Veljko Paunović
Serbian footballer and manager
Veljko Paunović (born 21 August 1977) is a former Serbian football player. He has played for Serbia national team.
 Paunović managing Chicago Fire in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Veljko Paunović[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 August 1977[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Strumica, SFR Yugoslavia[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Tigres UANL (head coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1994 | Partizan | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Partizan | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–2002 | Atlético Madrid | 52 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | → Marbella (loan) | 20 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Atlético Madrid B | 22 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | → Mallorca (loan) | 24 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | → Oviedo (loan) | 22 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | → Mallorca (loan) | 33 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Tenerife | 38 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Atlético Madrid | 35 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Hannover 96 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Getafe | 44 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Rubin Kazan | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Almería | 7 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Partizan | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Philadelphia Union | 17 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 358 | (76) | |||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Serbia and Montenegro | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Serbia U18 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Serbia U19 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Serbia U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Chicago Fire | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Reading | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Guadalajara | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Tigres UANL | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||||||||||||||||
Career statistics
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change| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Partizan | 1994–95 | First League | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| Marbella (loan) | 1995–96 | Segunda División | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| Atlético Madrid B | 1996–97 | Segunda División | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 1997–98 | Segunda División | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | |
| Total | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 11 | ||
| Atlético Madrid | 1996–97 | La Liga | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 1997–98 | La Liga | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | |
| 1999–00 | La Liga | 30 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 7 | |
| 2000–01 | Segunda División | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 63 | 10 | ||
| Mallorca (loan) | 1998–99 | La Liga | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 6 |
| Oviedo (loan) | 2000–01 | La Liga | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 |
| Mallorca (loan) | 2001–02 | La Liga | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 3 |
| Tenerife | 2002–03 | Segunda División | 38 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 18 |
| Atlético Madrid | 2003–04 | La Liga | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 |
| 2004–05 | La Liga | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 2 | |
| Total | 35 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 9 | ||
| Hannover | 2004–05 | Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Getafe | 2005–06 | La Liga | 30 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 13 |
| 2006–07 | La Liga | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| Total | 44 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 14 | ||
| Rubin Kazan | 2007 | Russian Premier League | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| Almería | 2007–08 | La Liga | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Partizan | 2008–09 | Serbian SuperLiga | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 2 |
| Philadelphia Union | 2011 | Major League Soccer | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 |
| Career total | 358 | 76 | 21 | 6 | 32 | 5 | 411 | 87 | ||
International goals
change- Scores and results list Serbia and Montenegro's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Paunović goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 April 2004 | Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland |  Northern Ireland |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly[6] |
Managerial statistics
change| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Serbia U20/U19/U18 | 1 October 2012 | 30 June 2015 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 62.50 |
| Chicago Fire | 24 November 2015 | 13 November 2019 | 148 | 46 | 39 | 63 | 31.08 |
| Reading | 29 August 2020 | 19 February 2022 | 83 | 29 | 18 | 36 | 34.94 |
| Guadalajara | 31 October 2022 | 15 December 2023 | 50 | 27 | 8 | 15 | 54.00 |
| Tigres UANL | 9 June 2024 | present | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 69.23 |
| Total | 310 | 121 | 70 | 119 | 39.03 | ||
Honours
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Individual
- EFL Championship Manager of the Month: September 2020[10]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Veljko PAUNOVIC". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 July 2009.
- ↑ Veljko Paunović at BDFutbol
- ↑ "Veljko Paunovic". Worldfootball. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ↑ "Veljko Paunovic". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ↑ "Veljko Paunović" (in Serbian). Partizanopedia. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ↑ "NI 1–1 Serbia & Montenegro". BBC Sport. 28 April 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ↑ "Veljko Paunovic | Managers". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ↑ "V. Paunovic". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ↑ Ibrulj, Sasa (20 June 2015). "Veljko Paunovic: The man behind Serbia's under-20 World Cup glory". ESPN. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ↑ Joy, Matt (8 October 2020). "Reading FC boss nomimated for Manager of the Month award". The Reading Chronicle. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
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