Živko Slijepčević

Serbian football manager and player

Živko Slijepčević
Живко СлијепчевићPersonal information

Date of birth|  (1957-08-19) 19 August 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth|  Gerzovo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height|  1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)|  Midfielder
Youth career
1965–1968|  Preporod Novi Žednik
1968–1975|  Spartak Subotica
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1975–1988|  Spartak Subotica|  245|  (59)
1985|  → Trepča (loan)|  16|  (5)
1989–1989|  Quimper Cornouaille|  63|  (9)
1989–1993|  Valenciennes|  94|  (9)
1993–1997|  Trélissac|  |
Managerial career
1995–1997|  Trélissac
1998–2001|  Notron
2001–2006|  US Concarneau
2008–2010|  US Avranches
2010–2016[1]|  Trélissac
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Živko Slijepčević (Serbian Cyrillic: Живко Слијепчевић; born 19 August 1957) is a Serbian football manager and former player.

He played for FK Preporod Novi Žednik, FK Spartak Subotica, Quimper Cornouaille FC, Valenciennes FC and Trélissac FC. Currently working as a coach of French Trélissac FC.

## Playing career

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### Club

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Born in Gerzovo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, he grew up in northern Serbia, in a town of Novi Žednik, near Subotica. There he made his first football steps at local club FK Preporod Novi Žednik, where he competed in a lower league. His talent was noticed by the people from FK Spartak Subotica who brought him to the club in 1968. He will play for Spartak for the following 20 years. He became a senior in 1975, and with the exception of the second half of the 1984–85 season, which he spent on loan with FK Trepča, he will play with Spartak in the Yugoslav Second League until 1998.[2]

After a long stay in Subotica, he went to France, where he still lives and works. There, as a player he represented clubs, and also three as a coach. The longest club he played for, was the one he trains nowadays, Trélissac FC. In the season 1992/93 he played with Valenciennes FC in the Ligue 1.

## Managerial career

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By the end of his playing career, he already became a player/coach during the last two seasons with Trélissac FC. Later, he was the head coach head of other French clubs such as Notron, US Concarneau, US Avranches, and Trélissac FC again.[3]

## Honours

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* Vice-champion of Ligue 2 in 1992 with Valenciennes FC

## References

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1. ^ Football : à Trélissac (24), l’entraîneur Slijepcevic prend du recul‚ sudouest.fr, 13 October 2016
2. ^ Stats from Yugoslav Leagues Archived 2012-08-15 at the Wayback Machine at B92
3. ^ "Secteur Sportif". Archived from the original on 27 April 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2012.

## External links

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* Sports sector at Trélissac FC official site
* Živko Slijepčević at Sudouest.fr

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals