Alen Škoro

Alen Škoro (born 30 March 1981) is a Bosnian football manager and former professional player. At international level, he made four appearances for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. He was named manager of second tier Bosna Sema in June 2016.^[1]

Alen Škoro

Personal information
Date of birth	(1981-03-30) 30 March 1981 (age 44)
Place of birth	Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2000	Sarajevo	26	(10)
2000	Olimpija Ljubljana	5	(3)
2000–2001	Marseille	6	(0)
2001–2002	→ Servette (loan)	1	(0)
2002–2004	Sarajevo	53	(33)
2004–2007	Grazer AK	63	(17)
2007–2008	Rijeka	31	(7)
2008–2009	Jagiellonia Białystok	0	(0)
2009–2010	Sarajevo	32	(19)
2010	Querétaro	10	(1)
2012	Austria Klagenfurt	2	(1)
2012	Olimpik	6	(1)
Total		235	(92)
International career
2004–2009	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	(0)
Managerial career
2016–2017	Bosna Union (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Škoro came through the youth set up at Sarajevo. He joined French giants Olympique Marseille aged 20, but had to retire at 32 due to persistent knee injuries after a career which took him to Switzerland, Austria^[2] and Mexico.^[3] He played two matches for Klagenfurt in the Austrian Regionalliga in 2012^[4] and his last club was Olimpik, whom he joined in summer 2012.^[5]

Only whilst playing in the Bosnian Premier League has Škoro ever been a prolific goal scorer and his spells in Ligue 1 and the Austrian Bundesliga were unsuccessful. He scored 63 goals in 111 games for Sarajevo.^[6]

International career

He made his debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in an April 2004 friendly match against Finland and has earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a June 2009 friendly against Uzbekistan.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[8]

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sarajevo	1998–99	Bosnian First League	7	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	2
	1999–2000	Bosnian First League	19	8	2	0	—		1[b]	0	22	8
	Total		26	10	5	0	0	0	1	0	32	10
Olimpija	2000–01	PrvaLiga	5	3	1	2	—		—		6	5
Marseille	2000–01	Ligue 1	6	0	1	0	—		—		7	0
Servette (loan)	2001–02	Nationalliga A	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
Sarajevo	2002–03	Bosnian Premier League	29	13	3	2	2[c]	0	—		34	15
	2003–04	Bosnian Premier League	24	20	1	0	0	0	—		25	20
	Total		53	33	4	2	2	0	—		59	35
Grazer AK	2004–05	Austrian Bundesliga	25	6	2	1	8[d]	0	1[e]	0	36	7
	2005–06	Austrian Bundesliga	23	7	1	0	2[c]	0	—		26	7
	2006–07	Austrian Bundesliga	15	4	2	1	—		—		17	5
	Total		63	17	5	2	10	0	1	0	79	19
Rijeka	2007–08	Prva HNL	27	7	1	0	—		—		28	7
	2008–09	Prva HNL	4	0	0	0	2[f]	0	—		6	0
	Total		31	7	1	0	2	0	—		34	7
Sarajevo	2008–09	Bosnian Premier League	12	6	—		—		—		12	6
	2009–10	Bosnian Premier League	20	13	3	0	1[g]	0	—		24	13
	Total		32	19	3	0	1	0	—		36	19
Querétaro	2010–11	Liga MX	10	1	—		—		—		10	1
Austria Klagenfurt	2011–12	Austrian Regionalliga Central	2	1	—		—		—		2	1
Olimpic	2012–13	Bosnian Premier League	6	1	2	0	—		—		8	1
Career total			235	92	22	6	15	0	2	0	274	98

1. Includes Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup, Slovenian Cup, Coupe de France, Austrian Cup, Croatian Cup
2. Appearance(s) in Bosnian Supercup
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
4. One appearance in UEFA Champions League; seven appearances in UEFA Cup
5. Appearance(s) in Austrian Supercup
6. Appearance(s) in UEFA Intertoto Cup
7. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[7]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2004	1	0
	2006	1	0
	2008	1	0
	2009	1	0
Total		4	0

Honours

Player

Sarajevo

• Bosnian First League: 1998–99

Individual

• Bosnian Premier League top goalscorer: 2003–04