Saša Vidović (, born 14 February 1982) is a

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former

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who played as a

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Club career

Early career

Vidović was born in

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, during his early career he played in the Austrian regional circuit with FC Blau-Weiß Feldkirch. He also had several stints with minor Serbian clubs such as Srem Jakovo and FK Mladost Lukićevo.

Serbia

In January 2004, Vidović returned to Serbia to play in the Serbian top league with

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. He was re-signed by the club the following season. His final season with Zemun was the 2006–07 season. After the relegation of Zemun in 2007, he signed with Rad originally in the Serbian second division. The Belgrade-based club secured a promotion to the top-tier league and re-signed Vidović. His final season in the Serbian top league was during the 2009-10 season with Rad. He appeared in seven matches throughout the season. In the summer of 2010, after three seasons with Belgrade's Rad, he returned to his former club Zemun in the second division. In his single season with Zemun, he played in four matches and scored one goal.

Canada

In the summer of 2011, he signed with

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club

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. He recorded his first on July 1, 2011, against

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. Brantford failed to secure a playoff berth after finishing ninth in the league's first division.

Europe

He returned to Serbia the following winter by joining

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in the

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. At the end of the season, they won promotion from the

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, but during the summer, he moved to

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, another club in the second division. In his debut season with Nov Sad, he appeared in nine matches and recorded one goal. In the winter of 2013, he ventured abroad again and joined the Croatian-side Bratstvo Savska Ves.

Return to Canada

In 2015, he returned to the Canadian circuit to his former club Brantford to compete in the 2015 season. He recorded his first goal of the season on June 8, 2015, against Toronto Atomic. The team failed again to secure a postseason berth by finishing eleventh in the division. He re-signed with Brantford the following season. Vidović helped the club secure a playoff berth by finishing seventh in the top division. Brantford was eliminated from the playoff competition in the first round by

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. The 2017 season marked his fourth overall season with the Brantford organization. Throughout the campaign, he aided the club in securing another postseason berth for the second consecutive year. Their playoff journey concluded in the preliminary round after a defeat by

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. Brantford re-signed Vidović for the 2018 season. The club had another playoff-producing season by securing the final playoff berth in the division. Ukraine United eliminated the team in the first round of the postseason. In 2020, he began the transition to the managerial side by being named the head coach for Brantford. After the merger between

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with Brantford, he played with BGH City FC for the

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. He had another season with the hybrid team the following season.

Managerial career

In 2020, he served as the head coach for

in the

. For the second consecutive season,

concluded the season at the bottom of the standings and managed to dodge a winless season by winning their final match of the season. Vidović joined the Hamilton City coaching staff for the 2023 season when the organization became a single entity once more.

References

External links

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Profile
at official FK Rad website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vidovic, Sasa 1982 births Living people Footballers from Banja Luka Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Men's association football midfielders Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers 21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen FK Srem Jakovo players FK Zemun players FK Rad players FK Timok players RFK Novi Sad 1921 players Brantford Galaxy players Serbian SuperLiga players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Canada Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) coaches Serbian League players Serbian First League players Austrian Regionalliga players