Alen Škoro

Alen Škoro
Personal information
Date of birth	30 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2000	Sarajevo
2000	Olimpija Ljubljana
2000–2001	Marseille
2001–2002	→ Servette (loan)
2002–2004	Sarajevo
2004–2007	Grazer AK
2007–2008	Rijeka
2008–2009	Jagiellonia Białystok
2009–2010	Sarajevo
2010	Querétaro
2012	Austria Klagenfurt
2012	Olimpik
Total
International career
2004–2009	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Managerial career
2016–2017	Bosna Union (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alen Škoro (born 30 March 1981) is a Bosnian football manager and former professional player. At international level, he made four appearances for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. He was named manager of second tier Bosna Sema in June 2016.^[1]

Club career[edit]

Škoro came through the youth set up at Sarajevo. He joined French giants Olympique Marseille aged 20, but had to retire at 32 due to persistent knee injuries after a career which took him to Switzerland, Austria^[2] and Mexico.^[3] He played two matches for Klagenfurt in the Austrian Regionalliga in 2012^[4] and his last club was Olimpik, whom he joined in summer 2012.^[5]

Only whilst playing in the Bosnian Premier League has Škoro ever been a prolific goal scorer and his spells in Ligue 1 and the Austrian Bundesliga were unsuccessful. He scored 63 goals in 111 games for Sarajevo.^[6]

International career[edit]

He made his debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in an April 2004 friendly match against Finland and has earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a June 2009 friendly against Uzbekistan.^[7]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[8]
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sarajevo	1998–99	Bosnian First League	7	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	2
	1999–2000	Bosnian First League	19	8	2	0	—		1^[b]	0	22	8
	Total		26	10	5	0	0	0	1	0	32	10
Olimpija	2000–01	PrvaLiga	5	3	1	2	—		—		6	5
Marseille	2000–01	Ligue 1	6	0	1	0	—		—		7	0
Servette (loan)	2001–02	Nationalliga A	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
Sarajevo	2002–03	Bosnian Premier League	29	13	3	2	2^[c]	0	—		34	15
	2003–04	Bosnian Premier League	24	20	1	0	0	0	—		25	20
	Total		53	33	4	2	2	0	—		59	35
Grazer AK	2004–05	Austrian Bundesliga	25	6	2	1	8^[d]	0	1^[e]	0	36	7
	2005–06	Austrian Bundesliga	23	7	1	0	2^[c]	0	—		26	7
	2006–07	Austrian Bundesliga	15	4	2	1	—		—		17	5
	Total		63	17	5	2	10	0	1	0	79	19
Rijeka	2007–08	Prva HNL	27	7	1	0	—		—		28	7
	2008–09	Prva HNL	4	0	0	0	2^[f]	0	—		6	0
	Total		31	7	1	0	2	0	—		34	7
Sarajevo	2008–09	Bosnian Premier League	12	6	—		—		—		12	6
	2009–10	Bosnian Premier League	20	13	3	0	1^[g]	0	—		24	13
	Total		32	19	3	0	1	0	—		36	19
Querétaro	2010–11	Liga MX	10	1	—		—		—		10	1
Austria Klagenfurt	2011–12	Austrian Regionalliga Central	2	1	—		—		—		2	1
Olimpic	2012–13	Bosnian Premier League	6	1	2	0	—		—		8	1
Career total			235	92	22	6	15	0	2	0	274	98

^ Includes Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup, Slovenian Cup, Coupe de France, Austrian Cup, Croatian Cup
^ Appearance(s) in Bosnian Supercup
^ ^a ^b Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League; seven appearances in UEFA Cup
^ Appearance(s) in Austrian Supercup
^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Intertoto Cup
^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International[edit]

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[7]
National team	Year	Apps
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2004	1
	2006	1
	2008	1
	2009	1
Total		4

Honours[edit]

Player[edit]

Sarajevo

Bosnian First League: 1998–99

Individual

Bosnian Premier League top goalscorer: 2003–04

References[edit]

^ Povratak fudbalu: Alen Škoro ima novi posao - SportSport (in Bosnian)
^ Into the unknown - BBC
^ Kakav igrač je bio Alen Škoro? Katapult iz Lukavice se ne zaboravlja - SportSport (in Bosnian)
^ Austrian career stats - ÖFB
^ Škoro i Ristić potpisali ugovore sa Olimpicom - SportSport (in Bosnian)
^ Škoro: Široki Brijeg ima svoje mane - SportSport (in Bosnian)
^ ^a ^b "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Alen Škoro (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

External links[edit]

Profile - OM1899
Alen Škoro at FootballDatabase.eu
Alen Škoro at National-Football-Teams.com
Alen Škoro profile at Nogometni magazin (in Croatian)
Alen Škoro at WorldFootball.net

[9] Includes Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup, Slovenian Cup, Coupe de France, Austrian Cup, Croatian Cup

[10] Appearance(s) in Bosnian Supercup

[UC-11] Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup

[12] One appearance in UEFA Champions League; seven appearances in UEFA Cup

[13] Appearance(s) in Austrian Supercup

[14] Appearance(s) in UEFA Intertoto Cup

[15] Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

[1] Povratak fudbalu: Alen Škoro ima novi posao - SportSport (in Bosnian)

[2] Into the unknown - BBC

[3] Kakav igrač je bio Alen Škoro? Katapult iz Lukavice se ne zaboravlja - SportSport (in Bosnian)

[4] Austrian career stats - ÖFB

[5] Škoro i Ristić potpisali ugovore sa Olimpicom - SportSport (in Bosnian)

[6] Škoro: Široki Brijeg ima svoje mane - SportSport (in Bosnian)

[eu-football.info-7] "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[8] Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Alen Škoro (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

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