Nebojša Novaković

Nebojša Novaković
	Novaković as AIK manager in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth	29 October 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth	Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1980–1984	Bratstvo Vojkovići
1984–1988	Famos Hrasnica
1988–1991	Dinamo Vinkovci
1991–1993	Vasalund
1993–1996	Djurgården
1997–2001	AIK
2002–2003	Väsby
Managerial career
2002–2003	Väsby (Assistant Manager)
2004–2008	AIK (Assistant Manager)
2009–2010	Sandefjord (Asst. Manager)
2011–2017	AIK (Assistant Manager)
2017	AIK (Manager of Youth Teams)
2018–2019	Vasalund
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nebojša Novaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Небојша Новаковић, born 29 October 1964) is a former professional football player who played as a striker, most notably for AIK. He is the manager of Vasalunds IF. Born in Sarajevo, he moved to Sweden in the early 1990s.

Biography[edit]

He was born 29 October 1964, in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia to Bosnian Serb parents. He started his youth career at FK Bratstvo Vojkovići. He supported Red Star Belgrade as a youngster. He moved from Sarajevo in 1991, a year before the war broke out, to Solna, a suburb of Stockholm. He is nicknamed Nešo and Nebo.^[2]

Playing career[edit]

Novaković joined Vasalunds IF in 1991 and played 33 league matches (19 goals) for the team in the 1991 and 1992 season.^[3]

For the 1993 season, Novaković joined Djurgårdens IF and played 94 matches (46 goals) for the team between 1993 and 1997.^[4]

In AIK, he made 104 league appearances, scored 27 goals, won Allsvenskan in 1998 and played in the Champions League's 1999–2000 season,^[5] during which he scored a memorable lob versus FC Barcelona.^[6]

Coaching career[edit]

After his playing career he got the job as assistant manager in Väsby IK with Rikard Norling as manager. The club won the league two years in a row but didn't manage to win any of the promotion qualifications. After the 2003 season he returned to AIK to be assistant manager to Richard Money. Money later resigned from AIK and got replaced by Patrick Englund, who got sacked after the 2004 season. Novakovic followed AIK and the new manager Rikard Norling to Superettan in 2005 due to their regulation. AIK won Superettan and reached for second place in Allsvenskan 2006. In 2008 the club got the fifth place and were a disappointment to many supporters. Rikard Norling got sacked and Novakovic resigned because of it. A few months later Novakovic and AIK negotiated to get him a new role in the club but outside the training staff, but they didn't get an agreement. Novakovic said that he's a coach and will continue his career as one.

On January 10, 2009 he became assistant manager to Patrick Walker in the Norwegian Tippeligaen club Sandefjord Fotball.

On December 16, 2010 he returned to AIK and signed a 3-year contract with the club as assistant manager together with the new manager Andreas Alm.

Personal life[edit]

He is married to Gordana, with whom he has a son, Dejan (born 1990) and daughter, Daniella (born 1996).^[2] Daniella is also a footballer in AIK's youth teams.^[7]

Career statistics[edit]

Club	Season	Division	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vasalund	1991	Division 1 Östra/Division 1 Norra	8	7			—
	1992	Division 1 Östra/Division 1 Norra	25	12			—
	Club totals		33	19			—
Djurgården	1993	Division 1 Norra	25	19			—
	1994	Division 1 Norra	25	19			—
	1995	Allsvenskan	23	6			—
	1996	Allsvenskan	21	2			4	1
	Club totals		94	46			4	1
AIK	1997	Allsvenskan	24	7	7	4	4	1	35	12
	1998	Allsvenskan	25	5	4	4	—		29	9
	1999	Allsvenskan	21	7	6	2	10	2	37	11
	2000	Allsvenskan	18	4	4	2	3	1	25	7
	2001	Allsvenskan	16	4	4	2	2	0	22	6
	Club totals		104	27	25	14	19	4	148	45
Career totals							23	5

Honours[edit]

Djurgårdens IF

Division 1 Norra : 1994

AIK

Individual

Swedish Goal of the Year: 1998

References[edit]

^ "Fudbal ex-YU 1945.–1992. > Igrači N". zerodic. Archived from the original on 2009-03-05. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
^ ^a ^b "- AIK - aik.se -". www.aik.se. Archived from the original on 2006-05-03.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Årets fotboll 1998" [1998 Football of the year].
^ "500 AIKare: Nebojša Novaković". Archived from the original on May 3, 2006.
^ "AIK – Barcelona (Novakovic)". Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2016-11-30 – via www.youtube.com.
^ Nilsson, Alva (8 August 2013). "Daniella Novakovic har målsättningen klar". Damfotboll.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.

External links[edit]

Nebojša Novaković at aikfotboll.se (in Swedish)
500 AIKare: Nebojša Novaković at the Wayback Machine (archived May 3, 2006) (in Swedish)
Nebojsa Novakovic club team profile at SvFF at archive.today (archived July 23, 2013) (in Swedish)
Nebojša Novaković at Elite Football

[1] "Fudbal ex-YU 1945.–1992. > Igrači N". zerodic. Archived from the original on 2009-03-05. Retrieved 2009-01-10.

[AIKSE-2] "- AIK - aik.se -". www.aik.se. Archived from the original on 2006-05-03.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Årets fotboll 1998" [1998 Football of the year].

[5] "500 AIKare: Nebojša Novaković". Archived from the original on May 3, 2006.

[6] "AIK – Barcelona (Novakovic)". Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2016-11-30 – via www.youtube.com.

[7] Nilsson, Alva (8 August 2013). "Daniella Novakovic har målsättningen klar". Damfotboll.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.

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