Boban Babunski
| Personal information | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 May 1968 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||
| Position | 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 | FK Vardar | ||||||||||
| 2022 | Pobeda | ||||||||||
| 2023 | Pelister | ||||||||||
| 2024- | KF Besa Dobërdoll | ||||||||||
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.
Club 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 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 Lleida he played the same time in Japan, at Gamba Osaka.
On 31 July 1998 Babunski was transferred to the Greek side, AEK Athens for a fee of 330 million drachmas.[2] He failed to establish himself in the squad and on 28 July 1999 he was transferred to Logroñés.[3]
Babunski retired professionally in 2001 at the age of 33, after stints with, Sint-Truiden 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.
International career
[edit]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.
Managerial 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.[4][5] Babunski's great-grandfather was Jovan Babunski, a Serbian Chetnik vojvoda.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FK Vardar | 1985–86 | 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 | |||||
| Total | 141 | 14 | 141 | 14 | ||||||
| CSKA Sofia | 1992–93 | A Football Group | 22 | 2 | 22 | 2 | ||||
| 1993–94 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 40 | 4 | 40 | 4 | ||||||
| Lleida | 1994–95 | Segunda División | 31 | 1 | 31 | 1 | ||||
| 1995–96 | 31 | 1 | 31 | 1 | ||||||
| Spain | 62 | 2 | 62 | 2 | ||||||
| Gamba Osaka | 1996 | 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 | ||
| Total | 38 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 52 | 8 | ||
| AEK Athens | 1998–99 | Super League Greece | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Logroñés | 1999–2000 | Segunda División | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||||
| Sint-Truiden | 1999–2000 | Belgian Pro League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Chemnitzer FC | 2000–01 | 2. Bundesliga | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Rabotnichki | 2000–01 | Macedonian First Football League | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 306 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 348 | 31 | ||
- ↑ Includes Yugoslav Cup, Bulgarian Cup, Copa del Rey, Emperor's Cup, Greek Cup, Belgian Cup, DFB-Pokal, Macedonian Cup.
- ↑ Includes J.League Cup, Greek League Cup.
International
[edit]| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yugoslavia | 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
| Macedonia | 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.
- ↑ "Υπέγραψαν Μπαμπούνσκι και Ίλιεφ". tanea.gr. 1 August 1998.
- ↑ Μιχάλης Φουστέρης (29 July 1999). "Στη Λογκονιές ο Μπαμπούνσκι". Athletic Echo (in Greek). p. 14.
- ↑ 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". 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 VV players
- Chemnitzer FC players
- FK Rabotnicki players
- FK Kozhuf 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 Rabotnicki managers
- North Macedonia national under-21 football team managers
- FK Vardar managers
- Macedonian First Football League managers
- KF Besa Dobërdoll managers
