Bruno Akrapović

Bruno Akrapović (born 26 September 1967) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is current manager of Shkëndija.

"Akrapović" redirects here. For the Slovenian manufacturer of exhaust systems, see Akrapovič.

Bruno Akrapović
Akrapović in 2021
Personal information
Full name Bruno Akrapović
Date of birth (1967-09-26) 26 September 1967
Place of birth Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Shkëndija (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1988 Čelik Zenica
1988–1990 Arminia Hannover 33 (2)
1990–1991 RSV Göttingen 05 33 (3)
1991–1992 TuS Celle 16 (2)
1992–1994 VfL Wolfsburg 79 (0)
1994–1997 Mainz 05 97 (2)
1997–2000 TeBe Berlin 84 (3)
2000–2002 Energie Cottbus 67 (0)
2003 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 9 (0)
2003–2005 Kickers Offenbach 55 (1)
2005 Arminia Hannover 16 (2)
National team
2000–2002 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 (1)
Teams managed
2008 Saturn (assistant)
2011 Mosor Zrnovnica
2012–2013 NK Val
2013 NK Solin
2014 Neretva Metkovic
2014–2015 College Europa
2015–2016 Shkëndija
2017 RNK Split
2017–2020 Lokomotiv Plovdiv
2020–2021 CSKA Sofia
2021– Shkëndija
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Starting his career in his native Bosnia, at the time part of Yugoslavia, Akrapović spent the majority of his career playing for various clubs in the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga. He played for Energie Cottbus from 2000 until 2002. He played alongside Jürgen Klopp at Mainz.[1]

International career

Akrapović made his senior debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a March 2000 friendly match against Macedonia and has earned a total of 14 caps, scoring one goal.[2][3] His final international was a September 2002 European Championship qualification match against Romania.[4]

International goal
Scores and results list Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Akrapović goal.
International goal scored by Bruno Akrapović
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
111 October 2000Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel Israel1–13–12002 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers

Managerial career

Akrapović recently coached KF Shkëndija in the Macedonian First League and RNK Split in Croatia before relocating to Bulgaria in 2017 to become the manager of Lokomotiv Plovdiv where he won twice in a row the Bulgarian Cup: 2018/19 and 2019/20.

On 16 January 2010, Akrapović received his UEFA Pro Licence in Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina's educational facility in Jablanica.[5]

Personal life

Akrapović's wife is Italian and their son Aaron Akrapović used to represent Italy U17.

Managerial statistics

As of 30 April 2022

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Mosor 11 July 2011 30 June 2012 28 15 7 6 053.57
Solin 23 September 2013 9 December 2013 11 1 7 3 009.09
Europa 2 November 2014 21 June 2015 15 9 5 1 060.00
Shkëndija 22 December 2015 27 October 2016 33 22 4 7 066.67
Split 13 February 2017 30 June 2017 18 2 5 11 011.11
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 31 October 2017 10 November 2020 113 45 29 39 039.82
CSKA Sofia 11 November 2020 28 March 2021 16 11 2 3 068.75
Shkëndija 2 August 2021 Present 33 18 12 3 054.55
Total 266 122 71 73 045.86

Honours

Manager

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

References
  1. Die kuriose Karriere des Bruno Akrapovic - Augsburger Allgemeine (in German)
  2. Appearances for Bosnia and Herzegovina National Team - RSSSF
  3. "Akrapović Volio BIH da Aaron Igra za BIH". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 23 January 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  4. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  5. "Profesionalne licence Barbarezu, Piplici i kolegama". sarajevo-x.com (in Bosnian). 5 January 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.


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