Svetozar Šapurić
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 28 August 1960 | ||
Place of birth | Titov Vrbas, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Cangzhou Mighty Lions (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1972–1977 | Vrbas | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1977–1985 | Vrbas | 173 | (18) |
1985–1989 | Vojvodina | 127 | (8) |
1989–1993 | APOEL | 102 | (11) |
1993–1995 | Anorthosis | 41 | (4) |
1995–1996 | APOEL | 24 | (2) |
Total | 467 | (43) | |
Teams managed | |||
1996 | APOEL | ||
1996–1999 | Vojvodina (sporting director) | ||
2000 | APOEL | ||
2001–2002 | Olympiakos Nicosia | ||
2003–2004 | Ethnikos Achna | ||
2006–2008 | Ethnikos Achna | ||
2008 | Apollon Limassol | ||
2009–2011 | Ethnikos Achna | ||
2011–2012 | Changchun Yatai | ||
2013–2014 | Changchun Yatai | ||
2015–2018 | APOEL (sporting director) | ||
2019 | Changchun Yatai | ||
2021– | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Svetozar Šapurić (Serbian Cyrillic: Светозар Шапурић; born 28 August 1960) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Chinese club Cangzhou Mighty Lions.
Career[]
Šapurić started out at his hometown club Vrbas, spending eight seasons in the senior squad (1977–1985),[1] before securing a move to Vojvodina. He was a member of the team that won the Yugoslav First League in 1989.[2] Subsequently, Šapurić moved abroad to Cyprus and signed with APOEL. He later switched to Anorthosis (1993–1995), before returning to APOEL for his final season.
After finishing his playing career, Šapurić was briefly manager of APOEL in 1996. He later served as sporting director for his former club Vojvodina from September 1996 to October 1999.[3] Afterwards, Šapurić returned to Cyprus for his second brief spell as manager of APOEL in 2000. He also later appointed as their sporting director in December 2015,[4] remaining in charge until September 2018.
Honours[]
Player[]
- Vojvodina
- APOEL
- Cypriot First Division: 1989–90, 1991–92, 1995–96
- Cypriot Cup: 1992–93, 1995–96
- Cypriot Super Cup: 1992
- Anorthosis
Manager[]
- Ethnikos Achna
References[]
- ^ "Statistika odigranih prvenstvenih utakmica i datih golova za FK Vrbas 1969-2007" (in Serbian). fkvrbas.weebly.com. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "FK Vojvodina po drugi put osvojila titulu prvaka Jugoslavije: Kako zadržati igrače? (1989)" (in Serbian). yugopapir.com. April 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Klupko se odmotava..." (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 26 December 2000. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Διευθυντής Ποδοσφαίρου ο Svetozar Sapuric" (in Greek). apoelfc.com.cy. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
External links[]
- Svetozar Šapurić at WorldFootball.net
- Svetozar Šapurić at FootballDatabase.eu
- Association football midfielders
- Anorthosis Famagusta FC players
- APOEL FC managers
- APOEL FC players
- Apollon Limassol FC managers
- Changchun Yatai F.C. managers
- Chinese Super League managers
- Cypriot First Division players
- Cypriot people of Serbian descent
- Ethnikos Achna FC managers
- Expatriate football managers in China
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- FK Vojvodina players
- FK Vrbas players
- Olympiakos Nicosia managers
- People from Vrbas, Serbia
- Serbian expatriate football managers
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in China
- Serbian football managers
- Serbian footballers
- Yugoslav expatriate footballers
- Yugoslav First League players
- Yugoslav footballers
- 1960 births
- Living people