Svetozar Šapurić (; 28 August 1960 – 27 December 2024) was a Serbian

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manager and player.

Career

Šapurić started out at his hometown club Vrbas, spending eight seasons in the senior squad (1977–1985), before securing a move to

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...

. He was a member of the team that won 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) ...

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

. Subsequently, Šapurić moved abroad to Cyprus and signed with APOEL. He later switched to Anorthosis (1993–1995), before returning to APOEL for his final season. After finishing his playing career, Šapurić was briefly manager of APOEL in 1996. He later served as

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for his former club Vojvodina from September 1996 to October 1999. Afterwards, Šapurić returned to Cyprus for his second brief spell as manager of APOEL in 2000. He was also later appointed their sporting director in December 2015, remaining in charge until September 2018.

Death

Šapurić died on 27 December 2024, at the age of 64.Preminuo Svetozar Šapurić, član Vošine šampionske generacije

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sapuric, Svetozar 1960 births 2024 deaths Footballers from Vrbas Naturalized citizens of Cyprus Cypriot people of Serbian descent Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers FK Vrbas players FK Vojvodina players APOEL FC players Anorthosis Famagusta FC players Yugoslav First League players Cypriot First Division players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Serbia and Montenegro football managers Serbian football managers APOEL FC managers Olympiakos Nicosia managers Ethnikos Achna FC managers Apollon Limassol FC managers Changchun Yatai F.C. managers Cangzhou Mighty Lions F.C. managers Cypriot First Division managers Chinese Super League managers Serbia and Montenegro expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Cyprus Serbian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in China Serbian expatriate sportspeople in China