Vladimir Vermezović (

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: Владимир Вермезовић; born 30 June 1963) is a Serbian

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and former

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who is the head coach of

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club Mura.

Playing career

Vermezović started playing football with

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in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

, before moving abroad to play in Spain for

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and

UD Salamanca Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. () was a historical Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 February 1923 and nicknamed ''Los Charros'', the club played in white shirts and blac ...

. He also played in Greece for

Panionios F.C. Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis'') ...

and finished his playing career with German side Hannover 96.

Managerial career

Following his retirement, Vermezović began coaching with

. He achieved success in reaching the

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Round of 16 in the 2004–05 season by coaching sixteen straight matches with Partizan in European competition. This was Partizan's biggest success in the UEFA Cup since the 1988–89 season. He had a brief spell with

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before joining South African side Kaizer Chiefs in 2009. In May 2012, he returned to Partizan and became head coach again. He ended his second spell in charge of Partizan in April 2013. On 14 February 2014, he was appointed head coach of South African outfit

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. Although he led the team to

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success in May, he left the club later that year, resigning from his position due to a string of poor results in the 2014–15 season. On 22 November 2020, he was appointed head coach of Emirati side Hatta. However, he left the club in May 2021 as he failed to keep the club in the league. On 6 September 2023, Vermezović was unveiled as new head coach of

club Mura.

Honours

Kaizer Chiefs * Telkom Cup: 2009, 2010 * MTN 8 runner-up: 2011 Orlando Pirates * MTN 8 runner-up: 2014 *

: 2014

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