Goran Tufegdžić

Goran Tufegdžić

Personal information
Full name	Goran Tufegdžić
Date of birth	(1971-11-15) 15 November 1971
Place of birth	Požarevac, SFR Yugoslavia
Team information
Current team	Al-Wakrah (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1989	Mladi Radnik Požarevac
International career
1989	Yugoslavia U-23
Managerial career
1999–2000	Mladi Radnik Požarevac
2000–2001	Zvižd Kučevo
2001–2002	FA Serbia Football School
2002–2003	Al-Qadsia (assistant)
2003–2004	Mladi Radnik Požarevac
2005–2007	Al-Qadsia (assistant)
2007–2009	Al-Shabab
2008–2009	Kuwait (assistant)
2009–2013	Kuwait
2013–2014	Al-Ettifaq
2015–	Al-Wakrah
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Goran Tufegdžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Туфегџић) (born 15 November 1971) is a Serbian football coach and former player. He is the current manager of Al-Wakrah in Qatar Stars League. He was also the head coach of Kuwait national football team from 2009 until 2013.

Career

He started his playing career at FK Mladi Radnik in the second division in 1987, and was selected to play for the Yugoslav Olympic side in 1989. He coached FK Mladi Radnik in 1999–2000 and worked at the Serbia FA Football School in 2001–2002, before flying off to Kuwait to work as an assistant to Mohammed Ibrahim at Al-Qadissiya. He returned to Serbia to manage former club FK Mladi Radnik in 2003–2004 and helped the club to promotion, before working as an assistant coach at Al-Qadissiya for two seasons in 2005–2006 and 2006–2007. Helped guide lowly Al-Shabab to top flight in 2007–2008 season.

He was appointed head coach of Kuwait on 1 February 2009 on a year contract, on a monthly salary of $11,000 US. His contract was renewed for another 16 months on 6 May 2010 with a monthly contract worth 25,000 US. He had been working as an assistant to Mohammed Ibrahim during the 19th Gulf Cup in Muscat after being released on-loan by his club Al-Shabab for two months from 23 November 2008.

Under Tufegdžić, Kuwait had played 31 matches, winning 13 matches, drawing 14 and losing four matches with a goals record of 53 goals scored and 29 goals against. On 26 October 2013, he was appointed the head coach of Al-Ettifaq, replacing German Theo Bücker.

Managerial Statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Kuwait national football team		2009	2013	31	13	14	4	41.94
Al-Ettifaq		2013	2014	16	4	6	6	25.00
Al-Wakrah		2015	Present	4	1	1	2	25.00

Achievements

Kuwait

• WAFF Championship: 2010
• Gulf Cup of Nations: 2010