Boban Babunski (Macedonian: Бобан Бабунски; born 5 May 1968) is a Macedonian retired footballer who played as a central defender, and a coach.

Playing career

Babunski was born in Skopje, SR Macedonia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. On the club level he started playing with hometown's FK Vardar, then spent two seasons in Bulgaria with CSKA Sofia to become of the first Macedonians to compete in the A Football Group.[1] After two solid years in the Spanish second division with Lleida he played the same time in Japan, at Gamba Osaka.

Babunski retired professionally in 2001 at the age of 33, after stints with AEK Athens, Logroñés, Sint-Truiden and Chemnitzer FC – he left Germany in December 2000, signing with native FK Rabotnichki – the second and the last teams two also in the respective countries' second level.

Babunski was capped two times for Yugoslavia in 1991. Subsequently, during seven years, he played 23 matches and scored once for the newly formed Macedonia.

Managerial career

Babunski began his coaching career as assistant in the Macedonian national side, under Slobodan Santrač. When the latter resigned on 23 August 2005 he was appointed interim manager but, on 17 February of the following year, Srečko Katanec took over the job on a permanent basis.

On 23 July 2009, Babunski was signed as head coach of Macedonian First Football League champions Rabotnichki, also from Skopje, winning the domestic cup in his sole season. Four years later he returned to the national team.

Personal life

Babunski's sons, David and Dorian, are also footballers. The former played youth football with FC Barcelona, whilst the latter did the same at Real Madrid.[2][3] Babunski's great-grandfather was Jovan Babunski, a Serbian Chetnik vojvoda.[4]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[citation needed]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FK Vardar 1985–86 First League 6 0 6 0
1986–87 19 0 19 0
1987–88 23 1 23 1
1988–89 14 0 14 0
1989–90 15 1 15 1
1990–91 Second League 38 5 38 5
1991–92 First League 26 7 26 7
Total 141 14 141 14
CSKA Sofia 1992–93 A Football Group 22 2 22 2
1993–94 18 2 18 2
Total 40 4 40 4
Lleida 1994–95 Segunda División 31 1 31 1
1995–96 31 1 31 1
Spain 62 2 62 2
Gamba Osaka 1996 J1 League 14 1 4 0 3 0 21 1
1997 23 5 2 1 5 1 30 7
1998 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 38 6 6 1 8 1 52 8
AEK Athens 1998–99 Superleague Greece 8 0 8 0
Logroñés 1999–2000 Segunda División 33 0 33 0
Sint-Truiden 1999–2000 Belgian Pro League 1 0 1 0
Chemnitzer FC 2000–01 2. Bundesliga 8 1 8 1
Rabotnichki 2000–01 Macedonian First Football League 3 1 3 1
Career total 306 25 6 1 8 1 348 31
  1. ^ Includes Yugoslav Cup, Bulgarian Cup, Copa del Rey, Emperor's Cup, Greek Cup, Belgian Cup, DFB-Pokal, Macedonian Cup.
  2. ^ Includes J.League Cup, Greek League Cup.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
National team Year Apps Goals
Yugoslavia 1991 2 0
Total 2 0
Macedonia 1993 1 0
1994 3 0
1995 4 0
1996 2 1
1997 2 0
1998 1 0
1999 6 0
2000 4 0
Total 23 1

References

  1. ^ Lelyov, Momchil (20 July 2006). ""А" група погледна към елита на Европа. За пръв път в първенството ще ритат холандец и испанец" (in Bulgarian). 7 Sport. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  2. ^ Rojo, Luis F. (7 September 2011). "Los Babunski tienen el Clásico en casa" [The Babunskis have the Clásico at home]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  3. ^ Gasevski, Emil (18 November 2013). "FYROM's Babunski clan keeping it in the family". UEFA. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Super-tata! El klasiko u kući: Jedan sin u Realu, drugi u Barsi!". BN. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Boban Babunski". European Football. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boban_Babunski
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