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Boban Babunski

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Boban Babunski
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-05-05) 5 May 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Skopje, SR Macedonia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1993 Vardar 141 (14)
1993–1994 CSKA Sofia 40 (4)
1994–1996 Lleida 63 (3)
1996–1998 Gamba Osaka 38 (6)
1998–1999 AEK Athens 8 (0)
1999–2000 Logroñés 34 (0)
2000 Sint-Truiden 1 (0)
2000 Chemnitzer FC 8 (1)
2001 Rabotnichki 3 (1)
2008 Kozhuf 1 (0)
Total 337 (29)
International career
1991 Yugoslavia 2 (0)
1993–2000 Macedonia 23 (1)
Managerial career
2002–2003 Macedonia (assistant)
2005 Macedonia (assistant)
2005–2006 Macedonia (interim)
2008–2009 Rabotnichki (coach)
2009–2014 Macedonia U21 (coach)
2011 Macedonia (caretaker)
2011–2012 Macedonia (assistant)
2018 Vardar
2022 Pobeda
2023 Pelister
Medal record
Representing  Yugoslavia
Silver medal – second place UEFA U-21 Euro 1990
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Boban Babunski (Macedonian: Бобан Бабунски; born 5 May 1968) is a Macedonian retired footballer who played as a central defender, and a coach.

Playing career

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Babunski was born in Skopje, SR Macedonia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. On the club level he started playing with hometown's FK Vardar, then spent two seasons in Bulgaria with PFC CSKA Sofia to become of the first Macedonians to compete in the A Football Group.[1] After two solid years in the Spanish second division with UE Lleida he played the same time in Japan, at Gamba Osaka.

Babunski retired professionally in 2001 at the age of 33, after stints with AEK Athens FC, CD Logroñés, K. Sint-Truidense V.V. and Chemnitzer FC – he left Germany in December 2000, signing with native FK Rabotnichki – the second and the last teams two also in the respective countries' second level.

Babunski was capped two times for Yugoslavia in 1991. Subsequently, during seven years, he played 23 matches and scored once for the newly formed Macedonia.

Manager career

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Babunski began his coaching career as assistant in the Macedonian national side, under Slobodan Santrač. When the latter resigned on 23 August 2005 he was appointed interim manager but, on 17 February of the following year, Srečko Katanec took over the job on a permanent basis.

On 23 July 2009, Babunski was signed as head coach of Macedonian First Football League champions Rabotnichki, also from Skopje, winning the domestic cup in his sole season. Four years later he returned to the national team.

Personal life

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Babunski's sons, David and Dorian, are also footballers. The former played youth football with FC Barcelona, whilst the latter did the same at Real Madrid.[2][3] Babunski's great-grandfather was Jovan Babunski, a Serbian Chetnik vojvoda.[4]

Statistics

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Club

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Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Yugoslavia League Yugoslav Cup League Cup Total
1985–86 Vardar First League 6 0 6 0
1986–87 19 0 19 0
1987–88 23 1 23 1
1988–89 14 0 14 0
1989–90 15 1 15 1
1990–91 Second League 38 5 38 5
1991–92 First League 26 7 26 7
Bulgaria League Bulgarian Cup League Cup Total
1992–93 CSKA Sofia A Football Group 22 2 22 2
1993–94 18 2 18 2
Spain League Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga Total
1994–95 Lleida Segunda División 31 1 31 1
1995–96 31 1 31 1
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1996 Gamba Osaka J1 League 14 1 4 0 3 0 21 1
1997 23 5 2 1 5 1 30 7
1998 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Greece League Greek Cup League Cup Total
1998–99 AEK Athens Superleague Greece 8 0 8 0
Spain League Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga Total
1999–00 Logroñés Segunda División 33 0 33 0
Belgium League Belgian Cup League Cup Total
1999–00 Sint-Truiden Belgian Pro League 1 0 1 0
Germany League DFB-Pokal DFB Ligapokal Total
2000–01 Chemnitzer FC 2. Bundesliga 8 1 8 1
Macedonia League Macedonian Cup League Cup Total
2000–01 Rabotnichki First League 3 1 3 1
Country Yugoslavia 141 14 141 14
Bulgaria 40 4 40 4
Spain 95 2 95 2
Japan 38 6 6 1 8 1 52 8
Greece 8 0 8 0
Belgium 1 0 1 0
Germany 8 1 8 1
Macedonia 3 1 3 1
Total 306 25 6 1 8 1 348 31

National team

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Yugoslavia
Year Apps Goals
1991 2 0
Total 2 0
Macedonia
Year Apps Goals
1993 1 0
1994 3 0
1995 4 0
1996 2 1
1997 2 0
1998 1 0
1999 6 0
2000 4 0
Total 23 1

References

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  1. ^ Lelyov, Momchil (20 July 2006). ""А" група погледна към елита на Европа. За пръв път в първенството ще ритат холандец и испанец" (in Bulgarian). 7 Sport. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  2. ^ Rojo, Luis F. (7 September 2011). "Los Babunski tienen el Clásico en casa" [The Babunskis have the Clásico at home]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  3. ^ Gasevski, Emil (18 November 2013). "FYROM's Babunski clan keeping it in the family". UEFA. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Super-tata! El klasiko u kući: Jedan sin u Realu, drugi u Barsi!". BN. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Boban Babunski". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Boban Babunski". European Football. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
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