Simo Krunić (Serbian Cyrillic: Симо Крунић; born 13 January 1967) is a Bosnian-Serbian professional football manager and former footballer.
Playing career In the late 1980s, Krunić played for the two biggest clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo and Željezničar, while the teams competed in the Yugoslav First League. In between the two clubs, he also played for Famos Hrasnica. He subsequently moved to OFK Beograd due to the outbreak of the Bosnian War, spending two seasons with the Romantičari (1992–1994).
During his footballing career, Krunić also played professionally in Spain, South Korea (he won the 1996 Korean FA Cup with Pohang Steelers) and Greece.
Managerial career Together with Risto Vidaković, Krunić served as assistant to Spaniard Javier Clemente at the helm of the Serbia national team during the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying. He was later manager of BASK, Željezničar, OFK Beograd, Čukarički, Inđija, Jagodina (on two occasions), Dalian Yifang and Radnik Surdulica. In May 2013, he won the 2012–13 Serbian Cup with Jagodina.
In May 2018, Krunić for a second time in his career took over the managerial job of Čukarički. Krunić had success with Čukarički, getting the club to 4th place in the 2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga and also qualifying it to the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds. He decided to leave Čukarički on 25 May 2019.
On 11 February 2019, it was announced that Krunić became a new member of the Serbia national team coaching staff and was appointed as a coach. He left the national team later that day.
On 25 June 2019, he became the new manager of Radnički Niš, succeeding Nenad Lalatović on the position. He was sacked in August 2019, but shortly after in October, returned to manage Radnik Surdulica.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamFromToRecordBASKJuly 2006June 2007Željezničar Sarajevo20 January 200824 November 2008OFK Beograd13 April 200913 June 2009Čukarički1 February 201012 August 2010Inđija11 April 201130 June 2011Jagodina1 July 20112 June 2013Dalian3 June 20135 December 2013Jagodina18 September 201430 June 2015Radnik Surdulica22 March 201730 June 2018Čukarički1 July 201825 May 2019Radnički Niš24 June 201919 August 2019 Radnik Surdulica30 October 201925 August 2020Radnik Surdulica31 October 202031 December 2020OFK Beograd1 January 20231 January 2026Total
Honours Player Pohang Stellers Korean FA Cup: 1996
Manager Jagodina Serbian Cup: 2012–13 OFK Beograd Serbian League Belgrade: 2022–23 Serbian First League: 2023-24
References
External links
Srbijafudbal profile