Boban Babunski

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

Boban Babunski
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-05-05) 5 May 1968
Place of birth Skopje, Macedonia (present-day North Macedonia)
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1992 Vardar 141 (14)
1992–1994 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)
National team
1991 Yugoslavia 2 (0)
1993–2000 Macedonia 23 (1)
Teams managed
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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Babunski was born in Skopje, 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

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

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]

Statistics

Club

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Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Yugoslavia League Yugoslav Cup League Cup Total
1985–86VardarFirst League6060
1986–87190190
1987–88231231
1988–89140140
1989–90151151
1990–91Second League385385
1991–92First League267267
Bulgaria League Bulgarian Cup League Cup Total
1992–93CSKA SofiaA Football Group222222
1993–94182182
Spain League Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga Total
1994–95LleidaSegunda División311311
1995–96311311
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1996Gamba OsakaJ1 League1414030211
19972352151307
199810000010
Greece League Greek Cup League Cup Total
1998–99AEK AthensSuperleague Greece8080
Spain League Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga Total
1999–00LogroñésSegunda División330330
Belgium League Belgian Cup League Cup Total
1999–00Sint-TruidenBelgian Pro League1010
Germany League DFB-Pokal DFB Ligapokal Total
2000–01Chemnitzer FC2. Bundesliga8181
Macedonia League Macedonian Cup League Cup Total
2000–01RabotnichkiFirst League3131
CountryYugoslavia 1411414114
Bulgaria 404404
Spain 952952
Japan 3866181528
Greece 8080
Belgium 1010
Germany 8181
Macedonia 3131
Total 30625618134831

National team

[5]

Yugoslavia
YearAppsGoals
199120
Total20
Macedonia
YearAppsGoals
199310
199430
199540
199621
199720
199810
199960
200040
Total231

References
  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] (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  3. Gasevski, Emil (18 November 2013). "FYROM's Babunski clan keeping it in the family". UEFA.com. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  4. "Boban Babunski". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  5. "Boban Babunski". European Football. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
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