Siniša Ninković

Siniša Ninković (Serbian Cyrillic: Синиша Нинковић; born June 12, 1977) is a Serbian former footballer and manager who played in First League of Serbia and Montenegro, Second League of Serbia and Montenegro, Belgian Second Division, and the Canadian Soccer League.

Siniša Ninković
Ninković in 2007
Personal information
Full name Siniša Ninković
Date of birth (1977-06-12) June 12, 1977
Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Youth career
1994–1995 Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Radnički Belgrade 31 (0)
1997–1998 Hajduk Belgrade 14 (1)
1998 C.S. Visé
1998–2002 Železnik 75 (1)
2002–2003 Sartid Smederevo
2006 Serbian White Eagles 22 (0)
National team
1999–2000 FR Yugoslavia U21
Teams managed
2007 Serbian White Eagles
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Club career

Ninković began his career in 1994 with Partizan Belgrade of the First League of FR Yugoslavia.[1] After his stint in the top flight he featured primarily with clubs in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia. He had stints with Radnički Belgrade, Hajduk Belgrade, and played with C.S. Visé in the Belgian Second Division. In 1998, he returned to the First League with FK Železnik.[2] Ninković won the Serbia and Montenegro Cup in 2002–03 with Sartid Smederevo under coach Milenko Kiković. In 2006, he went overseas to Canada to sign with Serbian White Eagles of the Canadian Soccer League. In his debut season he clinched the International Division title and secured a postseason berth. He featured in the CSL Championship finals against Italia Shooters, but suffered a 1-0 defeat.[3]

International career

Ninković was a member of the FR Yugoslavia U21 national team from 1999–2000 where he featured along the likes of Milivoje Ćirković, Milan Obradović and Ivica Iliev.

Coaching career

In 2007, he was named as the successor to Dušan Belić as head coach of the Serbian White Eagles.[4][5] He was selected as the head coach for the International Division squad for the CSL All-Star match.[6] Near the conclusion of the season he was replaced by Branko Pavlović due to disagreements with the club's management.

Honours

Player
Sartid Smederevo
Serbian White Eagles

Manager
Serbian White Eagles

References
  1. "Untitled Document". dekisa.tripod.com. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  2. Woile, Dennis Grebasch, Michael. "Zeleznik Beograd 2001-02". en.eufo.de. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  3. Glover, Robin. "October 15, 2006 CSL Playoff Final Serbian White Eagles vs Italia Shooters (by Rocket Robin)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  4. Vujčić, Djuradj. "Serbian White Eagles news".
  5. "Canadian Soccer League - Clubs". 2007-10-30. Archived from the original on 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2016-08-09.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  6. "July 24, 2007 CSL All Star game lineups (from CSL media release)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
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