Đorđe Gerum (; born 28 September 1940) is a Serbian former
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
manager and player.
Playing career
Born in
Pančevo
Pančevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Панчево, ; ; ; ; ) is a list of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the South Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is located on the shores of rivers Timiș (ri ...
, Gerum started playing football at his hometown club
Dinamo, but soon joined the youth system of
Partizan.
After spending several seasons with
Radnički Kragujevac, Gerum moved to
Sloboda Tuzla in 1964. He was a regular member of the team that won promotion to the
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...
in 1969. Two years later, Gerum helped the side reach the
1970–71 Yugoslav Cup final. He ended his playing career in the fall of 1972.
Managerial career
After hanging up his boots, Gerum served as an assistant to
Sloboda Tuzla manager
Josip Duvančić for three years, before replacing him in the summer of 1976. He led the club to a third-place finish in his
debut season in charge, securing a spot in the
1977–78 UEFA Cup.
In the summer of 1981, Gerum was appointed as manager of fellow Yugoslav First League side
Budućnost Titograd. He subsequently managed three
Yugoslav Second League
Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...
clubs, namely
Rad,
Borac Banja Luka (
1984–85), and
Napredak Kruševac (
1985–86).
In December 1986, Gerum went abroad to Turkey and took over at
Eskişehirspor
Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish football club located in Eskişehir. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division of Turkish football for 16 years until they were relegated. After being out of the Süper Lig for 12 years the ...
, but was dismissed in April 1987.
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1940 births
Living people
Footballers from Pančevo
Men's association football midfielders
Yugoslav men's footballers
FK Radnički 1923 players
FK Sloboda Tuzla players
Yugoslav Second League players
Yugoslav First League players
Yugoslav football managers
Serbia and Montenegro football managers
FK Sloboda Tuzla managers
FK Budućnost Podgorica managers
FK Rad managers
FK Borac Banja Luka managers
FK Napredak Kruševac managers
Eskişehirspor managers
FK Spartak Subotica managers
FK Vardar managers
FK Zemun managers
FK Obilić managers
FK Loznica managers
Yugoslav First League managers
Süper Lig managers
Yugoslav expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Turkey
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Turkey