Kosta Runjaić
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 June 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Vienna, Austria | ||
Youth career | |||
Türk Gücü Rüsselsheim | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Türk Gücü Rüsselsheim | |||
SV 07 Raunheim | |||
FSV Frankfurt | |||
Managerial career | |||
2006 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern II (caretaker) | ||
2007–2008 | Wehen Wiesbaden II | ||
2008 | VfR Aalen (caretaker) | ||
2010–2012 | SV Darmstadt | ||
2012–2013 | MSV Duisburg | ||
2013–2015 | 1.FC Kaiserslautern | ||
2016 | 1860 Munich | ||
2017–2022 | Pogoń Szczecin | ||
2022–2024 | Legia Warsaw | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kosta Runjaić (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [kôsta ruɲǎːitɕ]; born 4 June 1971) is a German professional football manager and former player who most recently served as the manager of Polish side Legia Warsaw.[1]
Club career[edit]
Runjaić played during his club career for Türk Gücü Rüsselsheim, SV 07 Raunheim and FSV Frankfurt in Germany.
Managerial career[edit]
Germany[edit]
From 2006 to 2008, Runjaić served as the coach of reserve side teams 1. FC Kaiserslautern II as a caretaker and Wehen Wiesbaden II and he was the caretaker coach of VfR Aalen in 2008.
Runjaić became the head coach of SV Darmstadt in 2010 where he stayed 2 years. He signed with MSV Duisburg in 2012. In 2013, Runjaić returned to 1.FC Kaiserslautern as the head coach until 2015. In 2016, Runjaić became the head coach of 1860 Munich.
Poland[edit]
Runjaić moved to Poland to coach Ekstraklasa side Pogoń Szczecin from 2017 to 2022. In mid-2022, Runjaić was appointed the new manager of Legia Warsaw. He won the 2022–23 Polish Cup and 2023 Polish Super Cup with Legia, and led the team to the knockout round play-offs of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League, before being sacked on 9 April 2024.[2]
Managerial statistics[edit]
- As of match played 7 April 2024[3]
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
1. FC Kaiserslautern II (caretaker) | 15 August 2006 | 23 August 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 | |
Wehen Wiesbaden II | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2008 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 71 | 37 | +34 | 55.88 | |
VfR Aalen (caretaker) | 20 November 2008 | 24 November 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0.00 | |
SV Darmstadt | 23 March 2010 | 3 September 2012 | 91 | 36 | 29 | 26 | 122 | 98 | +24 | 39.56 | |
MSV Duisburg | 3 September 2012 | 30 June 2013 | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 35.48 | |
1.FC Kaiserslautern | 16 September 2013 | 23 September 2015 | 77 | 32 | 27 | 18 | 109 | 79 | +30 | 41.56 | |
1860 Munich | 7 June 2016 | 22 November 2016 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 26.67 | |
Pogoń Szczecin | 6 November 2017 | 23 May 2022 | 169 | 74 | 47 | 48 | 244 | 191 | +53 | 43.79 | |
Legia Warsaw | 23 May 2022 | 9 April 2024 | 85 | 47 | 20 | 18 | 167 | 118 | +49 | 55.29 | |
Total | 504 | 223 | 144 | 137 | 768 | 588 | +180 | 44.25 |
Honours[edit]
Manager[edit]
SV Darmstadt
Legia Warsaw
Individual
- Ekstraklasa Coach of the Month: October 2018,[5] November 2018,[5] July 2019,[6] December 2020,[7] August 2022[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Kosta Runjaić trenerem Legii Warszawa" (in Polish). Legia Warsaw. 23 May 2022.
- ^ "Kosta Runjaić przestał pełnić funkcję trenera Legii Warszawa" (in Polish). Legia Warsaw. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Kosta Runjaić career sheet". footballdatabase. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ "Superpuchar dla Legii". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 15 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Trener Listopada w LOTTO Ekstraklasie: Kosta Runjaić" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 6 December 2018. Archived from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "Trener Lipca 2019: Kosta Runjaic" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 14 August 2019. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Trener Grudnia 2020: Kosta Runjaic" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 8 January 2021. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "TRENER SIERPNIA 2022: KOSTA RUNJAIĆ (LEGIA WARSZAWA)" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 8 September 2022.
External links[edit]
- Kosta Runjaić at Soccerway.com
- Kosta Runjaić at WorldFootball.net
- Kosta Runjaić at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Vienna
- Austrian emigrants to Germany
- Naturalized citizens of Germany
- German people of Croatian descent
- Austrian people of Croatian descent
- German men's footballers
- Austrian men's footballers
- FSV Frankfurt players
- German football managers
- Austrian football managers
- VfR Aalen managers
- SV Darmstadt 98 managers
- MSV Duisburg managers
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern managers
- TSV 1860 Munich managers
- Pogoń Szczecin managers
- Legia Warsaw managers
- 2. Bundesliga managers
- 3. Liga managers
- Ekstraklasa managers
- German expatriate football managers
- Austrian expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Poland
- German expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Sportspeople from Darmstadt (region)
- Austrian football biography stubs
- German football biography stubs
- Croatian football biography stubs