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Serbian football manager (born 1966)
Vladimir Gaćinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Гаћиновић, pronounced [ʋlǎdimiːr ɡatɕǐːnoʋitɕ]; born 3 January 1966) is a Serbian football manager and former player.
Born in Trebinje, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia before the country’s break-up, Gaćinović played in the Yugoslav Second League mostly with FK Leotar, but also a half-season with GOŠK-Jug.[1][2] In summer 1991 he signed with FK Bečej, having made 25 appearances and scored 5 goals.[3] As player he played as forward.[3] He played with Bečej until 1997.[citation needed]
After finishing his playing career, he became a coach.[citation needed] He was the assistant manager of Mile Jovin at Leotar in 2003–04 season,[4] while next season he became the main coach of the team.[citation needed] In season 2010–11 he coached the under-17 side of FK Vojvodina.[citation needed] Between 2012 and 2014 he was back to Bosnia coaching Leotar and NK Zvijezda Gradačac.[citation needed] In between he had a short stint as coach in Montenegro coaching Igalo. In 2015 he accepted a call from major Lithuanian A Lyga side, FK Sūduva, which he coached in seasons 2015 and 2016.[citation needed]
Afterwards, he returned to Serbia and worked as the assistant manager at Serbian SuperLiga clubs Vojvodina and Spartak Subotica. In 2018, he was promoted to head coach of Spartak Subotica.[citation needed] Gaćinović led the team to an historical upset elimination of Sparta Prague in the second qualifying round for the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.[5] Spartak however went on to be eliminated in the third qualifying round by Brøndby.[6]
On 6 June 2019, it was announced that Gačinović will once again be taking over the Spartak Subotica managerial position.[7]
On 6 October 2021, he was hired as a manager of Spartak Subotica for the third time.[8]
His son is Serbian international footballer Mijat Gaćinović.[9]
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