Vujadin Boškov

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Vujadin Boškov (born May 16, 1931) is a retired Serbian footballer and football coach.

Boškov was born in the village of Begeč near Novi Sad (then Danube Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia). He played with FK Vojvodina for most of his career (1946-1960).

Boškov moved to Sampdoria for a season (1961/62), before accepting a stint as a player/coach at Swiss side Young Boys (1962-1964).

He then moved back to the club that made him as a player - FK Vojvodina - and coached it for 7 seasons (1964-1971) winning one Yugoslav league championship.

He soon developed a successful international coaching career with stints in Dutch Eredivisie (FC Den Haag (1974-1976), and Feyenoord (1976-1978)), Spanish La Liga (Real Zaragoza (1978/79), Real Madrid (1979-1982), and Sporting de Gijon (1983/84)), Italian Serie A (Ascoli Calcio 1898 (1984-1986), U.C. Sampdoria (1986-1992, 1998/99), A.S. Roma (1992/93), S.S.C. Napoli (1994-1996), and A.C. Perugia (1999)), and Swiss league (Servette Geneva (1996/97)).

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