Aleksandar Veselinović

Aleksandar Veselinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Веселиновић; born 23 May 1970) is a Serbian football manager and former player.

Aleksandar Veselinović
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-05-23) 23 May 1970
Place of birth Obrovac, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Velebit Benkovac
Hajduk Split
Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 Bečej 5 (0)
1994–1996 Radnički Niš 32 (0)
1996–1997 Molenbeek 8 (0)
1998–1999 Spartak Varna
1999–2000 Hajduk Beograd 6 (0)
Managerial career
2014–2016 Sūduva
2017 Vojvodina
2017–2018 Spartak Subotica
2018 Vojvodina
2019–2020 Čukarički
2020–2021 Al Dhafra
2021 Al Batin
2022–2023 Al Dhafra
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Obrovac (in present-day Croatia), Veselinović spent some time in the youth system of Hajduk Split, before joining the youth categories of Red Star Belgrade in 1986.[1]

During the 1990s, Veselinović spent one-and-a-half seasons with Radnički Niš in the First League of FR Yugoslavia, before moving abroad to Molenbeek. He also played for Bulgarian club Spartak Varna.

Managerial career

On 21 December 2014, it was announced that Veselinović would take over as manager of Lithuanian side Sūduva. He parted ways with them on 31 August 2016.

In April 2017, Veselinović was appointed as manager of Vojvodina, but left the post after less than three weeks in charge.[2] He subsequently took charge of Spartak Subotica in June 2017. In April 2018, Veselinović left the club to return to Vojvodina.[3] He was hired as manager of Čukarički in May 2019.[4]

In October 2020, Veselinović became manager of Emirati club Al Dhafra, but left the following January. He was then appointed as manager of Saudi side Al Batin in March 2021, saving them from relegation. In October 2022, Veselinović was brought back to Al Dhafra, replacing compatriot Nebojša Vignjević.[5] He brought with him compatriots to employ as staff, such as Goran Stanić, Dejan Odavić and Dragan Sretenijević. The outlet Arab News named Veselinović "manager of the week" after his first match in charge.[6][7]

References
  1. "Sve u 16 sa Acom Veselinovićem: Sa igračima uvek na "vi", evo i zašto..." (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. "Vojvodina bez trenera u Humskoj!" (in Serbian). b92.net. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  3. "Zvanično: Veselinović ponovo na klupi Vojvodine" (in Serbian). zurnal.rs. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. "Veselinović preuzeo Čukarički" (in Serbian). zurnal.rs. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  5. "Vignjević izgubio posao na Bliskom istoku, njegovo mesto preuzeo drugi srpski trener" (in Serbian). 24sedam.rs. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  6. "Novi angažman u Emiratima za srpskog trenera!". Sportske Novosti (in Serbian). 3 November 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  7. Monaghan, Matt (6 November 2022). "UAE Pro League review: Late goals boost Al-Ain and Al-Wasl". Arab News. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
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