Thomas Vasov
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 31 January 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Trier, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Timok (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1993 | Timok | ||
| 1993–1996 | Borac Čačak | ||
| 1996–2003 | Gent | 111 | (10) |
| 2003 | Shanghai Shenhua | 17 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016 | Borac Čačak (ass't) | ||
| 2016 | Borac Čačak | ||
| 2016 | Borac Čačak (ass't) | ||
| 2016–201x | Mladost Lučani (youth) | ||
| 201x-201× | Trepča | ||
| 2021 | Timok | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Thomas Vasov (born 31 January 1972) is a Serbian-German football manager and former player. He is currently coaching Timok.
Club career
[edit]Born in Trier, West Germany, he was already playing in Serbia with FK Timok before his transfer to FK Borac Čačak in 1993. In his first season with Borac, they became champions of the 1993–94 Second League of FR Yugoslavia and got promotion to the First League of FR Yugoslavia where he played the following two seasons making 54 appearances and scoring 3 goals in the Yugoslav top-tier.[1]
After three years with Borac, in summer 1996 he transferred to Belgium to K.A.A. Gent and played with them the following seven seasons in the Belgian Pro League.[citation needed]
In 2003, he transferred to Shanghai Shenhua and won the Chinese Jia-A League 2003. However, Shanghai Shenhua were stripped of the title on 19 February 2013 for the match-fixing scandal in that season.[2]
Coaching career
[edit]By Autumn 2014 he was working as coach of the youth team of FK Borac Čačak.[3]
In April 2016, after Ljubiša Stamenković got sacked, Vasov took charge as main coach of FK Borac Čačak.[4]
By January 2017, he was the director of all youth sections of FK Mladost Lučani.[5]
In the 2019–20 season, and, at the start of the 2020–21 season, he was coach of FK Trepča.[6]
Honours
[edit]- Borac Čačak
- Shanghai Shenhua
References
[edit]- ^ Thomas Vasov at playerhistory.com
- ^ 中国足协纪律委员会处罚决定（001-038号 at Chinese Football Association official website, 18-2-2013, retrieved 30-8-2014
- ^ Kadeti - sezona 2014/15 at FK Borac Čačak official website, retrieved 2-11-2014 (in Serbian)
- ^ Vasov i Maslać: Nema predaje protiv Partizana at Sportski žurnal, 27-4-2016 (in Serbian)
- ^ Fudbaleri Mladosti otputovali u Sloveniju (foto) at FK Mladost Lučani official website, 22-1-2017 (in Serbian)
- ^ Tomas Vasov at srbijafudbal.com, retrieved 16-7-2020
External links
[edit]- Tomas Vasov at soccerbase.com
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Trier
- German men's footballers
- Serbian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- FK Timok players
- FK Borac Čačak players
- Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers
- K.A.A. Gent players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players
- Expatriate men's footballers in China
- German football managers
- Serbian football managers
- FK Borac Čačak managers
- Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate
- Yugoslav men's footballers
- Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers
- Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in China