Miroslav Djukic

Miroslav Đukić

Đukić as Valladolid manager in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Miroslav Đukić
Date of birth	(1966-02-19) 19 February 1966 (age 51)
Place of birth	Šabac, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Sweeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1989	Mačva Šabac	87	(4)
1989–1990	Rad	31	(1)
1990–1997	Deportivo La Coruña	247	(7)
1997–2003	Valencia	157	(4)
2003–2004	Tenerife	27	(0)
Total		549	(16)
National team
1991–2001	Yugoslavia	48	(2)
Teams managed
2006–2007	Serbia U21
2007	Partizan
2007–2008	Serbia
2009	Mouscron
2011	Hércules
2011–2013	Valladolid
2013	Valencia
2014–2015	Córdoba
2017–	Al Shabab
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Miroslav Đukić (pronounced [mǐroslaʋ d͡ʑûkit͡ɕ], Serbian Cyrillic: Мирослав Ђукић; born 19 February 1966) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a sweeper, and a current coach.

He spent 14 years of his professional career in Spain, notably at the service of Deportivo de La Coruña and Valencia, amassing La Liga totals of 368 games and 11 goals and winning six major titles for the two clubs combined.

Đukić represented Yugoslavia in one World Cup and one European Championship. After retiring he embarked in a managerial career, at both club and international level.

Born in Šabac, Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Đukić began his playing career with hometown club FK Mačva Šabac, moving in 1988 to Belgrade with FK Rad, after reported interest from both national giants FK Partizan and Red Star Belgrade.

In the middle of 1990, Đukić signed for Deportivo de La Coruña in Spain, who purchased him for 40 million pesetas in 1990. He only appeared in five league games for the Galicians in his first season, which ended in La Liga promotion, but, from there onwards, became an undisputed starter, never totalling less than 35 matches and 3,000 minutes of action in five consecutive campaigns, as Super Depor was coming to fruition.