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Miroslav Đukić

Đukić as Partizan manager in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-02-19) 19 February 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Šabac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Sweeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1989	Mačva Šabac	62	(3)
1989–1991	Rad	60	(2)
1991–1997	Deportivo La Coruña	217	(7)
1997–2003	Valencia	156	(4)
2003–2004	Tenerife	27	(0)
Total		522	(16)
International career
1991–2001	FR Yugoslavia	48	(2)
Managerial career
2006–2007	Serbia U21
2007	Partizan
2007–2008	Serbia
2009	Mouscron
2011	Hércules
2011–2013	Valladolid
2013	Valencia
2014–2015	Córdoba
2017	Al Shabab
2017–2018	Partizan
2019–2020	Sporting Gijón
Medal record Representing  Yugoslavia UEFA U-21 Euro 1990
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

He spent fourteen 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 and living in a small town near Šabac called Štitar in the Socialist Republic of Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Đukić began his playing career with FK Mačva Šabac, moving in 1989 to Belgrade with FK Rad after reported interest from both national giants FK Partizan and Red Star Belgrade.

In spring 1991, Đukić signed for Deportivo de La Coruña in Spain, who purchased him for 40 million pesetas. He only appeared in five league games for the Galicians until the end of 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. 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, 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. 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 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).

Đukić was also a member of the squad that competed at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, but did not play due to injury. His final international was a September 2001 World Cup qualification match against Slovenia.

Coaching career

Serbia U-21 national team and Partizan

Đukić earned his coaching license in Spain, and started his new career in July 2006 with Serbia's under-21 team with which he qualified in dramatic fashion for the 2007 UEFA European Championship (3–0 home loss against Sweden, followed by a 5–0 away win).

On 23 January 2007, Đukić was simultaneously named head coach of Partizan, being eventually voted Manager of the Year.

Đukić led the Serbia under-21 team to the final of the 2007 UEFA European Championship, losing against hosts Netherlands. He stepped down shortly thereafter.

On 19 December 2007, Đukić decided not to extend his expired contract with Partizan and was appointed head coach of Serbia. He was replaced at the helm of Partizan by Slaviša Jokanović.

Serbia national team

On 25 December 2007, Đukić was officially presented as the new head coach of the Serbia national team. He made his debut as head coach against Macedonia in Skopje, on 6 February 2008. The match ended with a score of 1-1. In the next four friendly matches, Đukić recorded defeats against Ukraine (2-0), Russia (2-1) and Germany (2-1) and a draw with the Republic of Ireland (1-1).

Đukić also led Serbia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Before the tournament, Đukić had a brief public row with Partizan and several other European clubs who did not wish to let their players go to Beijing. At the Olympic tournament, Serbia was eliminated in the group stage with only one point won (playing Australia 1-1, Ivory Coast 2-4 and Argentina 0-2).

On 19 August 2008, the Executive Board of the Football Association of Serbia announced that Miroslav Đukić is no longer the manager of Serbia and that Radomir Antić will be appointed in his place, reasoning that Đukić was replaced due to "bad results in friendly matches of the senior national team this year, as well as failure at the Olympic Games in Beijing". Đukić was Serbia manager for only eight months, and he was replaced without ever leading the national team in a competitive match.

Belgium, Spain and UAE

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.

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, but the Valencians ultimately suffered top-flight relegation.

On 6 July 2011, Đukić was appointed at another second division side, agreeing to a three-year contract with Real Valladolid. 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.

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. He was revealed as the new Córdoba CF manager on 20 October 2014, succeeding Albert Ferrer.

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. 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, but was then eliminated by Olympiacos in the 3rd round of qualification. After that, Partizan managed to win a place in the group stage of the Europa League after eliminating Videoton. 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. In the round of 16 of the Europa League, Partizan was eliminated by Viktoria Plzeň.

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." He finished the 2017–18 competitive season in the Serbian Superliga in second place, 17 points behind first-place Red Star. He managed to defend the trophy in the Serbian Cup, after defeating Mladost Lučani in the final (2–1). 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."

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. 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." 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.

Sporting Gijón

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

Career statistics

Club

1. Appearances in La Liga play-offs
2. ^ Appearances in Supercopa de España

International

Managerial statistics

As of match played 20 July 2020

Honours

Player

Deportivo

• Copa del Rey: 1994–95
• Supercopa de España: 1995

Valencia

• La Liga: 2001–02
• Copa del Rey: 1998–99
• Supercopa de España: 1999
• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1998
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 1999–2000, 2000–01

Manager

Serbia U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 2007

Valladolid

• Segunda División play-offs: 2012

Partizan

• Serbian Cup: 2017–18

Individual

• Serbian Coach of the Year: 2007

Notes

1. Including 2 caps for SFR Yugoslavia.
2. FR Yugoslavia was banned from international football due to UN sanctions.

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External links

• Miroslav Đukić at BDFutbol
• Miroslav Đukić manager profile at BDFutbol
• Miroslav Đukić coach profile at National-Football-Teams.com
• Miroslav Đukić coach profile at Soccerway
• Deportivo archives
• CiberChe stats and bio (in Spanish)
• Miroslav Đukić at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)

International tournaments

v t e FR Yugoslavia squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Kralj 2 Mirković 3 Đorović 4 Jokanović 5 Đukić 6 Brnović 7 Jugović 8 Savićević 9 Mijatović 10 Stojković (c) 11 Mihajlović 12 Leković 13 Komljenović 14 Saveljić 15 Drulović 16 Petrović 17 Milošević 18 Govedarica 19 Stević 20 Stanković 21 Ognjenović 22 Kovačević Coach: Santrač v t e FR Yugoslavia squad – UEFA Euro 2000 1 Korać 2 Dudić 3 Đorović 4 Jokanović 5 Đukić 6 D. Stanković 7 Jugović 8 Mijatović 9 Milošević 10 Stojković (c) 11 Mihajlović 12 Cicović 13 Komljenović 14 Saveljić 15 Bunjevčević 16 Govedarica 17 Drulović 18 Kovačević 19 J. Stanković 20 Kežman 21 Nađ 22 Kralj Coach: Boškov v t e Serbia men's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics 1 Stojković (c) 2 Jovanović 3 Kolarov 4 Kačar 5 Rajković 6 Pavlović 7 Smiljanić 8 Gulan 9 Rakić 11 D. Tošić 12 Tadić 13 Fejsa 14 Mrdaković 15 Živković 16 Tomović 17 Z. Tošić 18 Stamenković 19 Kaluđerović Coach: Đukić

• 1966 births
• Living people
• Footballers from Šabac
• Men's association football defenders
• Yugoslav men's footballers
• Yugoslavia men's international footballers
• Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers
• Serbia and Montenegro men's international footballers
• 1998 FIFA World Cup players
• UEFA Euro 2000 players
• FK Mačva Šabac players
• FK Rad players
• Deportivo de La Coruña players
• Valencia CF players
• CD Tenerife players
• Yugoslav First League players
• La Liga players
• Segunda División players
• Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
• Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
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• Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers
• Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Spain
• Serbian football managers
• Serbia national under-21 football team managers
• FK Partizan managers
• Serbia national football team managers
• Royal Excel Mouscron managers
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• Al Shabab Al Arabi Club (Dubai) managers
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