Branislav Krunić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранислав Крунић; born 28 January 1979) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of First League of RS club Željezničar Banja Luka.
 Krunić with Moscow in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 January 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Trebinje, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Željezničar Banja Luka (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | Leotar | ||
| 2000–2001 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 9 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | Leotar Trebinje | 30 | (5) |
| 2004–2005 | Volyn Lutsk | 33 | (9) |
| 2005–2006 | Tom Tomsk | 45 | (6) |
| 2007–2010 | Moscow | 51 | (3) |
| 2010 | Leotar | 7 | (2) |
| 2010 | Dynamo Bryansk | 14 | (3) |
| 2011–2013 | Borac Banja Luka | 52 | (10) |
| 2015–2019 | Željezničar Banja Luka | 28 | (9) |
| International career | |||
| 2002–2008 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017–2018 | Željezničar Banja Luka | ||
| 2018 | Krupa | ||
| 2019–2020 | Borac Banja Luka | ||
| 2021 | Leotar | ||
| 2023– | Željezničar Banja Luka | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
International career edit
Krunić made his debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina on 11 October 2002, against Germany. After that match, Krunić was recalled by Fuad Muzurović in March 2007, for UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying. In total, Krunić played four times at the qualifying. After Muzurović was sacked, Krunić was selected once for the national team by Miroslav Blažević.
He earned a total of 6 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 2008 friendly match against Slovenia.[1]
Managerial career edit
Krunić retired from football on 15 March 2013, because the issue in football had overshadowed the risk of heart disease, but later returned again as a player-manager to the then Bosnian fourth division club Željezničar Banja Luka, who he led in the First League of RS during the 2017–18 season.
He again retired in May 2018, but once again came out of retirement in November 2018 and came back to Željezničar Banja Luka.[2] In January 2019, he left Željezničar and once again retired from the game and decided to focus only on his managerial career.
From June to October 2018, he was manager of Krupa in the Bosnian Premier League.[3][4]
On 9 June 2019, it was announced that Krunić became the new manager of Borac Banja Luka.[5] He led Borac to a third-place finish in the first half of the 2019–20 season, with the same number of points as second placed Željezničar and only one point less than first placed Sarajevo.[6] On 5 March 2020, Krunić was sacked after 0–2 defeats against Sarajevo in the league and Željezničar in the cup, with Borac being in poor form.[7]
On 23 June 2021, he was named as the new manager of Leotar, also in the Bosnian Premier League.[8] Krunić was sacked as Leotar's manager in December 2021.[9]
In July 2023, Krunić returned to managing Željezničar Banja Luka.[10]
Managerial statistics edit
- As of 21 April 2024
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Željezničar Banja Luka | 1 July 2017 | 3 May 2018 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 32.00 |
| Krupa | 11 June 2018 | 8 October 2018 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20.00 |
| Borac Banja Luka | 9 June 2019 | 5 March 2020 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 50.00 |
| Leotar | 23 June 2021 | 13 December 2021 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23.81 |
| Željezničar Banja Luka | 5 July 2023 | Present | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 50.00 |
| Total | 111 | 41 | 23 | 47 | 36.94 | ||
Honours edit
Player edit
Leotar
Borac Banja Luka
Željezničar Banja Luka
- Second League of RS: 2016–17 (West)
- Regional League of RS: 2015–16 (West)
References edit
- ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ Krunić ponovo obuo kopačke: U 40. godini našao klub at sportsport.ba, 11 November 2018
- ^ E. Čaušević (11 June 2018). "Branislav Krunić novi trener Krupe" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ E. Škorić (8 October 2019). "Krupa ostala bez trenera" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ M. Šljivak (9 June 2019). "Branislav Krunić novi trener FK Borac!" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ K.H. (8 December 2019). "Banja Luka sanja titulu: Borac se pobjedom protiv Slobode poravnao sa Željezničarom" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ N.K. (5 March 2020). "Krunića posla koštali Sarajevo i Željezničar, Borac ekspresno pronašao zamjenu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "(ZVANIČNO) Branislav Krunić novi trener Leotara" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Branislav Krunić otpušten sa klupe Leotara, već imenovan njegov nasljednik?" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ S. Mlaćo (5 July 2023). "Branislav Krunić pronašao novi angažman" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
External links edit
- Branislav Krunić at National-Football-Teams.com
- Branislav Krunić at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
