Goran Barjaktarević

Goran Barjaktarević (born 25 May 1969) is a Bosnian football manager and former player.^[2]

Goran Barjaktarević

Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-05-25) 25 May 1969 (age 56)
Place of birth	Zenica, Yugoslavia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	FC Koper
	Red Star
1992	Leiftur	18	(1)
1993	FUS Rabat
1994-1995	Obilić	3	(0)
1995–1996	SV Wilhelmshaven	1	(0)
1996–1997	Atlas Delmenhorst	4	(0)
Managerial career
2005–2006	Brinkumer SV
2007–2010	Goslarer SC 08
2011–2013	Eintracht Braunschweig U19
2013–2015	Hammer SpVg
2017–2018	I.G. Bönen
2018	Chonburi
2019–2020	Legon Cities
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Barjaktarević was born in Zenica, Yugoslavia and played youth football at NK Čelik Zenica.^[3] He went on to play for FC Koper and Belgrade-based clubs Red Star and FK Obilić.^[3]

With Yugoslavia in civil war,^[3] he moved to Icelandic second tier side ÍF Leiftur.^[4]

He played for Moroccan side FUS Rabat during the 1992–93 season.^[5]

Managerial career

Barjaktarević was appointed manager of Goslarer SC 08 in 2007.^[3] He helped the club to two successive promotions, from the Bezirksoberliga to the Regionalliga Nord. He was dismissed in January 2010 with the club placed last.^[6]

From 2011 to 2013, he coached the U19 team of Eintracht Braunschweig.^[3]

On 5 January 2018,^[3] he left German amateur club I.G. Bönen to become manager of Thai League 1 side Chonburi.^[7]

Barjaktarević was appointed manager of Ghanaian side Wa All Stars FC in December 2019,^[8] ahead of the 2019–20 Ghana Premier League.^[9] His stint with the club, renamed to Legon Cities, ended in November with 2020 just two matches of the 2020–21 season played.^[10][11]