Srdjan Tufegdzic, commonly known as Hawk Túfa,[1] (born 6 April 1980) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He is the manager of Icelandic giants Valur.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 April 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Kruševac, Serbia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Skövde AIK (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997-1999 | FK Napredak Krusevac | ||
| 2000-2001 | FK Novi Pazar | ||
| 2001-2002 | FK Dinamo Pancevo | ||
| 2002-2004 | FK Mogren Budva | ||
| 2005–2006 | FK Inon Pozarevac | ||
| 2006–2012 | KA | 106 | (2) |
| Total | 106 | (2) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012–2015 | KA (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2018 | KA | ||
| 2019 | Grindavík | ||
| 2020–2021 | Valur (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Öster | ||
| 2024 | Skövde AIK | ||
| 2024- | Valur | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Managerial career
editTufegdzic took charge of Icelandic 1.deild team KA on 11 August 2015[2] as a caretaker manager, replacing Bjarni Jóhannsson. The club was in 5th place in the league when Tufegdzic took over, but the club managed to challenge for promotion and ended in 3rd[3] place. After good performances under Tufegdzic, winning 5 of the team's 7 games left, he was appointed the head coach for the 2016 season.
In 2016 Tufegdzic managed KA to become 1.deild champions[4] and securing a place in Úrvalsdeild 2017, the club won overall 16 of its 22 games. The 2017 Úrvalsdeildar season KA played their first Úrvalsdeildar game in 13 years and Tufegdzic's men ended in 7th place.
For the 2022 season, Tufegdic was hired by Öster in the Swedish second-tier Superettan.[5] In 2024, Tufegdzic was hired by Skövde AIK in the Swedish second-tier Superettan.[6] Túfa cited homesickness as a reason for quitting his job an moving back to his adopted home of Iceland in the summer of 2024. 1. August he took charge of Icelandic giants |Valur in the Icelandic top tier Besta deild karla[7]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 3 February 2024
Includes games played in Icelandic Premier League, Icelandic Cup and Icelandic League Cup.
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Sources | ||||
| KA | 
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11 August 2015 | 13 September 2018 | 94 | 48 | 20 | 26 | 177 | 110 | +67 | 51.06 | [8] |
| Grindavìk |
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6 October 2018 | 28 September 2019 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 28 | −11 | - | [9] |
| Öster | 
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18 April 2022 | 24 november 2023 | |||||||||
| Skövde |
|
1 December 2023 | 15 July 2024 | [5] | ||||||||
| Valur |
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1 August 2024 | Present | |||||||||
| Total | 94 | 48 | 20 | 26 | 177 | 110 | +67 | 51.06 | ||||
Honours and achievements
editManager
edit- Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar
- 1. deild (1): winner 2016 Promoted to the Úrvalsdeild
Assistant Manager
edit- Valur Reykjavík
References
edit- ^ Sindri Sverrisson (24 April 2019). "Skipti í brú og á dekki". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Þjálfaraskipti hjá KA | Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar". Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Summary - 1. Deild - Iceland - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Úrslit - staða | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Östers IF presenterar ny sportslig organisation" (Press release) (in Swedish). Östers IF. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ "Officiellt: Srdjan Tufegdzic ny tränare i Skövde AIK". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "Staðfest: Arnar rekinn frá Val og Túfa tekur við". Visir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "KSI.is". KSÍ. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Fótbolti.net". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 October 2023.