Nebojša Vignjević

Nebojša Vignjević (Serbian Cyrillic: Небојша Вигњевић; born 15 May 1968) is a Serbian football manager and former player.

Nebojša Vignjević

Personal information
Date of birth	(1968-05-15) 15 May 1968 (age 57)
Place of birth	Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Újpest (manager)
Youth career
1979–1986	Partizan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1991	Rakovica
1992–1995	Rad	102	(12)
1995–1997	Enosis Neon Paralimni
1997–1999	Rad	47	(8)
1999–2000	Edmonton Drillers (indoor)	37	(11)
2000	Toronto Lynx	20	(0)
2001	Tatabánya	7	(2)
Total		213	(33)
Managerial career
	Rad (youth)
	BSK Borča
2005–2006	Rad (youth)
2006–2007	Radnički Pirot
2007	Rad
2007–2009	Grbalj
2009–2011	Rudar Pljevlja
2011	Hajduk Kula
2011–2012	Rad
2012–2013	Vojvodina
2013–2020	Újpest
2021–2022	Liepāja
2022	Budapest Honvéd
2022	Al Dhafra
2023–	Újpest
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Vignjević came through the youth system of Partizan, but failed to make any first-team appearances. He started his senior career at lower league club Rakovica, before moving to Yugoslav First League side Rad in the early 1990s. Later on, Vignjević spent some time with the Toronto Lynx of the USL A-League.^[1] He also played professionally in Hungary in the early 2000s.^[2]

Managerial career

After hanging up his boots, Vignjević started working with the youth teams of Rad. He began his managerial career at BSK Borča in 2004, before returning to Rad. In June 2006, Vignjević took charge of Serbian First League club Radnički Pirot.

Between 2009 and 2011, Vignjević spent two seasons as manager of Montenegrin side Rudar Pljevlja, winning one Montenegrin First League title (2010) and back-to-back Montenegrin Cups (2010 and 2011).

On 23 October 2013, Vignjević was appointed as manager of Hungarian club Újpest.^[3] He led the team to two Magyar Kupa trophies (2014 and 2018).^[4] On 1 June 2020, Vignjević was dismissed from his position due to poor results.^[5]

Personal life

Vignjević is the older brother of fellow former footballer Nikola Vignjević. They played indoor soccer together for National Professional Soccer League team Edmonton Drillers in the 1999–2000 season.^[6]

Career statistics

Club	Season	League
		Apps	Goals
Rad	1991–92	8	1
	1992–93	33	4
	1993–94	30	3
	1994–95	31	4
	Total	102	12
Rad	1997–98	23	7
	1998–99	19	1
	1999–2000	5	0
	Total	47	8
Toronto Lynx	2000	20	0
Tatabánya	2000–01	7	2

Honours

Rudar Pljevlja

• Montenegrin First League: 2009–10
• Montenegrin Cup: 2009–10, 2010–11

Újpest

• Magyar Kupa: 2013–14, 2017–18
• Szuperkupa: 2014