Aleksandar Linta (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Линта; born 22 October 1975) is a Serbian football manager and former player.[1]

Aleksandar Linta
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-10-22) 22 October 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Zemun, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Zemun
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Balkan Mirijevo[citation needed]
FK Beograd[citation needed]
1997 ÍA Akranes 12 (0)
1999–2000 Skallagrímur 28 (2)
2001 Zeta 10 (0)
2001 Mladost Apatin
Zemun[citation needed]
2003 ÍA Akranes 3 (0)
2003–2005 Víkingur Ólafsvík 37 (4)
2006–2007 KA Akureyri 27 (3)
2008–2011 Þór Akureyri 74 (16)
2012–2013 Grundarfjörður 25 (1)
Managerial career
2018 Olimpija Ljubljana (assistant)
2018 Olimpija Ljubljana
2019–2020 Irtysh Pavlodar (assistant)
2020–2021 Radnički Kragujevac
2021–2022 Serbia U19
2022 Radnik Surdulica
2022 Mladost Novi Sad
2023 Železničar Pančevo
2024– Red Star Belgrade (youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Coaching career

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In 2018 Linta was the assistant to Ilija Stolica in Olimpija Ljubljana before taking over as head coach in the same year after Stolica left the club.[2][3] Under his leadership Olimpija Ljubljana advanced in the second qualification round of the UEFA Europa League beating Finnish champions HJK Helsinki 3–0 and 4–1 qualifying for the third round against Spartak Trnava.[4]

In 2019 Linta became assistant coach at Kazakhstani side Irtysh Pavlodar.

In 2020 he was appointed manager of Serbian First League club Radnički Kragujevac.[5]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Balkan Mirijevo
Beograd
IA Akranes 1997[6][7] Úrvalsdeild 12 0 1 0 13 0
Skallagrimur 1999[6] 1. deild karla 13 0 13 0
2000[6] 1. deild karla 15 2 15 2
Total 28 2 0 0 28 2
Zeta 2000–01 First League of FR Yugoslavia 10 0
Mladost Apatin 2001–02 First League of FR Yugoslavia
Zemun 2002–03
IA Akranes 2003[6] Úrvalsdeild 3 0 3 0
Vikingur 2003[6] 3. deild karla 4 0 5[b] 1 9 1
2004[6] 2. deild karla 16 3 1 0 17 3
2005[6] 1. deild karla 17 1 2 1 19 2
Total 37 4 3 1 0 0 5 1 45 6
KA Akureyri 2006[6] 1. deild karla 10 0 4 0 14 0
2007[6] 1. deild karla 17 3 1 0 18 3
Total 27 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 32 3
Þór Akureyri 2008[6] 1. deild karla 21 6 2 0 23 6
2009[6] 1. deild karla 17 2 1 0 18 2
2010[6] 1. deild karla 20 8 2 0 22 8
2011[6] 1. deild karla 16 0 2 0 18 0
Total 74 16 7 0 0 0 0 0 81 16
Grundarfjördur 2012[6] 3. deild karla 15 1 0 0 1[c] 0 16 1
2013[6] 3. deild karla 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Total 25 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 26 1
Career total 194 26 15 1 1 0 6 1 216 28
  1. ^ Includes Icelandic Men's Football Cup.
  2. ^ Appearances in 3. deild karla Úrslit
  3. ^ Appearance in 3. deild karla Aukakeppni

References

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  1. ^ Aleksandar Linta at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Okorn, Jože (6 August 2018). "Linta le kopija Stolice" [Linta just a copy of Stolica]. Dnevnik (in Slovenian). Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Srbin diže olimpiju: ime i tradicija obavezuju" [A Serb lifts Olimpija: name and tradition oblige]. Kurir (in Serbian). 26 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Linta preporodio Olimpiju, Evropa na dohvat ruke" [Linta reborn Olympia, Europe at hand]. B92 (in Bosnian). 26 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  5. ^ M.D.S. (26 September 2023). "Radnički gazi ka Superligi! aleksandar linta preporodio klub iz kragujevca" [Radnički step towards the Super League! Aleksandar Linta revived the club from Kragujevac]. Sportal (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Aleksandar Linta". Knattspyrnusamband Íslands (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Aleksandar Linta » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 September 2023.