Saša Vidović

Saša Vidović
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-06-14) 14 June 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Banja Luka, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right midfielder
Youth career
FC Blau-Weiß Feldkirch
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Srem Jakovo
2003–2004 Mladost Lukićevo 17 (4)
2003–2007 Zemun 80 (4)
2007–2010 Rad 48 (2)
2010–2011 Zemun 5 (1)
2011 Brantford Galaxy 3 (1)
2012 Timok 5 (1)
2012 Novi Sad 1 (0)
2015–2020 Brantford Galaxy
2021–2022 BGH City
Managerial career
2020 Brantford Galaxy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Saša Vidović (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Видовић, born 14 February 1982) is a Bosnian Serb former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

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Early career

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Vidović was born in Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, during his early career he played in the Austrian regional circuit with FC Blau-Weiß Feldkirch.[1] He also had several stints with minor Serbian clubs such as Srem Jakovo and FK Mladost Lukićevo.

Serbia

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In January 2004, Vidović returned to Serbia to play in the Serbian top league with Zemun.[2] He was re-signed by the club the following season.[3] His final season with Zemun was the 2006–07 season.[4] After the relegation of Zemun in 2007, he signed with Rad originally in the Serbian second division. The Belgrade-based club secured a promotion to the top-tier league and re-signed Vidović.[5][6] His final season in the Serbian top league was during the 2009-10 season with Rad.[7] He appeared in seven matches throughout the season.[8]

In the summer of 2010, after three seasons with Belgrade's Rad, he returned to his former club Zemun in the second division.[8] In his single season with Zemun, he played in four matches and scored one goal.[8]

Canada

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In the summer of 2011, he signed with Canadian Soccer League club Brantford Galaxy.[9] He recorded his first on July 1, 2011, against SC Toronto.[10] Brantford failed to secure a playoff berth after finishing ninth in the league's first division.[11]

Europe

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He returned to Serbia the following winter by joining FK Timok in the Serbian League East.[12] At the end of the season, they won promotion from the Serbian First League, but during the summer, he moved to Novi Sad, another club in the second division.[13] In his debut season with Nov Sad, he appeared in nine matches and recorded one goal.[8] In the winter of 2013, he ventured abroad again and joined the Croatian-side Bratstvo Savska Ves.[14]

Return to Canada

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In 2015, he returned to the Canadian circuit to his former club Brantford to compete in the 2015 season.[15][16] He recorded his first goal of the season on June 8, 2015, against Toronto Atomic.[16] The team failed again to secure a postseason berth by finishing eleventh in the division.[17]

He re-signed with Brantford the following season.[18] Vidović helped the club secure a playoff berth by finishing seventh in the top division.[19] Brantford was eliminated from the playoff competition in the first round by Ukraine United.[20] The 2017 season marked his fourth overall season with the Brantford organization.[21] Throughout the campaign, he aided the club in securing another postseason berth for the second consecutive year.[22] Their playoff journey concluded in the preliminary round after a defeat by Scarborough SC.[22]

Brantford re-signed Vidović for the 2018 season.[23] The club had another playoff-producing season by securing the final playoff berth in the division.[24] Ukraine United eliminated the team in the first round of the postseason.[25] In 2020, he began the transition to the managerial side by being named the head coach for Brantford.[26]

After the merger between Hamilton with Brantford, he played with BGH City FC for the 2021 season.[27] He had another season with the hybrid team the following season.[28]

Managerial career

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In 2020, he served as the head coach for Brantford Galaxy in the Canadian Soccer League.[26] For the second consecutive season, Brantford Galaxy concluded the season at the bottom of the standings and managed to dodge a winless season by winning their final match of the season.[26] Vidović joined the Hamilton City coaching staff for the 2023 season when the organization became a single entity once more.[29]

References

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  1. ^ "FC Blau-Weiß Feldkirch 2003-04". de.eufo.de. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  2. ^ "FK Zemun 2004-05". de.eufo.de. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  3. ^ "FK Zemun 2005-06". de.eufo.de. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  4. ^ "FK Zemun 2006-07". de.eufo.de. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  5. ^ "FK Rad Beograd 2008-09". en.eufo.de. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Rad izborio plasman u Superligu Srbije" [Rad won placement in the Serbian Super League] (in Serbian). blic.rs. 11 June 2008. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  7. ^ "FK Rad Beograd 2009-10". en.eufo.de. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d "Bosnia and Herzegovina - S. Vidović - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  9. ^ Smiley, Brian (13 June 2011). "Galaxy drop fourth game in a row". Brantford Expositor. pp. B1.
  10. ^ "SC Toronto too much for Galaxy". Brantford Expositor. 2 July 2011.
  11. ^ "Galaxy fail to make CSL playoffs". Brantford Expositor. 3 October 2011.
  12. ^ "Srbijafudbal – player profile". www.srbijafudbal.net. Retrieved 3 March 2024.[dead link]
  13. ^ Saša Vidović at Prva Liga Srbije
  14. ^ "Saša Vidović stigao u Bratstvo Savska Ves i odlučio derbi" [Saša Vidović arrived at Bratstvo Savska Ves and decided the derby]. eMedjimurje.hr (in Croatian). 4 April 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  15. ^ "2015 Brantford Galaxy roster". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  16. ^ a b "Jurcevic scores two to lead Galaxy; Soccer: Brantford 3 Toronto 0". Brantford Expositor. 8 June 2015. pp. B2.
  17. ^ "Galaxy eliminated". Brantford Expositor. 6 October 2015. pp. B2.
  18. ^ "2016 Brantford Galaxy roster". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  19. ^ "Galaxy drop final game". Brantford Expositor. 11 October 2016. pp. B1.
  20. ^ "Galaxy ousted". Brantford Expositor. 17 October 2016. pp. B1.
  21. ^ "2017 Brantford Galaxy roster". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  22. ^ a b Adamson, Stan (18 September 2017). "Serbian White Eagles, Vorkuta, Scarborough, and York Region Advance ........weekend games in the CSL playoffs". Canadian Soccer League. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  23. ^ "2018 Brantford Galaxy roster". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  24. ^ Adamson, Stan (24 September 2018). "FC Ukraine United Rout CSC Mississauga to Clinch First Division Title". Canadian Soccer League. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  25. ^ "FC Ukraine United and FC Vorkuta Squeak Through to Semifinals". Canadian Soccer League. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  26. ^ a b c "Scarborough Wins League Title……….Brantford 's last game victory – Canadian Soccer League". Canadian Soccer League. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  27. ^ "2021 BGHC City FC roster". cslregistration.ca. Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  28. ^ "2022 BGHC City FC roster". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  29. ^ "2023 Hamilton City roster". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
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