Nebojša Novaković
Nebojsa Novakovic ( born October 29, 1964 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia ) is a former Bosnian football player. Currently, the former striker who won several national titles with the Swedish club AIK as a player works as assistant coach in Northern Europe.
Career
Novakovic began playing football at Bratstvo Vojkovići. From 1984 he played for Dinamo Vojkovići Famos Sarajevo in the Yugoslav professional football. To escape the emerging Yugoslav wars, he took in 1991 at an offer from the Swedish club IF Vasalunds to play in the second Swedish league.
In 1993, Novakovic to Djurgårdens IF ( DIF) in the Allsvenskan. After some initial difficulties, the striker was able to establish the first division. After three years at the club he joined in early 1997 for local rivals AIK.
In his new employer Novakovic had its most successful period. After initial hostility from the AIK supporters, since he had come from DIF, he made in his first competitive match for the club from Solna for attention. On 6 March 1997, the club entered as the reigning Cup winner in the European Cup of Cup Winners' Cup against FC Barcelona at Camp Nou and Novakovic were in the first minute the groundwork for 1-0 hits by Pascal Simpson. However, the Catalan club won the game 3-1 for herself and after a considerable for the Swedish team 1-1 draw in the return game, you failed because of the eventual winners.
In the summer of 1997, Novakovic was in the title defense of the Svenska Cupen involved by a 2-1 win in the finals on IF Elfsborg and also in the Erstligaspielzeit 1997, he knew as simplistic internal scorer convince. The following season was even more successful, as he reached the tenth league title in club history with the club. In 1999, managed a title win, as once again the Swedish Cup was fetched. In the Champions League season 1999/2000 AIK reached the main round and it came to the reunion with FC Barcelona. On 14 September 1999 Novakovic brought his paints in the 72nd minute lead, but the Catalans came in the last five minutes yet the turn to a 2-1 away win in Råsundastadion. At the end of the group stage AIK different than Table with just one point from the competition. In 2001 he left the club after more than 100 first division matches and trailed off in the 2002 when unterklassigen Väsby IK, where he worked in the 2003 Rikard Norling taking as assistant coach.
2004 Novakovic returned to AIK and worked in the coaching team at Patrick Englund. Although this was released after misslungenem relegation, Novakovic remained at the club and was under the newly obligated Norling assistant coach. As in the Erstligaspielzeit again in 2008 to qualify for the international business was missed AIK dismissed the coaching staff. For the following season, he went to Norway to assist the many years in Sweden make Patrick Walker at Sandefjord Fotball in the Tippeligaen. After two years he returned to AIK to complete as assistant coach, the team coach Andreas Alm.
Achievements
- Swedish Champion: 1998
- Swedish Cup winners: 1997, 1999