Zdravko Zemunović

Zdravko Zemunović
Personal information
Full name	Zdravko Zemunović
Date of birth	26 March 1954 (age 67)
Place of birth	Yugoslavia
Senior career*
Years	Team
1969–1976	Teleoptik
1977–1979	Čukarički
1980–1986	BSK Batajnica
Teams managed
1988–1990	BSK Batajnica
1990–1992	Teleoptik
1992–1994	Voždovac
1995	Tosu Futures (coach)
1999–2000	Shimizu S-Pulse (youth)
2000–2002	Shimizu S-Pulse
2004	Rad
2008–2011	Shimizu S-Pulse (technical advisor)
2005–	Chiba Football Association
2016–2018	Vonds Ichihara
2020	FC Gifu
2021	Kamatamare Sanuki
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Zdravko Zemunović (born 26 March 1954) is a former Serbian football player, manager and current head coach for Kamatamare Sanuki.

Playing career[]

Zemunović started his career at FK Teleoptik, the B team of Partizan, in 1969. After playing for FK Teleoptik for 7 years, he enjoyed playing for FK Čukarički, BSK Batajnica. In 1986, he retired due to knee injury at age 32.

After retirement[]

After his retirement, Zemunović enrolled in the department of Physical Education at University of Belgrade and acquired professional coaching license there.

Coaching career in Yugoslavia[]

As professional coach, Zemunović worked for the three professional football clubs in Yugoslavia (BSK Batajnica, Teleoptik, Voždovac) and won league championships in all clubs. He visited Japan as a member of Partizan for Kirin Cup in 1992.

Coaching career in Japan[]

In order to avoid the civil war of Yugoslavia, Zemunović and his family decided to move to Japan and he started his coaching career in Japan as a coach of Tosu Futures for a year. After working for a couple of amateur clubs in Chiba, Japan, He became the general manager of the youth and junior youth team of Shimizu S-Pulse in 1999 and cultivated young talents such as Takuma Edamura and Kota Sugiyama. In December 2000, he took up the post of the manager of Shimizu S-Pulse as the successor of Steve Perryman and won the Emperor's Cup on 1 January 2001 and also won the Japanese Super Cup next month.

After the coaching career in Shimizu S-Pulse, though he coached FK Rad for one season, he is engaging into the development of young talents as technical director.