.jpg) Boškov coachingFeyenoord in 1976 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1931-05-16)16 May 1931 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Begeč,Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 27 April 2014(2014-04-27) (aged 82) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Novi Sad, Serbia | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Right half | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1948–1960 | Vojvodina | 185 | (15) | |||||||||||
| 1961–1962 | Sampdoria | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1962–1964 | Young Fellows Zürich | 14 | (4) | |||||||||||
| Total | 212 | (19) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1951–1958 | Yugoslavia | 57 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1962–1964 | Young Fellows Zürich (player-manager) | |||||||||||||
| 1964–1967 | Vojvodina (technical director) | |||||||||||||
| 1966 | Yugoslavia (co-manager) | |||||||||||||
| 1968–1974 | Vojvodina (technical director) | |||||||||||||
| 1971–1973 | Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||
| 1974–1976 | ADO Den Haag | |||||||||||||
| 1976–1978 | Feyenoord | |||||||||||||
| 1978–1979 | Zaragoza | |||||||||||||
| 1979–1982 | Real Madrid | |||||||||||||
| 1982–1984 | Sporting Gijón | |||||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | Ascoli | |||||||||||||
| 1986–1992 | Sampdoria | |||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Roma | |||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Napoli | |||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Servette | |||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Sampdoria | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | Perugia | |||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | FR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | FR Yugoslavia (co-manager) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Vujadin Boškov (Serbian Cyrillic:Вујадин Бошков,pronounced[ʋujǎdinbǒʃkoʋ]; 16 May 1931 – 27 April 2014) was a Serbianfootball player andmanager.
A midfielder, he played 57 matches for theYugoslavia national team. He experienced his greatest success as a coach in1990, when he won theEuropean Cup Winners' Cup withSampdoria. He also reached theEuropean Cup final in1981 withReal Madrid and1992 with Sampdoria. He also won theYugoslav First League as technical director and theLa Liga, theCopa del Rey, theSerie A and theCoppa Italia twice as a coach.
Throughout his career as a football manager, he stood out both for his many successes, as well as due to his unique sense of humour and memorable ironic comments, which were used to dissolve tension during post-match interviews; these led him to become a popular figure with football fans during his time in Italy.[1][2]
FC Vujadin Boškov,Vojvodina's training facility inVeternik, was named after him in 1996[3] and in February 2022, he was posthumously admitted to theItalian Football Hall of Fame.[4]
Boškov was born in the Serbian village ofBegeč, 10 km (6 miles) fromNovi Sad in Bunarska Street to father Boja, a village carpenter, and mother Marija. His family lived in Novi Sad before moving to Begeč during theSecond World War where his grandfather lived. Vujadin had an older brother named Aca (also a footballer), who was six years older than Vujadin, who died very young. Vujadin also has two younger sisters, sister Verica (Vera) and sister Danica (Dada), the latter still living. Boškov graduated from theTrgovačka akademija (trade school).
A fan of his local team, Boškov played withVojvodina for most of his career (1946–1960), as well as continuously supporting it. In 1961 he moved to Italy to play forSerie A clubSampdoria for one season (1961–62), before accepting a stint as aplayer-coach at Swiss sideYoung Fellows Zürich (1962–1964).[5] Boškov then returned to the club that made him as a player – FK Vojvodina – and spent seven seasons (1964–1971) as a technical director, leading the club to winning oneYugoslav league championship in1965–66.
He also became a playing member of theYugoslavia national team and made his debut for them in a June 1951friendly match againstSwitzerland. He earned a total of 57 caps (no goals)[6] and was part of the team that won thesilver medal at the1952 Olympic football tournament.[7] Also he played at the1954 and1958 FIFA World Cups.[8] His final international was at the latter tournament againstWest Germany.[9]
Boškov soon developed a successful international coaching career with stints in the DutchEredivisie withADO Den Haag (1974–1976) andFeyenoord (1976–1978); the SpanishLa Liga withReal Zaragoza (1978–79),Real Madrid (1979–1982) andSporting de Gijon (1983–84); the ItalianSerie A withAscoli (1984–1986),Sampdoria (1986–1992, 1997–98),Roma (1992–93),Napoli (1994–1996) andPerugia (1999); and the Swiss league withServette (1996–97).
Arguably his greatest achievement as a coach came in1991, when he steeredSampdoria to theSerie Ascudetto.[10]The following season, he led the club to theEuropean Cup final, where they lost1–0 toBarcelona atWembley.[1] His Sampdoria side often used a man-marking defensive system.[11]
He also coachedYugoslavia atEuro 2000, where they famously lost 4–3 toSpain inBrugge and later went out to hoststhe Netherlands in the quarter-finals, after losing 6–1 to the Dutch.[1]
He finished out his career as a scout forSampdoria in 2006.[2]
Boškov, known for his humorous and ironic quips in interviews, famously once said, "a penalty is when the referee whistles."[2]
Boškov died after a long illness inNovi Sad, on 27 April 2014, aged 82.[12][1] He was interred on 30 April in the Begeč Cemetery.[13]
FootballerVujadin Savić is named after Boškov.[14] In 1996, the FK Vojvodinatraining facility inVeternik was named after Boškov.[3]Corriere dello sport published a book of his quotations e.g. "Quando l'arbitro fischia... it is a penalty".
In February 2022, he was posthumously admitted to theItalian Football Hall of Fame, by decision of leading figures in the Italian media.[4]
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| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Yugoslavia | April 1971 | October 1973 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 037.04 |
| ADO Den Haag | June 1974 | July 1976 | 81 | 31 | 25 | 25 | 038.27 |
| Feyenoord | July 1976 | June 1978 | 80 | 32 | 26 | 22 | 040.00 |
| Zaragoza | July 1978 | May 1979 | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 041.30 |
| Real Madrid | August 1979 | March 1982 | 139 | 80 | 31 | 28 | 057.55 |
| Sporting de Gijon | July 1982 | June 1984 | 79 | 27 | 24 | 28 | 034.18 |
| Ascoli | November 1984 | June 1986 | 63 | 23 | 27 | 13 | 036.51 |
| Sampdoria | July 1986 | June 1992 | 289 | 139 | 90 | 60 | 048.10 |
| Roma | July 1992 | June 1993 | 51 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 037.25 |
| Napoli | October 1994 | June 1996 | 66 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 033.33 |
| Servette | July 1996 | December 1996 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 022.73 |
| Sampdoria | November 1997 | June 1998 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 038.46 |
| Perugia | February 1999 | June 1999 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 035.71 |
| Yugoslavia | July 1999 | July 2000 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 040.00 |
| Yugoslavia | May 2001 | October 2001 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 050.00 |
| Total | 1,006 | 432 | 308 | 266 | 042.94 | ||
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