Kosta Papić

Kosta Papić (Serbian Cyrillic: Коста Папић; born 17 July 1960) is a Serbian football coach who has managed a number of great African clubs in South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria and Tanzania.

Kosta Papić

Personal information
Full name	Kostadin Papić
Date of birth	(1960-07-17) 17 July 1960 (age 65)
Place of birth	Novi Sad SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Managerial career
Years	Team
1993–1998	Lobi Stars
1998–2002	Enyimba
2002–2003	Enugu Rangers
2003–2004	Kwara United
2004–2006	Orlando Pirates
2006–2007	Maritzburg United
2007	Kaizer Chiefs
2007–2009	Hearts of Oak
2009–2011	Young Africans
2011–2012	Young Africans
2013–2014	Black Leopards
2014	Chippa United
2014–2015	Polokwane City
2015–2016	Black Leopards
2016–2017	Royal Eagles
2017	Ethiopian Coffee
2017–2018	Royal Eagles
2018–2019	Eswatini
2020-2021	Hearts of Oak
2021	Black Leopards

Coaching career

Previous clubs: Kaizer Chiefs,^[1] Maritzburg United, Orlando Pirates^[2] (all South Africa); Lobi Stars, Enyimba, Enugu Rangers, Kwara United (all Nigeria).

In December 2008, Papić moved to Ghana and coached Accra Hearts of Oak SC^[3] and left the club on mutual consent after leading with 10 points and 7 games to finish the season due to what he termed managerial interference.^[4] He worked last as head coach by Accra Hearts of Oak SC up to July 2009. He was later signed as head coach of Young Africans FC under a two-year contract.

Papić arrived in Dar es Salaam ready for his new job at Yanga football club. One of the coach's earliest experiences in his new setting will be the match against traditional rivals Simba on 31 October.^[5]

He then managed Royal Eagles.^[6]

He became manager of the Eswatini national team in December 2018.^[7] He left the role in December 2019.^[8]