Vladimir Petković

Vladimir Petković strikes me as one of football's quietly resilient journeymen managers. Born in Sarajevo and shaped by a generation that lived through war, he carries a gravity you sense even from a distance. He won silverware at Lazio, led Switzerland through a World Cup, and has since coached across Switzerland, Turkey, France, and now Algeria, a genuinely cosmopolitan career. At 190 cm he must have cut an imposing touchline figure, but it's the adaptability that impresses me most. Rebuilding himself in country after country and still producing results commands a steady, understated respect from me.

Name (English)

Vladimir Petković

Name (Japanese)

ヴラディミル・ペトコヴィッチ

Reading

ゔらでぃみる・ぺとこゔぃっち

Born

August 15, 1963 (age 63)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rabbit

Origin

Sarajevo, Sarajevo Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Height

190 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir%20Petkovi%C4%87
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%88%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%81
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123937

Tags

• Sarajevo Canton
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.