Varga switched toSeraing, but returned toClub Liégeois a year later.
At international level, Varga representedYugoslavia at the1979 FIFA World Youth Championship. He appeared in all three games, as the team exited the tournament at the group stage.[2]
After starting his managerial career withTilleur-Liégeois, Varga went back to his homeland and took over the helm ofOFK Beograd in 2000.[3] He was also manager ofRad for several months,[4] before being named assistant manager toLothar Matthäus atPartizan.[5] Following the departure of Matthäus, Varga left his position and became manager ofSartid Smederevo in January 2004.[6] He resigned from the club after only four games.[7] In June 2004, Varga returned to Partizan to be assistant manager toVladimir Vermezović.[8] He then served as co-manager ofTeleoptik, alongsideBlagoje Paunović, between 2005 and 2006,[9] before returning to Partizan as an assistant.
In the second part of 2007, Varga was assistant manager toDimitri Davidovic atQatar SC.[10] He then returned to Serbia, taking charge of Teleoptik in early 2008. Varga led them to promotion to theSerbian First League in 2009.[11] He was released in January 2011.[12] Varga again moved to the Middle East and joined Davidovic at Saudi Arabian outfitIttihad in the second part of 2011.[13] He returned to Partizan in 2012, being an assistant in the following three years.
Varga is the father of fellow footballerSaša Varga.[14]
| Club | Season | League | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Crvenka | 1976–77 | Yugoslav Second League | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Partizan | 1978–79 | Yugoslav First League | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 1979–80 | Yugoslav First League | 30 | 9 | — | 30 | 9 | ||
| 1980–81 | Yugoslav First League | 29 | 9 | — | 29 | 9 | ||
| 1981–82 | Yugoslav First League | 34 | 8 | — | 34 | 8 | ||
| 1982–83 | Yugoslav First League | 20 | 3 | — | 20 | 3 | ||
| 1983–84 | Yugoslav First League | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1984–85 | Yugoslav First League | 30 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 12 | |
| 1985–86 | Yugoslav First League | 32 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 17 | |
| Total | 199 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 209 | 59 | ||
| Club Liégeois | 1986–87 | Belgian First Division | 31 | 10 | — | 31 | 10 | |
| 1987–88 | Belgian First Division | 31 | 11 | — | 31 | 11 | ||
| 1988–89 | Belgian First Division | 31 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 25 | |
| 1989–90 | Belgian First Division | 28 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 9 | |
| 1990–91 | Belgian First Division | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
| 1991–92 | Belgian First Division | 28 | 10 | — | 28 | 10 | ||
| 1992–93 | Belgian First Division | 13 | 1 | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| Total | 169 | 65 | 12 | 4 | 181 | 69 | ||
| Seraing | 1993–94 | Belgian First Division | 24 | 2 | — | 24 | 2 | |
| Club Liégeois | 1994–95 | Belgian First Division | 28 | 13 | — | 28 | 13 | |
| Tilleur-Liégeois | 1995–96 | Belgian Third Division | — | |||||
| 1996–97 | Belgian Second Division | — | ||||||
| Total | — | |||||||
| Career total | 421 | 138 | 22 | 5 | 443 | 143 | ||
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