Ljupko Petrović

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Ljubomir "Ljupko" Petrović (Љупко Петровић) (born 15 May 1947) is a Serbian former football player, today a football manager and winner of the European Cup in 1991 with Red Star Belgrade. He is the current manager of OFK Belgrade.

Born in Velika Brusnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia, Petrović played for the NK Osijek during most of his career. He's remembered as one of the best player of the generation which achieve promotion for NK Osijek in late 1970's. After his career at NK Osijekhe also spent some time in the United States.

As a manager, he has been in charge of NK Osijek, FK Spartak Subotica, FK Rad, FK Vojvodina, and finally Red Star, with whom he won the 1991 European Cup. He has also managed Spanish RCD Espanyol, Uruguayan C.A. Peñarol, Austrian Grazer AK and Chinese Shanghai Shenhua and Beijing Guoan. He had another two spells at Red Star before moving to Bulgaria in the 2000s to coach PFC Levski Sofia and later PFC Litex Lovech.

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In Croatian press Ljupko Petrovic stated that he could not refuse offer from NK Osijek, if Croatian team ask him to take over the manager position.

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Official website from LEVSKI2000

Preceded by Arrigo Sacchi	European Cup Winning Coach 1990-1991	Succeeded by Johan Cruyff

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