German footballer and manager
Kosta Runjaić (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [kôsta ruɲǎːitɕ] ; born 4 June 1971) is a German[ 1] professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Serie A club Udinese .
Club career
Runjaić played during his club career for Türk Gücü Rüsselsheim, SV 07 Raunheim and FSV Frankfurt in Germany .
Managerial career
Germany
From 2006 to 2008, Runjaić served as the coach of reserve side teams 1. FC Kaiserslautern II as a caretaker and Wehen Wiesbaden II and he was the caretaker coach of VfR Aalen in 2008.
Runjaić became the head coach of SV Darmstadt in 2010 where he stayed 2 years. He signed with MSV Duisburg in 2012. In 2013, Runjaić returned to 1.FC Kaiserslautern as the head coach until 2015. In 2016, Runjaić became the head coach of 1860 Munich .
Poland
Runjaić moved to Poland to coach Ekstraklasa side Pogoń Szczecin from 2017 to 2022. In mid-2022, Runjaić was appointed the new manager of Legia Warsaw .[ 2] He won the 2022–23 Polish Cup and 2023 Polish Super Cup with Legia, and led the team to the knockout round play-offs of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League , before being sacked on 9 April 2024.[ 3]
Udinese
On 14 June 2024, Runjaić was announced as the new head coach of Italian Serie A club Udinese .[ 4]
Managerial statistics
As of match played 1 September 2024 [citation needed ]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team
Nat
From
To
Record
1. FC Kaiserslautern II (caretaker)
15 August 2006
23 August 2006
1
0
0
1
1
2
−1
00 0.00
Wehen Wiesbaden II
1 July 2007
30 June 2008
34
19
7
8
71
37
+34
0 55.88
VfR Aalen (caretaker)
20 November 2008
24 November 2008
1
0
0
1
0
4
−4
00 0.00
SV Darmstadt
23 March 2010
3 September 2012
91
36
29
26
122
98
+24
0 39.56
MSV Duisburg
3 September 2012
30 June 2013
31
11
10
10
35
38
−3
0 35.48
1.FC Kaiserslautern
16 September 2013
23 September 2015
77
32
27
18
109
79
+30
0 41.56
1860 Munich
7 June 2016
22 November 2016
15
4
4
7
19
22
−3
0 26.67
Pogoń Szczecin
6 November 2017
23 May 2022
169
74
47
48
244
191
+53
0 43.79
Legia Warsaw
23 May 2022
9 April 2024
85
47
20
18
167
118
+49
0 55.29
Udinese
1 July 2024
present
4
3
1
0
8
2
+6
0 75.00
Total
508
226
145
137
776
590
+186
0 44.49
Honours
Manager
SV Darmstadt
Legia Warsaw
Individual
References
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