Slaviša Jokanović

Slaviša Jokanović

Jokanović as manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1968-08-16) 16 August 1968 (age 48)
Place of birth	Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Fulham (coach)
Youth career
1985–1986	Novi Sad
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1988	Novi Sad	35	(5)
1988–1990	Vojvodina	54	(10)
1990–1993	Partizan	61	(20)
1993–1995	Oviedo	62	(12)
1995–1999	Tenerife	123	(17)
1999–2000	Deportivo La Coruña	23	(2)
2000–2002	Chelsea	39	(0)
2003–2004	Ciudad Murcia	6	(0)
Total		403	(66)
National team
1991–2002	FR Yugoslavia	64	(10)
Teams managed
2007–2009	Partizan
2012–2013	Muangthong United
2013	Levski Sofia
2014	Hércules
2014–2015	Watford
2015	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2015–	Fulham
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Slaviša Jokanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Славиша Јокановић; born 16 August 1968) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played from the late 1980s to early 2000s, and the current manager of English club Fulham.

A physical player, the defensive midfielder impressed at Partizan before spending seven seasons in La Liga with three different clubs, appearing in 208 games and scoring 31 goals, mainly for Tenerife. He also played for two years at Chelsea towards the end of his career, and represented FR Yugoslavia at the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000, earning 64 caps and scoring ten goals in an eleven-year international career.

Jokanović began his managerial career in 2007, winning two consecutive doubles with Partizan, the 2012 Thai Premier League with Muangthong United and leading Watford to promotion to the Premier League in 2015.

Born in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Jokanović started playing with his hometown club FK Novi Sad, and made his senior debut with neighbouring FK Vojvodina, helping it win its second national title in the 1988–89 season, with four goals in 24 matches.