Boško Gjurovski

Club

He was a long-time servant of Red Star Belgrade, where he played for eleven years. He was very much loved by Red Star fans, especially after his brother, Milko, joined bitter rivals FK Partizan. He was known for excellent defending skills, great tackling and powerful shooting. In 1989, he joined Swiss side Servette FC, where he stayed for six seasons and ended his career.

International

He made his senior debut for Yugoslavia in a December 1982 European Championship qualification match against Wales and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. In 1994, just like his brother Milko, Djurovski accepted a call-up to represent the country of his birth. He made his senior debut for Macedonia in a March 1994 friendly match against Slovenia in Skopje and earned a total of 7 caps, scoring all of his 3 international goals in a match against Cyprus. His final international was a June 1995 European Championship qualification match against Belgium.

Gjurovski commenced his coaching career at his former club Servette FC as an assistant, and remained in that position for several seasons, in which they won a Swiss title and finished up runner up in another 2. He left this role to take up another assistant's role at his other former club Red Star Belgrade after this, and also remained in that role for one season. In November 2002, he became the new coach of FK Rad, after steering FK Radnički Obrenovac to promotion the season earlier. He left FK Rad after only 1 season, citing differences between the club board & himself. Gjurovski was appointed as Red Star Belgrade head coach in March 2007 after Dušan Bajević walked out on the club. Đurovski did well and won the league title in his first season as senior coach 2006–07 season. However, the following 2007-08 started poorly from the get-go as the team struggled & just managed to qualify for the Champions League 2nd qualifying round with a lot of difficulties, beating Levadia in Belgrade 1:0 and losing in Tallinn 1:2. Gjurovski was sacked after that game. He remained in the Red Star organization, however, moving to the position of the club's chief scout. Just months after his sacking as head coach of Red Star Belgrade, Gjurovski was targeted for the assistant's role at J1 League underachiever Nagoya Grampus. It was rumored after this that Gjurovski was ultimately sacked by then red star President Dragan Stojković due to the fact that he would be taking the senior coaching…

Gjurovski was born in Tetovo in 1961, while his father Cvetko Gjurovski (born as Cvetko Stojanović), an ethnic Serb from Belgrade and moved to Macedonia at the beginning of World War II. His paternal grandfather fought for the Royal Serbian Army in World War I and retreated with the Serbian Army to Corfu. According to Gjurovski, his father's original surname Stojanović was changed to Gjurovski after the establishment of the new communist regime in Macedonia and Yugoslavia.

Player

Red Star Belgrade

Yugoslav First League: 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1987–88 Yugoslav Cup: 1981–82, 1984–85 Servette

Swiss Super League: 1993–94

Manager

Radnički Obrenovac

Second League of FR Yugoslavia: 2001–02 Red Star Belgrade

Serbian SuperLiga: 2006–07 Serbian Cup: 2006–07