| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1967-01-13)13 January 1967 (age 58) | ||
| Place of birth | Sarajevo,SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | OFK Beograd (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987 | Sarajevo | 3 | (0) |
| 1988 | Famos Hrasnica | 12 | (1) |
| 1988–1992 | Željezničar | 50 | (2) |
| 1992–1994 | OFK Beograd | 59 | (7) |
| 1994–1995 | Marbella | 44 | (3) |
| 1996 | Pohang Steelers | 6 | (2) |
| 1997 | Čukarički | 8 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | AEL | 32 | (4) |
| 1998–1999 | ILTEX Lykoi | 47 | (2) |
| 2000 | Panetolikos | 15 | (3) |
| Total | 268 | (24) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2006 | OFK Beograd (assistant) | ||
| 2006–2007 | BASK | ||
| 2006–2007 | Serbia (assistant) | ||
| 2008 | Željezničar | ||
| 2009 | OFK Beograd | ||
| 2010 | Čukarički | ||
| 2011 | Inđija | ||
| 2011–2013 | Jagodina | ||
| 2013 | Dalian Aerbin | ||
| 2014–2015 | Jagodina | ||
| 2017–2018 | Radnik Surdulica | ||
| 2018–2019 | Čukarički | ||
| 2019 | Serbia (assistant) | ||
| 2019 | Radnički Niš | ||
| 2019–2020 | Radnik Surdulica | ||
| 2022 | Radnik Surdulica | ||
| 2023– | OFK Beograd | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Simo Krunić (Serbian Cyrillic: Симо Крунић; born 13 January 1967) is a Bosnian-Serbian professionalfootballmanager and formerfootballer. He is currently the manager ofOFK Beograd.
In the late 1980s, Krunić played for the two biggest clubs inBosnia and Herzegovina,Sarajevo andŽeljezničar, while the teams competed in theYugoslav First League. In between the two clubs, he also played forFamos Hrasnica.[1] He subsequently moved toOFK Beograd due to the outbreak of theBosnian War, spending two seasons with theRomantičari (1992–1994).
During his footballing career, Krunić also played professionally in Spain, South Korea (he won the1996 Korean FA Cup withPohang Steelers) and Greece.[2]
Together withRisto Vidaković, Krunić served as assistant to SpaniardJavier Clemente at the helm of theSerbia national team during theUEFA Euro 2008 qualifying. He was later manager ofBASK,Željezničar,OFK Beograd,Čukarički,Inđija,Jagodina (on two occasions),Dalian Yifang andRadnik Surdulica. In May 2013, he won the2012–13 Serbian Cup with Jagodina.
In May 2018, Krunić for a second time in his career took over the managerial job of Čukarički.[3] Krunić had success with Čukarički, getting the club to 4th place in the2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga and also qualifying it to the2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds. He decided to leave Čukarički on 25 May 2019.[4]
On 11 February 2019, it was announced that Krunić became a new member of theSerbia national team coaching staff and was appointed as a coach.[5] He left the national team later that day.
On 25 June 2019, he became the new manager ofRadnički Niš, succeedingNenad Lalatović on the position.[6] He was sacked in August 2019, but shortly after in October, returned to manage Radnik Surdulica.[7]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| BASK | July 2006 | June 2007 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 046.67 |
| Željezničar Sarajevo | 20 January 2008 | 24 November 2008 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 041.67 |
| OFK Beograd | 13 April 2009 | 13 June 2009 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 014.29 |
| Čukarički | 1 February 2010 | 12 August 2010 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 046.67 |
| Inđija | 11 April 2011 | 30 June 2011 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 044.44 |
| Jagodina | 1 July 2011 | 2 June 2013 | 70 | 35 | 15 | 20 | 050.00 |
| Dalian | 3 June 2013 | 5 December 2013 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 040.91 |
| Jagodina | 18 September 2014 | 30 June 2015 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 040.00 |
| Radnik Surdulica | 22 March 2017 | 30 June 2018 | 43 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 037.21 |
| Čukarički | 1 July 2018 | 25 May 2019 | 39 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 048.72 |
| Radnički Niš | 24 June 2019 | 19 August 2019 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 042.86 |
| Radnik Surdulica | 30 October 2019 | 25 August 2020 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 025.00 |
| Radnik Surdulica | 31 October 2020 | 31 December 2020 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 033.33 |
| OFK Beograd | 1 January 2023 | Pressent | 91 | 42 | 18 | 31 | 046.15 |
| Total | 402 | 174 | 84 | 144 | 043.28 | ||
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