Srdjan Tufegdzic

Srdjan Tufegdzic
Personal information
Date of birth	6 April 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Kruševac, Serbia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defensive Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Skövde AIK (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997-1999	FK Napredak Krusevac
2000-2001	FK Novi Pazar
2001-2002	FK Dinamo Pancevo
2002-2004	FK Mogren Budva
2005–2006	FK Inon Pozarevac
2006–2012	KA
Total
Managerial career
2012–2015	KA (assistant)
2015–2018	KA
2019	Grindavík
2020–2021	Valur (assistant)
2022–2023	Öster
2024	Skövde AIK
2024-	Valur
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Srdjan Tufegdzic, commonly known as Túfa,^[1] (born 6 April 1980) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He is the manager of Besta deild karla club Valur.

Managerial career

Tufegdzic took charge of Icelandic 1.deild team KA on 11 August 2015^[2] as a caretaker manager, replacing Bjarni Jóhannsson. The club was in 5th place in the league when Tufegdzic took over, but the club managed to challenge for promotion and ended in 3rd^[3] place. After good performances under Tufegdzic, winning 5 of the team's 7 games left, he was appointed the head coach for the 2016 season.

In 2016 Tufegdzic managed KA to become 1.deild champions^[4] and securing a place in Úrvalsdeild 2017, the club won overall 16 of its 22 games. The 2017 Úrvalsdeildar season KA played their first Úrvalsdeildar game in 13 years and Tufegdzic's men ended in 7th place.

For the 2022 season, Tufegdic was hired by Öster in the Swedish second-tier Superettan.^[5] In 2024, Tufegdzic was hired by Skövde AIK in the Swedish second-tier Superettan.^[6] Túfa cited homesickness as a reason for quitting his job an moving back to his adopted home of Iceland in the summer of 2024. 1. August he took charge of Icelandic giants |Valur in the Icelandic top tier Besta deild karla^[7]

Managerial statistics

As of 3 February 2024

Includes games played in Icelandic Premier League, Icelandic Cup and Icelandic League Cup.

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Sources
KA		11 August 2015	13 September 2018	94	48	20	26	177	110	+67	051.06	^[8]
Grindavìk		6 October 2018	28 September 2019	22	3	11	8	17	28	−11	-	^[9]
Öster		18 April 2022	24 november 2023
Skövde		1 December 2023	15 July 2024									^[5]
Valur		1 August 2024	Present
Total				94	48	20	26	177	110	+67	051.06

Honours and achievements

Manager

Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar

1. deild (1): winner 2016 Promoted to the Úrvalsdeild

Assistant Manager

Valur Reykjavík

Icelandic Champion: 2020

References

^ Sindri Sverrisson (24 April 2019). "Skipti í brú og á dekki". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2019.
^ "Þjálfaraskipti hjá KA | Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar". Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Summary - 1. Deild - Iceland - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Úrslit - staða | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Östers IF presenterar ny sportslig organisation" (Press release) (in Swedish). Östers IF. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
^ "Officiellt: Srdjan Tufegdzic ny tränare i Skövde AIK". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 February 2024.
^ "Staðfest: Arnar rekinn frá Val og Túfa tekur við". Visir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
^ "KSI.is". KSÍ. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
^ "Fótbolti.net". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 October 2023.

[1] Sindri Sverrisson (24 April 2019). "Skipti í brú og á dekki". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2019.

[2] "Þjálfaraskipti hjá KA | Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar". Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[3] "Summary - 1. Deild - Iceland - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[4] "Úrslit - staða | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[:0-5] "Östers IF presenterar ny sportslig organisation" (Press release) (in Swedish). Östers IF. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

[6] "Officiellt: Srdjan Tufegdzic ny tränare i Skövde AIK". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 February 2024.

[7] "Staðfest: Arnar rekinn frá Val og Túfa tekur við". Visir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 August 2024.

[8] "KSI.is". KSÍ. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

[9] "Fótbolti.net". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 October 2023.

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