Bruno Akrapović

Template:Short description Template:Redirect Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Bruno Akrapović (born 26 September 1967) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player.

Club career

Starting his career in his native Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the time part of Yugoslavia, Akrapović spent the majority of his career playing for various clubs in the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, among others VfL Wolfsburg, Mainz 05 and Energie Cottbus. He played alongside Jürgen Klopp at Mainz between 1994 and 1997.<ref>Die kuriose Karriere des Bruno Akrapovic - Augsburger Allgemeine Template:In lang</ref>

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.<ref>Appearances for Bosnia and Herzegovina National Team - RSSSF</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> His final international was a September 2002 European Championship qualification match against Romania.<ref name="RSSSF_INTL">Template:Cite web</ref>

Managerial career

On 16 January 2010, Akrapović received his UEFA Pro Licence in the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina's educational facility in Jablanica.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Akrapović managed Shkëndija in the Macedonian First League and RNK Split in Croatia,<ref>Scoria odbio sjesti na klupu: "Bilo bi nepošteno da klub plaća mene, a ne igrače" - Index Template:In lang</ref> before relocating to Bulgaria in 2017 to become the manager of Lokomotiv Plovdiv where he won the Bulgarian Cup twice in a row in the seasons 2018–19 and 2019–20, as well as the Bulgarian Supercup in 2020.

On 14 June 2022, Akrapović was appointed as manager of Saudi Pro League club Al-Wehda.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On 20 October 2022, he was sacked after only two wins in eight matches.<ref name="20 Oct">Template:Cite web</ref> On 30 December 2022, Akrapović was appointed as manager of Cypriot side Akritas Chlorakas.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On 27 February 2023, he was sacked after only two months.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On 8 January 2024, Akrapović became the manager of his native Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar, signing a one-and-a-half-year contract.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> His first game in charge of Željezničar was a 0–0 home draw against Zrinjski Mostar on 17 February 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He suffered his first defeat as Željezničar manager on 26 February, losing 2–0 away to Široki Brijeg.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was victorious in his first Sarajevo derby, beating rivals Sarajevo 3–0 at home on 3 March 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Following a series of poor results, and with Željezničar sitting in the relegation zone with four points from their previous six games, Akrapović and the club mutually terminated his contract on 20 April 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal life

Akrapović's wife is Italian, and their son Aaron Akrapović used to represent the Italy U17 national team.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="RSSSF_INTL" />

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2000	4	1
	2001	7	0
	2002	3	0
Total		14	1

Scores and results list Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Akrapović goal.<ref name="RSSSF_INTL"/>

International goal scored by Bruno Akrapović

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 October 2000	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel	Template:Fb	1–1	3–1	2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers

Managerial

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Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Mosor	11 July 2011	30 June 2012
Solin	23 September 2013	9 December 2013
Europa	2 November 2014	21 June 2015
Shkëndija	22 December 2015	27 October 2016
Split	13 February 2017	30 June 2017
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	31 October 2017	10 November 2020
CSKA Sofia	11 November 2020	28 March 2021
Shkëndija	2 August 2021	4 April 2022
Al-Wehda	16 June 2022	20 October 2022
Akritas Chlorakas	30 December 2022	27 February 2023
Željezničar	8 January 2024	20 April 2024
Total

Honours

Player

TeBe Berlin

• Regionalliga Nordost: 1997–98

Manager

Europa

• Gibraltar Premier Cup: 2014–15

Shkëndija

• Macedonian Cup: 2015–16

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

• Bulgarian Cup: 2018–19, 2019–20
• Bulgarian Supercup: 2020

External links

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