Aleksandar Vuković

Aleksandar Vuković (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Вуковић, pronounced [aleksǎndar ʋûːkoʋit͡ɕ]; born 25 August 1979) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player who most recently managed Polish Ekstraklasa club Piast Gliwice.

Aleksandar Vuković

Personal information
Date of birth	(1979-08-25) 25 August 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1993–1994	Borac Banja Luka
1994–1998	Partizan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2000	Partizan	20	(3)
1998–1999	→ Teleoptik (loan)	23	(3)
2000–2001	Milicionar	17	(2)
2001–2004	Legia Warsaw	75	(4)
2004–2005	Ergotelis	5	(0)
2005–2008	Legia Warsaw	91	(7)
2009	Iraklis Thessaloniki	9	(0)
2009–2013	Korona Kielce	76	(7)
Total		416	(26)
Managerial career
2016	Legia Warsaw (caretaker)
2018	Legia Warsaw (caretaker)
2019–2020	Legia Warsaw
2021–2022	Legia Warsaw
2022–2025	Piast Gliwice
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

He started his career at Borac Banja Luka. Still young, he moved to FK Partizan youth team. Where he played until 2000. While in Serbia, he also played for FK Teleoptik and FK Milicionar. He signed a contract with Iraklis Thessaloniki on 17 December 2008. He retired after a four-year stint in Ekstraklasa side Korona Kielce.

Managerial career

On 2 April 2019, Vuković was appointed manager of Legia Warsaw, having previously worked there in assistant and caretaker roles. In the 2019–20 season, he led the team to their 14th Ekstraklasa title.^[1] He was dismissed in the following season, after quickly dropping out of a UEFA Champions League qualifying and a league defeat at Górnik Zabrze.^[2]

On 13 December 2021, he was once again announced as the manager of Legia, following Marek Gołębiewski's resignation a day prior after a defeat to Wisła Płock, which saw Legia drop to the bottom of the league.^[3] In his first match after his return, Legia defeated Zagłębie Lubin 4–0 and left the relegation zone.^[4] He successfully led Legia away from relegation and finished 10th, eleven points clear of the relegation zone, winning 3–0 against Cracovia on the last match day.^[5] On the same day, Vuković left his role as Legia's manager.^[6]

On 27 October 2022, he replaced Waldemar Fornalik as the manager of Piast Gliwice.^[7] On 14 May 2024, shortly before the conclusion of the 2023–24 season, Piast announced they had exercised an option in Vuković's contract to keep him at the club until June 2025.^[8] On 27 March 2025, it was revealed he would leave the club at the end of the 2024–25 campaign.^[9]

Personal life

A Bosnian Serb,^[10] he was granted Polish citizenship on 13 June 2008.^[11]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 24 May 2025^{[citation needed]}

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Legia Warsaw (caretaker)		19 September 2016	24 September 2016	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Legia Warsaw (caretaker)		1 August 2018	13 August 2018	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	033.33
Legia Warsaw		2 April 2019	21 September 2020	67	37	12	18	112	60	+52	055.22
Legia Warsaw		13 December 2021	21 May 2022	20	10	4	6	33	22	+11	050.00
Piast Gliwice		27 October 2022	30 June 2025	98	37	35	26	122	96	+26	037.76
Total				189	85	53	51	271	181	+90	044.97

Honours

Player

Partizan

• First League of FR Yugoslavia: 1998–99

Legia Warsaw

• Ekstraklasa: 2001–02, 2005–06
• Polish Cup: 2007–08
• Polish League Cup: 2001–02
• Polish Super Cup: 2008

Manager

Legia Warsaw

• Ekstraklasa: 2019–20^[12]

Individual

• Ekstraklasa Coach of the Season: 2019–20^[13]
• Ekstraklasa Coach of the Month: March 2022,^[14] April 2023^[15]