Željko Petrovic
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Željko Petrović (born 13 November 1965 in Nikšić
, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia
) is a retired Montenegrin footballer and was the technical coach of Feyenoord Rotterdam
in the 2004/2005 season.
in 1987, spending 3 seasons there. A move to Dinamo Zagreb
in the 1990/1991 season confirmed his place as a talented rightback. He was chosen to represent the national team
on 12 September 1990 in the match against Northern Ireland
which his team won 2-0.
He signed for Sevilla FC
in 1991 and played there alongside Diego Maradona
. However, a markedly dry spell at the Spanish club indicated that he was surplus to requirements at the club and he was quick to sign for Dutch
club FC Den Bosch in 1992. He assisted the club to promotion to the Eredivisie
and was eager to join RKC Waalwijk
in 1994. It was at this club which he excelled as an attacking right wingback where he scored 13 goals in total of 2 seasons before joining Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven in 1996.
In his first season at PSV, he showed that he could play well, getting his name in the scoresheet 5 times in the process. In his second season at the club, however, he proved a difficult player to manage and he was also involved in a spat with team captain Arthur Numan
. As a result, he saw his first-team chances limited to just 10 appearances for that season.
In 1997 he moved to Japan
to play for Urawa Red Diamonds
before returning to RKC Waalwijk in 2000 where he finished his playing career.
through World Cup
qualifying process throughout 1996-1997 period, and also represented his country in France 98
.
team Boavista FC
. In his first match as manager, Boavista won 3-0 against Benfica. However, he resigned in October 2006 after only a month and a half in charge. The following 2007-2008 season Petrovic managed RKC Waalwijk
to a second place in the Dutch 2nd division and failed to gain promotion to the Eredivisie
. In the 2008-2009 season he was Martin Jol
's assistant at Hamburger SV
.
On 28 July 2010 West Ham United confirmed Petrović as the assistant manager to manager Avram Grant. On 23 November 2010, West Ham parted company with Petrović after less than four months. Upon his departure he made controversial comments about the Premier League questioning its quality.
Petrović was appointed as the manager of J. League Division 1 side Urawa Red Diamonds
on 7 December 2010. However, the Reds fell into the relegation zone as a series of poor results in the season
. On 20 October 2011, he was sacked with five games remaining in the season.
|1987/88||rowspan="3"|Budućnost Titograd
||rowspan="3"|First league
||18||3||||||||||||||18||3
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|1988/89||21||3||||||||||||||21||3
|-
|1989/90||19||1||||||||||||||19||1
|-
|1990/91||Dinamo Zagreb||First league
||31||1||||||||||||||31||1
|-
|1991/92||Sevilla
||La Liga
||11||1||||||||||||||11||1
|-
|1992/93||rowspan="2"|Den Bosch||Eredivisie
||13||1||||||||||||||13||1
|-
|1993/94||Eerste Divisie
||27||6||||||||||||||27||6
|-
|1994/95||rowspan="2"|RKC Waalwijk
||rowspan="2"|Eredivisie
||30||4||||||||||||||30||4
|-
|1995/96||30||9||||||||||||||30||9
|-
|1996/97||rowspan="2"|PSV||rowspan="2"|Eredivisie
||25||5||||||||||||||25||5
|-
|1997/98||10||1||||||||||||||10||1
|-
|1997||rowspan="4"|Urawa Red Diamonds
||rowspan="3"|J. League 1||0||0||2||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||2||1
|-
|1998||27||2||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||30||2
|-
|1999||19||1||0||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||23||1
|-
|2000||J. League 2
||16||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||16||0
|-
|2000/01||rowspan="4"|RKC Waalwijk
||rowspan="4"|Eredivisie
||21||2||||||||||||||21||2
|-
|2001/02||23||0||||||||||||||23||0
|-
|2002/03||22||1||||||||||||||22||1
|-
|2003/04||31||1||||||||||||||31||1
89||8||||||||||||||89||8
11||1||||||||||||||11||1
232||30||||||||||||||232||30
62||3||5||1||4||0||colspan="2"|-||71||4
394||42||5||1||4||0||0||0||403||43
|}
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|1990||1||0
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|1991||1||0
|-
!Total||2||0
|}
|-
|1997||8||0
|-
|1998||8||0
|-
!Total||16||0
|}
Nikšić
Nikšić is a city in Montenegro . In 2003 the city had a total population about 75,000.Nikšić is located in Nikšić plain, at the foot of Mount Trebjesa. It is the center of the municipality , which is the largest in Montenegro by area...
, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
) is a retired Montenegrin footballer and was the technical coach of Feyenoord Rotterdam
Feyenoord Rotterdam
Feyenoord is a Dutch professional football club located in Rotterdam. Along with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord is one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlands. These three clubs and Utrecht and Roda JC are the only clubs never to have been relegated from the Dutch first division...
in the 2004/2005 season.
Club career
Petrović started his footballing career with Budućnost TitogradFK Buducnost Podgorica
FK Budućnost is a football club from Podgorica, Montenegro, currently competing in the First League of Montenegro. Its colours are blue and white. FK Buducnost is a part of the Budućnost sport society.-History:...
in 1987, spending 3 seasons there. A move to Dinamo Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb
GNK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb , or by their nickname Modri are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won thirteen Croatian championship titles, ten...
in the 1990/1991 season confirmed his place as a talented rightback. He was chosen to represent the national team
Yugoslavia national football team
The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in association football. It enjoyed a modicum of success in international competition. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international...
on 12 September 1990 in the match against Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team
The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...
which his team won 2-0.
He signed for Sevilla FC
Sevilla FC
Sevilla Fútbol Club S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, Spain that plays in the Spanish La Liga championship.They are one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football having won a 1 La Liga title, 5 Spanish "Copa del Rey" Cups, 1 Spanish Super Cup and 2 UEFA...
in 1991 and played there alongside Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona
Diego Armando Maradona is a retired Argentine football player and widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time. Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys, setting...
. However, a markedly dry spell at the Spanish club indicated that he was surplus to requirements at the club and he was quick to sign for Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
club FC Den Bosch in 1992. He assisted the club to promotion to the Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
and was eager to join RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk is a football club currently playing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules.-History:...
in 1994. It was at this club which he excelled as an attacking right wingback where he scored 13 goals in total of 2 seasons before joining Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven in 1996.
In his first season at PSV, he showed that he could play well, getting his name in the scoresheet 5 times in the process. In his second season at the club, however, he proved a difficult player to manage and he was also involved in a spat with team captain Arthur Numan
Arthur Numan
Arthur Numan is a retired Dutch footballer. He played as a left back and was a regular fixture in Netherlands national football team...
. As a result, he saw his first-team chances limited to just 10 appearances for that season.
In 1997 he moved to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
to play for Urawa Red Diamonds
Urawa Red Diamonds
are a professional association football club playing in Japan's football league, J. League Division 1. One of Japan and Asia's best supported teams, the club has been able to boast the highest average crowds for thirteen of the J-League's twenty season history...
before returning to RKC Waalwijk in 2000 where he finished his playing career.
International career
He was a prominent member of FR Yugoslavia national teamYugoslavia national football team
The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in association football. It enjoyed a modicum of success in international competition. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international...
through World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
qualifying process throughout 1996-1997 period, and also represented his country in France 98
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
.
Managerial and coaching career
On 21 August 2006 Petrović was appointed as the new head coach of PortuguesePortugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
team Boavista FC
Boavista FC
Boavista Futebol Clube, commonly known as Boavista , is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Porto. Founded on 1 August 1903, it is one of the oldest clubs in the country, and currently plays in the third division...
. In his first match as manager, Boavista won 3-0 against Benfica. However, he resigned in October 2006 after only a month and a half in charge. The following 2007-2008 season Petrovic managed RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk is a football club currently playing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules.-History:...
to a second place in the Dutch 2nd division and failed to gain promotion to the Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
. In the 2008-2009 season he was Martin Jol
Martin Jol
Maarten Cornelis "Martin" Jol is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder who currently manages Fulham in the Premier League. Jol played over 400 games during his career which included spells in the Netherlands, Germany, and England, as well as earning three caps with the Dutch national team...
's assistant at Hamburger SV
Hamburger SV
Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...
.
On 28 July 2010 West Ham United confirmed Petrović as the assistant manager to manager Avram Grant. On 23 November 2010, West Ham parted company with Petrović after less than four months. Upon his departure he made controversial comments about the Premier League questioning its quality.
Petrović was appointed as the manager of J. League Division 1 side Urawa Red Diamonds
Urawa Red Diamonds
are a professional association football club playing in Japan's football league, J. League Division 1. One of Japan and Asia's best supported teams, the club has been able to boast the highest average crowds for thirteen of the J-League's twenty season history...
on 7 December 2010. However, the Reds fell into the relegation zone as a series of poor results in the season
2011 J. League Division 1
The 2011 J. League Division 1 season is the 46th season of Japanese top flight football and 19th since the establishment of the J. League. The season began on March 5 and is scheduled to end on December 3, with a planned five-week summer break between June 27–July 29 in order to allow preparation...
. On 20 October 2011, he was sacked with five games remaining in the season.
Statistics
|-|1987/88||rowspan="3"|Budućnost Titograd
FK Buducnost Podgorica
FK Budućnost is a football club from Podgorica, Montenegro, currently competing in the First League of Montenegro. Its colours are blue and white. FK Buducnost is a part of the Budućnost sport society.-History:...
||rowspan="3"|First league
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...
||18||3||||||||||||||18||3
|-
|1988/89||21||3||||||||||||||21||3
|-
|1989/90||19||1||||||||||||||19||1
|-
|1990/91||Dinamo Zagreb||First league
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...
||31||1||||||||||||||31||1
|-
|1991/92||Sevilla
Sevilla FC
Sevilla Fútbol Club S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, Spain that plays in the Spanish La Liga championship.They are one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football having won a 1 La Liga title, 5 Spanish "Copa del Rey" Cups, 1 Spanish Super Cup and 2 UEFA...
||La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||11||1||||||||||||||11||1
|-
|1992/93||rowspan="2"|Den Bosch||Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
||13||1||||||||||||||13||1
|-
|1993/94||Eerste Divisie
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...
||27||6||||||||||||||27||6
|-
|1994/95||rowspan="2"|RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk is a football club currently playing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules.-History:...
||rowspan="2"|Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
||30||4||||||||||||||30||4
|-
|1995/96||30||9||||||||||||||30||9
|-
|1996/97||rowspan="2"|PSV||rowspan="2"|Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
||25||5||||||||||||||25||5
|-
|1997/98||10||1||||||||||||||10||1
|-
|1997||rowspan="4"|Urawa Red Diamonds
Urawa Red Diamonds
are a professional association football club playing in Japan's football league, J. League Division 1. One of Japan and Asia's best supported teams, the club has been able to boast the highest average crowds for thirteen of the J-League's twenty season history...
||rowspan="3"|J. League 1||0||0||2||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||2||1
|-
|1998||27||2||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||30||2
|-
|1999||19||1||0||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||23||1
|-
|2000||J. League 2
J. League Division 2
The or is the second division of and is the second-tier professional association football league in Japan. Currently, J. League Division 2 is the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The first tier is represented by J...
||16||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||16||0
|-
|2000/01||rowspan="4"|RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk is a football club currently playing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules.-History:...
||rowspan="4"|Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
||21||2||||||||||||||21||2
|-
|2001/02||23||0||||||||||||||23||0
|-
|2002/03||22||1||||||||||||||22||1
|-
|2003/04||31||1||||||||||||||31||1
89||8||||||||||||||89||8
11||1||||||||||||||11||1
232||30||||||||||||||232||30
62||3||5||1||4||0||colspan="2"|-||71||4
394||42||5||1||4||0||0||0||403||43
|}
|-
|1990||1||0
|-
|1991||1||0
|-
!Total||2||0
|}
|-
|1997||8||0
|-
|1998||8||0
|-
!Total||16||0
|}