Vlado Jagodić
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vlado Jagodić | ||
| Date of birth | March 22, 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Bosanska Gradiška, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Playing position | Striker / Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| Zadrugar Kočićevo | |||
| Lijevče Nova Topola | |||
| Sloga DIPO Gornji Podgradci | |||
| Laktaši | |||
| BSK Banja Luka | |||
| Rudar Ljubija | |||
| Kozara Gradiška | |||
| Borac Banja Luka | |||
| Morava Ćuprija | |||
| National team | |||
| 1992 | Republika Srpska | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2002–2007 | Laktaši | ||
| 2008 | Borac Banja Luka (sport director) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Borac Banja Luka | ||
| 2009–2010 | Ljubić Prnjavor | ||
| 2010–2011 | Borac Banja Luka | ||
| 2011–2014 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U-21 | ||
| 2011–2012 | Kozara Gradiška | ||
| 2012–2013 | Čelik Zenica | ||
| 2015 | Borac Banja Luka | ||
| 2016– | Sloga Srbac | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals) | |||
Vlado Jagodić (Serbian Cyrillic: Владо Јагодић; born March 22, 1964 in Bosanska Gradiška, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian Serb football manager and former player.
Playing career
Jagodić played with lower-league Bosnian clubs FK Zadrugar Kočićevo, FK Lijevče Nova Topola, FK Sloga DIPO Gornji Podgradci, FK Laktaši, FK BSK Banja Luka, FK Rudar Ljubija and FK Kozara Gradiška before joining FK Borac Banja Luka and playing with them in the First League of FR Yugoslavia as Borac was stationed in Serbia at the time because of the Bosnian War. Later he also played with Serbian side FK Morava Ćuprija.[1]
His biggest playing successes came with FK Borac Banja Luka where he won two Republika Srpska Cup titles in seasons 1994/95 and 1995/96. He scored the second goal in the final against FK Rudar Prijedor in the 1994/95 campaign in front of 20.000 spectators, only days after the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement. During his career at Borac, he played in over 250 matches and scored over 80 goals.[2]
Although he played briefly as a defender, he spent the majority of his career as a striker.
In 1992 he was part of the Republika Srpska national football team.[3]
Refereeing career
Parallel with his playing and managerial career, Jagodić was a successful referee starting in the refereeing system of SFR Yugoslavia. He got his first refereeing license in 1984 followed by a republic-level license in 1986 and a federal license in 1990. Later on, he was placed on the FIFA's Referees List and was a licensed futsal referee from 2002 to 2006.[4]
He refereed during the inaugural two seasons of the joint Bosnian Premier League, 2002/03 and 2003/04. After the match between HNK Orašje and FK Sarajevo, he was removed from the refereeing list without explanation.
Coaching career
Laktaši
Jagodić was the mastermind behind the rise of FK Laktaši through the leagues in the recent years. He took over as the manager of the club in the winter break of the 2002/03 season when Laktaši were competing in the Third League of Republika Srpska - West, 4th tier of the Bosnia & Herzegovina football pyramid. In only a few months, the club managed to win their league and was promoted to the 3rd tier, Second League of Republika Srpska - West.
The next season in the upper tier proved to be even more impressive when Jagodić led the club to another title and achieved promotion to First League of Republika Srpska.[5]
During the next few seasons, Laktaši found themselves in the middle of the table until finally winning the First League of Republika Srpska in the season 2006/07 and reaching promotion to the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the top national tier.
Jagodić's ambition continued in the top flight in the season 2007/08 where Laktaši continued with several good performances. However, he was sacked from his post in December 2007. According to the club's official statement, his contract was cancelled due to inappropriate comments in the media.[6]
During his 5 year tenure at the club, he achieved three promotions by winning three titles where he led the club from the 4th to top tier.
Borac Banja Luka (sports director)
Jagodić was named as the sporting director of FK Borac Banja Luka in January 2008.[7]
Borac Banja Luka
After Milomir Odović was sacked from the manager position at Borac in September 2008, Jagodić was promoted to that position from his role of sports director.[8] During the season 2008/09 Borac played well under Jagodić eventually finishing fifth and winning the Republika Srpska Cup. However, much to the surprise of everyone, Jagodić was relieved of duty in June 2009 after failed renegotiation of his contract.[9]
Ljubić
FK Ljubić Prnjavor named Jagodić as their manager in October 2009 hoping that he can save them from relegation from the First League of Republika Srpska. Although he recorded some good results, he failed to avoid relegation and left the club after he was offered the manager position back in Borac.[10]
Borac Banja Luka
Jagodić rejoined FK Borac Banja Luka in August 2010 after a poor start to the season with the previous manager. He remained on the bench for the whole season and although he managed to win the Bosnian Premier League in that 2010/11 season, the club decided not to extend his contract.[11] He left the club in June 2011 and concentrated on his position in the Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-21 football team.
Bosnia & Herzegovina U-21
Towards the end of his tenure in Borac, he took over the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 team.[12] After a successful campaign where Bosnia & Herzegovina narrowly missed the play-offs, his contract was extended in September 2012 for another qualification cycle.[13]
Kozara
Since the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina made a recommendation that the U21 national team manager should also manage a club in order to track players more efficiently, Jagodić took over as the manager of FK Kozara Gradiška for the 2011/12 season. Although he did manage to record some good results, at the end he failed to save them from relegation and resigned from his position shortly after the start of the second part of the season.[14]
During his tenure at FK Kozara, Jagodić was given the award of "Best coach of Republika Srpska of 2011" by Football Association of Republika Srpska and Sportski žurnal, mainly due to his success at Borac.[15]
Čelik Zenica
In June 2012, Jagodić took over the manager position at NK Čelik Zenica.[16]
Mediterranean Games
Jagodić took charge of the Bosnian team playing in the 2013 Mediterranean Games.[17] Bosnia finished the tournament in 5th place.
Honours
Player honours
- Republika Srpska Cup (2): 1994/95, 1995/96
Managerial honours
- First League of Republika Srpska (1): 2006/07
- Second League of Republika Srpska - West (1): 2003/04
- Third League of Republika Srpska - West (1): 2002/03
- Bosnian Premier League (1): 2010/11
- Republika Srpska Cup (1): 2008/09