Mirsad Jonuz
Mirsad Jonuz (Macedonian: Мирсад Јонуз) (born 9 April 1962) is a former Macedonian football goalkeeper and head coach.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mirsad Jonuz | ||
| Date of birth | 9 April 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Sveti Nikole, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Playing position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1986 | Teteks | 30 | (0) |
| Bregalnica Shtip | |||
| Borec | |||
| 1988 | Rad Beograd | 8 | (0) |
| 1989 | Novi Pazar | 1 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | Vardar Skopje | 2 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | Sutjeska | 31 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Rad Beograd | 0 | (0) |
| 1993–1995 | Levadiakos | 37 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1996–2000 | Rabotnichki | ||
| 2001–2002 | Pobeda Prilep | ||
| 2002-2003 | Rabotnichki | ||
| 2003–2009 | Macedonia U21 | ||
| 2005 | Macedonia B | ||
| 2009–2011 | Macedonia | ||
| 2012–2013 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | ||
| 2019–2020 | Vllaznia | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Playing career
Club
Born in Sveti Nikole, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia to Albanian parents, as a player Jonuz was member of numerous Yugoslav clubs. He made his senior debut in 1985 with FK Teteks playing back then in the Yugoslav Second League. After that season he will play with FK Bregalnica Shtip and FK Borec before joining Belgrade side FK Rad where he will make his debut in the Yugoslav First League in the 1988–89 season. During the winter break he moved to FK Novi Pazar and play the rest of the season in the Second League, before returning to the top flight in the next season by signing with FK Vardar. In summer 1990 he will join Second League side FK Sutjeska Nikšić. He would have another spell with FK Rad until 1993 when he moved abroad to Greece and joined Levadiakos playing in the Greek Championship.[1]
Managerial career
On 1996 he begins his coaching career in FK Rabotnichki and the club played in the UEFA Cup. In 2001, he takes charge of FK Pobeda and makes a record with 15 wins. Also the club played in the Intertoto Cup and year after they played in UEFA Cup. In 2002, he worked at FK Rabotnichki Kometal again. From 2003 to 2009 he was a head coach of the Macedonian U-21 national team. He was also the coach of the Macedonia B team in 2005.[2]
On 16 May 2009, Jonuz was appointed as a head coach of the Macedonian national team, replacing Slovenian Srečko Katanec. He was a head coach till June 2011.
From 2012 to 2013 he was also a couch in FC Nea Salamina, Cyprus. From 2014 to 2015 he was a technical director of FC Horizont Turnovo. From 2018 to 2019 he was a head coach of FC Aiginiakos Greece.
He owns a coaching UEFA PRO license .[3]
References
- Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60 Archived 10 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine at RSSSF
- Tehran International Tournament
- Mirsad Jonuz named as new Macedonian coach. Macedonian Football (2009-05-16). Retrieved on 2012-06-02.