Miroslav_Đukić

Miroslav Đukić

Miroslav Đukić

Serbian footballer

Miroslav Đukić (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирослав Ђукић, pronounced [mǐroslaʋ dʑǔkitɕ]; born 19 February 1966) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a sweeper, and a manager.

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He spent 14 years of his professional career in Spain, notably at the service of Deportivo de La Coruña and Valencia, amassing La Liga totals of 368 games and 11 goals and winning a combined six major titles for the two teams.

Đukić represented FR Yugoslavia in one World Cup and one European Championship. After retiring, he embarked in a managerial career at both club and international level.

Playing career

Club

Born in Šabac, Socialist Republic of Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Đukić began his playing career with FK Mačva Šabac, moving in 1988 to Belgrade with FK Rad after reported interest from both national giants FK Partizan and Red Star Belgrade.

In the middle of 1990, Đukić signed for Deportivo de La Coruña in Spain, who purchased him for 40 million pesetas in 1990. He only appeared in five league games for the Galicians in his first season, which ended in La Liga promotion, but, from there onwards, became an undisputed starter, never totalling less than 35 matches and 3,000 minutes of action in five consecutive campaigns, as Super Depor was coming to fruition.

On 14 May 1994, in the league's last round, at home against Valencia CF, Đukić missed a penalty kick in the game's last minute (eventual 0–0 draw), as habitual taker Donato had already been replaced and second option Bebeto refused the responsibility since he failed to score one the previous match.[1][2] As a result, FC Barcelona were crowned champions instead, and the elegant defender left A Coruña at the end of 1996–97 at the age of 31 as his contract was not renewed.

Subsequently, Đukić joined Valencia,[3] starting in all of the league games he took part in his first three seasons and helping the Che to two consecutive UEFA Champions League finals, both lost.[4][5] Already as a backup, he made 16 appearances as the club won the first national championship in 31 years in 2002.

Đukić returned to Segunda División after 12 years for the last season of his career, playing for CD Tenerife[6] and retiring at the age of 38, having appeared in exactly 400 matches in the Spanish league (both major levels combined).

International

Đukić made his debut for Yugoslavia on 27 February 1991, in a 1–1 friendly draw against Turkey in İzmir. He went on to win 48 caps scoring twice, and represented the newly formed FR Yugoslavia at UEFA Euro 2000 (all the games and minutes for the quarter-finalists).[7][8][9][10][11]

Đukić was also a member of the squad that competed at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, but did not play due to injury.

Coaching career

Club

On 23 January 2007, Đukić was named head coach of Partizan,[12][13] being eventually voted Manager of the Year.

On 11 June 2009 he signed for R.E. Mouscron in Belgium, replacing Enzo Scifo and being joined at the Pro League team by former Valencia teammates Amedeo Carboni and Juan Sánchez, who acted as sporting director and technical director, respectively; all left shortly after, as the club folded due to severe economical problems.[14]

In late March 2011, Đukić became Hércules CF manager after Esteban Vigo was sacked. His first match in charge was a 3–1 away win against Real Sociedad,[15] but the Valencians ultimately suffered top-flight relegation.[16]

On 6 July 2011, Đukić was appointed at another second division side, agreeing to a three-year contract with Real Valladolid.[17] In early June 2013, after leading them to promotion in his first season – via the playoffs – and the 14th position in the second, he replaced Ernesto Valverde at the helm of former club Valencia.[18]

Đukić was relieved of his duties on 16 December 2013, following the team's eighth loss of the season, 3–0 at Atlético Madrid which left it in ninth place.[19] He was revealed as the new Córdoba CF manager on 20 October 2014, succeeding Albert Ferrer.[20]

On 23 January 2017, Đukić became the head coach of Al Shabab, but was forced out after the club merged with Al Ahli to form Shabab Al Ahli.

Return to Partizan

At the beginning of June 2017, Đukić was appointed head coach of Partizan for the second time in his coaching career.[21] He signed a two-year contract, replacing Marko Nikolić, who previously resigned. Đukić made his comeback debut on the Partizan bench in the 2nd round of Champions League qualification against Budućnost Podgorica. With Đukić on the bench, Partizan managed to eliminate Budućnost in two matches,[22] but was then eliminated by Olympiacos in the 3rd round of qualification.[23] After that, Partizan managed to win a place in the group stage of the Europa League after eliminating Videoton.[24] Under the leadership of Đukić, Partizan managed to pass the group stage of the Europa League in competition with Dynamo Kyiv, Young Boys and Skënderbeu, thus securing a "European spring" after thirteen years.[25] In the round of 16 of the Europa League, Partizan was eliminated by Viktoria Plzeň.[26]

Although he had success in Europe, Đukić failed to defend the title of Serbian champion with Partizan. In March 2018, the usually calm Đukić made headlines after he used profanities at a press conference, saying that he "was born in fucking Štitar and not sunny Valencia" and that he was "a bum like all of you here."[27] He finished the 2017–18 competitive season in the Serbian Superliga in second place, 17 points behind first-place Red Star.[28] He managed to defend the trophy in the Serbian Cup, after defeating Mladost Lučani in the final (2–1).[29] In May, Đukić arose minor controversy when he said "if Marko Janković manages to overcome the Montenegrin in him, he will be a great player."[30]

Đukić also started the 2018–19 season on the bench of Partizan. He led the club in the first two rounds of the 2018–19 competition in the Serbian Superliga, where in the first round they were defeated by Radnik Surdulica and then in the second round they defeated Dinamo Vranje.[31][32] He also led the black and whites in the qualification for the Europa League, where first Rudar Pljevlja and then Lithuanian FK Trakai were eliminated. He again arose controversy before the latter match-up for referring to Trakai as "not being some Indians with feathers."[33] Despite the fact that he led Partizan to the 3rd round of qualification for the Europa League, Đukić was dismissed on 3 August 2018 and replaced by Zoran Mirković.[34]

Sporting Gijón

Đukić came back to the Spanish second tier on 22 December 2019, taking the helm of Sporting de Gijón.[35] Following a 13th-place finish, he was replaced by David Gallego the following July.[36]

International

Đukić earned his coaching license in Spain, and started his new career with Serbia's under-21 team, which he led to the final of the 2007 UEFA European Championship, lost against hosts Netherlands.[37] This arrived after a dramatic play-off qualification (3–0 home loss against Sweden, followed by a 5–0 away win).[38]

On 19 December 2007, Đukić decided not to extend his expired contract with Partizan and was appointed coach of Serbia, leaving the position on 19 August of the following year without having played any official games, due to various problems with the Football Association.[39]

Career statistics

International

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  • Note: Yugoslavia was banned from international football in 1993. In 1994, FR Yugoslavia became the successor of the SFR Yugoslavia national team.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 20 July 2020[41]
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Honours

Player

Deportivo

Valencia

Manager

Serbia U21

Valladolid

Partizan

Individual

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