Ranko Popović

Ranko Popović
Ранко Поповић

File:Ranko Popović 2012.jpg
Personal information
Full name	Ranko Popović
Date of birth	(1967-06-26) 26 June 1967
Place of birth	Peć, Yugoslavia
Height
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
1978–1988	Budućnost Peć
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1992	Partizan	2	(0)
1989–1990	→ Leotar (loan)	13	(0)
1992–1994	Spartak Subotica
1994–1995	Ethnikos Piraeus	10	(0)
1995–1997	Almería	16	(0)
1997–2001	Sturm Graz	74	(10)
2001–2002	TuS FC Arnfels
Managerial career
2001–2003	TuS FC Arnfels
2003–2006	Sturm Graz (assistant)
2006–2007	Sanfrecce Hiroshima (assistant)
2007–2009	Spartak Zlatibor Voda
2009	Oita Trinita
2011–2012	Machida Zelvia
2012–2013	FC Tokyo
2013–2014	Cerezo Osaka
2014–2015	Zaragoza
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ranko Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Paнкo Пoпoвић, born 26 June 1967) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a central defender, and a current coach. He also holds an Austrian passport.

Club career

Born in Peć, SAP Kosovo, SR Serbia, Popović played in the Yugoslav First League with FK Partizan. He also had a brief spell with UD Almería in the Spanish Segunda División.

Coach career

In July 2009, Popović accepted an offer to coach the J-league club Oita Trinita, which had experienced 14 consecutive defeats in the season. In his first six matches, the team only won once, but in the last ten matches of the season, it did not lose once (5 wins and 5 draws). This result earned him and offer to coach the team for the next season, but the team nearly went bankrupt, and his contract had to be canceled.

Popović was appointed manager of Machida Zelvia on 15 December 2010. On 24 November 2014, after stints at FC Tokyo and Cerezo Osaka, he was appointed at the helm of Real Zaragoza, replacing fired Víctor Muñoz.

Popović was dismissed on 20 December 2015, after a 1–3 loss against Gimnàstic de Tarragona.

External links

• Ranko Popović profile at BDFutbol
• Ranko Popović manager profile at BDFutbol
• Career(Japanese)