Boban Babunski
| Personal information | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 May 1968 | ||||||||||
| 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
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| *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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Club
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gasevski, Emil (18 November 2013). "FYROM's Babunski clan keeping it in the family". UEFA. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ "Super-tata! El klasiko u kući: Jedan sin u Realu, drugi u Barsi!". BN. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Boban Babunski". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "Boban Babunski". European Football. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
External links
[edit]- Profile at MacedonianFootball.com (in English)
- Boban Babunski at BDFutbol
- Boban Babunski at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Yugoslavia national team data (in Serbian)
- Macedonian national team data
- Boban Babunski at National-Football-Teams.com
- Boban Babunski at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Skopje
- Men's association football central defenders
- Yugoslav men's footballers
- Macedonian men's footballers
- Yugoslavia men's international footballers
- North Macedonia men's international footballers
- Dual internationalists (men's football)
- FK Vardar players
- PFC CSKA Sofia players
- UE Lleida players
- Gamba Osaka players
- AEK Athens F.C. players
- CD Logroñés footballers
- Sint-Truidense V.V. players
- Chemnitzer FC players
- FK Rabotnički players
- FK Kožuf players
- Yugoslav First League players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Segunda División players
- J1 League players
- Super League Greece players
- Belgian Pro League players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Macedonian First Football League players
- Macedonian Second Football League players
- Macedonian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Macedonian football managers
- North Macedonia national football team managers
- FK Rabotnički managers
- North Macedonia national under-21 football team managers
- FK Vardar managers