Alen Škoro (born 30 March 1981) is a Bosnian football manager and former professional player. At international level, he made four appearances for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. He was named manager of second tier Bosna Sema in June 2016.[1]

Club career

Škoro came through the youth set up at Sarajevo. He joined French giants Olympique Marseille aged 20, but had to retire at 32 due to persistent knee injuries after a career which took him to Switzerland, Austria[2] and Mexico.[3] He played two matches for Klagenfurt in the Austrian Regionalliga in 2012[4] and his last club was Olimpik, whom he joined in summer 2012.[5]

Only whilst playing in the Bosnian Premier League has Škoro ever been a prolific goal scorer and his spells in Ligue 1 and the Austrian Bundesliga were unsuccessful. He scored 63 goals in 111 games for Sarajevo.[6]

International career

He made his debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in an April 2004 friendly match against Finland and has earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a June 2009 friendly against Uzbekistan.[7]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8]
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sarajevo 1998–99 Bosnian First League 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 2
1999–2000 Bosnian First League 19 8 2 0 — 1[b] 0 22 8
Total 26 10 5 0 0 0 1 0 32 10
Olimpija 2000–01 PrvaLiga 5 3 1 2 — — 6 5
Marseille 2000–01 Ligue 1 6 0 1 0 — — 7 0
Servette (loan) 2001–02 Nationalliga A 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Sarajevo 2002–03 Bosnian Premier League 29 13 3 2 2[c] 0 — 34 15
2003–04 Bosnian Premier League 24 20 1 0 0 0 — 25 20
Total 53 33 4 2 2 0 — 59 35
Grazer AK 2004–05 Austrian Bundesliga 25 6 2 1 8[d] 0 1[e] 0 36 7
2005–06 Austrian Bundesliga 23 7 1 0 2[c] 0 — 26 7
2006–07 Austrian Bundesliga 15 4 2 1 — — 17 5
Total 63 17 5 2 10 0 1 0 79 19
Rijeka 2007–08 Prva HNL 27 7 1 0 — — 28 7
2008–09 Prva HNL 4 0 0 0 2[f] 0 — 6 0
Total 31 7 1 0 2 0 — 34 7
Sarajevo 2008–09 Bosnian Premier League 12 6 — — — 12 6
2009–10 Bosnian Premier League 20 13 3 0 1[g] 0 — 24 13
Total 32 19 3 0 1 0 — 36 19
Querétaro 2010–11 Liga MX 10 1 — — — 10 1
Austria Klagenfurt 2011–12 Austrian Regionalliga Central 2 1 — — — 2 1
Olimpic 2012–13 Bosnian Premier League 6 1 2 0 — — 8 1
Career total 235 92 22 6 15 0 2 0 274 98
  1. ^ Includes Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup, Slovenian Cup, Coupe de France, Austrian Cup, Croatian Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Bosnian Supercup
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  4. ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League; seven appearances in UEFA Cup
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in Austrian Supercup
  6. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  7. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[7]
National team Year Apps Goals
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2004 1 0
2006 1 0
2008 1 0
2009 1 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Player

Sarajevo

Individual

References

  1. ^ Povratak fudbalu: Alen Škoro ima novi posao - SportSport (in Bosnian)
  2. ^ Into the unknown - BBC
  3. ^ Kakav igrač je bio Alen Škoro? Katapult iz Lukavice se ne zaboravlja - SportSport (in Bosnian)
  4. ^ Austrian career stats - ÖFB
  5. ^ Škoro i Ristić potpisali ugovore sa Olimpicom - SportSport (in Bosnian)
  6. ^ Škoro: Široki Brijeg ima svoje mane - SportSport (in Bosnian)
  7. ^ a b "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  8. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Alen Škoro (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alen_%C5%A0koro
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