| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rusmir Cviko | ||
| Date of birth | (1972-01-02)2 January 1972 (age 53) | ||
| Place of birth | Sarajevo,SR Bosnia,SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992 | FK Sarajevo | 0 | (0) |
| 1993 | Sarajevo | 1 | (0) |
| 1995–1997 | Royal Antwerp | 0 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Željezničar | 28 | (2) |
| 1999–2000 | Čelik Zenica | 27 | (3) |
| 2000 | Al Wahda | ||
| Total | 55 | (5) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004–2008 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (youth coach) | ||
| 2007–2009 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 (coach) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (scout) | ||
| 2009–2013 | Željezničar (team manager) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (scout) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Dalian Transcendence | ||
| 2017–2018 | Meizhou Hakka | ||
| 2020 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Al-Arabi SC | ||
| 2023–2024 | Al-Orobah | ||
| 2024 | Raja CA | ||
| 2025 | Kazma | ||
| 2025– | CS Constantine | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rusmir Cviko (born 2 January 1972) is aBosnian professionalfootballmanager ofLigue 1 clubCS Constantine and former player.
Cviko is a former player of theBosnia and Herzegovina national football team and coach of numerous national teams ofBosnia and Herzegovina.
Cviko started his youth playing career atSarajevo. After finishing his youth career, he played for the senior team of Sarajevo 1993. In 1995, he moved toBelgian First Division A clubRoyal Antwerp where he played until 1997 but did not feature in any league game.[1]
In 1997, Cviko came back to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and moved toFirst League of Bosnia and Herzegovina clubŽeljezničar, where he won the league title in the1997–98 season and theBosnian Supercup in 1998. In 1999, Cviko moved toČelik Zenica, before ending his career atUAE Pro-League clubAl Wahda in 2000.
Between 1993 and 1996, Cviko played for theBosnia and Herzegovina national team.During his youth national team playing career Cviko played for the U15,U17 andU19 national teams ofBosnia and Herzegovina.
From 2004 until 2008, Cviko was a youth National Team coach in theFA of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2007, he became one of the coaches of theU21 National Team of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He remained in that position until 2009.
During his tenure at the Bosnian FA, he also served as the head scout of theA National Team of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2014, Cviko held the position of coach and scout with the youth National Team in the FA.
In 2009, Cviko accepted the position of team manager at the Bosnian powerhouseŽeljezničar on suggestion of club manager at the timeAmar Osim. During Cviko's tenure as team manager, the Željezničar team coached by Osim had much success. The club was crowned Champions in the seasons2009–10,2011–12 and2012–13.
Željezničar also won 2Bosnian cup titles in the2010–11 and2011–12 seasons. In the2009–10 and the2012–13 seasons, the club was the runner-up in the National Cup competition. Cviko finished his tenure at the club after leaving in June 2013.
On 21 April 2016, Cviko began to work as the manager ofDalian Transcendence.[2] In August 2016, Cviko was named interim-manager of the team,[3] and he successfully saved the team from relegation.[4][5]
On 18 December 2016, Dalian Transcendence officially signed Cviko as their manager.[6] He took the club over when it was in danger of relegation and kept it inChina League One. In the next season, Cviko ended his time at Dalian Transcendence and upon his departure the club was in 9th position. He completed his tenure at Dalian in December 2017.
Cviko's great reputation and great work inDalian Transcendence did not go unnoticed and on 16 December 2017, he became the new manager ofChina League One clubMeizhou Hakka F.C. Cviko took the team into the new season in January 2018. In the2018 China League One season, he managed to get the club to its highest position in history. In April 2018, he was declared as the Coach of the Month in theChina League One.
Only in April 2018, Meizhou Hakka won 5 games in China League One which was hailed as a phenomenal success as the club's goal at the beginning of the season was to avoid relegation. The club's league position lead it in the next season to theChina Super League and that had attracted a lot of attention from some Chinese Super League clubs for Cviko.
He resigned from the position of Meizhou Hakka manager on 28 August 2018, but left the club at friendly terms with its management.[7]While at Hakka, Cviko once again proved what a great hire he was for the club. When he took over the team in December 2017, the club's first team was ranked 13th out of 16 teams in theChina League One based on team value. At the time of Cviko's departure the team was ranked 3rd out of 16 teams. This was due to the team's great results throughout the season and the fact that during Cviko's tenure at the club, the team spent most of its time ranked somewhere between the 1st and 3rd place in theChina League One rankings.
Cviko also broke some records as well while at the club. The team was unbeaten for 11 games in a row on its home field and won 5 in a row which is the club's best result in history.
On 25 January 2020, Cviko returned to theBosnia and Herzegovina national team, being named as an assistant of head coachDušan Bajević.[8][9]
On 20 June 2023, Cviko was appointed as manager of Saudi Arabian clubAl-Orobah.[10] He led the club to promotion to the Pro League in his only season at the club.
On 25 July 2024, he signed a one-year deal withRaja CA to become its head coach. The club has just won the double with its predecessorJosef Zinnbauer.[11] On 27 September 2024, he was sacked.[12]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Dalian Transcendence |  | 12 August 2016 | 10 August 2017 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 034.48 |
| Meizhou Hakka | | 17 December 2017 | 29 August 2018 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 040.91 |
| Al-Arabi SC |  | 22 September 2022 | 15 June 2023 | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 72 | 38 | +34 | 063.89 |
| Al-Orobah |  | 22 June 2023 | 1 June 2024 | 35 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 057.14 |
| Raja CA |  | 25 July 2024 | 26 September 2024 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 037.50 |
| Kazma | | 25 January 2025 | 30 May 2025 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 030.77 |
| CS Constantine |  | 1 July 2025 | Present | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | 147 | 71 | 28 | 48 | 226 | 188 | +38 | 048.30 | |||
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