Miroslav Äukić
Miroslav Đukić ( Serbian Cyrillic Мирослав Ђукић ); ( Born February 19, 1966 in Sabac, SFR Yugoslavia ) is a Serbian football coach and Yugoslav- Serbian football player.
The former Yugoslav national team was most recently coach of Spanish side Valencia.
Career as a player
Đukić began his career in 1986 at the club Mačva Sabac from his hometown before the Belgrade club FK replaced wheel in 1989. In 1990, he joined the La Liga to Deportivo La Coruna. He played there the classic Libero and was considered the last great Libero of the Yugoslav school. During his time at La Coruña, the club became a Spanish top team. In 1997 Đukić to league rivals FC Valencia with whom he was in 2000 and 2001, two times in a row in the final of the Champions League, but lost both times. Finally, let Đukić 2003/ 04 end his career at CD Tenerife.
Đukić also was a successful national team. He came in 1991 nor for the Yugoslav national football team to use and denied until 2001 for this and the national teams of the so-called residual Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro 46 matches and scored two goals. With Serbia and Montenegro, he participated in the 1998 World Cup, as well as at the EURO 2000.
Coaching career
After the end of his playing days in 2004, Đukić was trained in Spain to the coach. First coaching job was in 2006, the Serbian U-21 national team, which he led to European vice-champion title in 2007 and the related qualification for the 2008 Olympic Games. He then resigned from his coaching job to dedicate himself fully to the head coach of Partizan Belgrade can post he had held since early 2007. During the winter break of 2007/ 08 he resigned at Partizan and took over the Serbian national team, with which he strove to qualify for the 2010 World Cup. At the same time he coached the made of the reinforced squad of U -21 selection Serbia at the Olympics 2008. This tournament was disappointing with only one point gain and this resulted in last place in the standings. Following the Olympic tournament Đukić was fired as coach of the Serbian national team and replaced by Radomir Antic, who had for years been regarded as ideal candidate for this position. During his time as coach this none of their games ( A- Team: 2 draws, 3 losses, U -23: 1 draw, 2 losses ) won.
In March 2011 Đukić was Hércules Alicante, División at this time in the Primiera taken under contract after the club had slipped under his predecessor Esteban Vigo into the relegation zone. However Đukić was not able to keep the club at the end of the 2010/11 season before the descent. On July 6, 2011 Đukić signed a contract with the then in Segunda División playing Real Valladolid. At the end of the season 2011/12 he went to the club on in the Primera División. After the relegation he had succeeded at the end of 2012/ 13, Đukić signed a contract at FC Valencia in order to succeed Ernesto Valverde. On December 16, 2013, he was released after numerous failures.