Simo Krunić (

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: Симо Крунић; born 13 January 1967) is a Bosnian-Serbian professional football

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and former

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. He is currently the coach of

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Playing career

In the late 1980s, Krunić played for the two biggest clubs in

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and Željezničar, while the teams competed in the

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. In between the two clubs, he also played for Famos Hrasnica. He subsequently moved to

due to the outbreak of the

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, spending two seasons with the ''Romantičari'' (1992–1994). During his footballing career, Krunić also played professionally in Spain, South Korea (he won the 1996 Korean FA Cup with

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) and Greece.

Managerial career

Together with Risto Vidaković, Krunić served as assistant to Spaniard Javier Clemente at the helm of the Serbia national team during the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying. He was later manager of

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, Željezničar,

, Čukarički, Inđija,

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(on two occasions),

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and

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. In May 2013, he won the

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with Jagodina. In May 2018, Krunić for a second time in his career took over the managerial job of Čukarički. Krunić had success with Čukarički, getting the club to 4th place in the

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and also qualifying it to the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds. He decided to leave Čukarički on 25 May 2019. On 11 February 2019, it was announced that Krunić became a new member of the Serbia national team coaching staff and was appointed as a coach. He left the national team later that day. On 25 June 2019, he became the new manager of Radnički Niš, succeeding Nenad Lalatović on the position. He was sacked in August 2019, but shortly after in October, returned to manage Radnik Surdulica.

Honours

Player

Pohang Stellers *

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Manager

Jagodina *

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