Saša Vidović (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Видовић, born 14 February 1982) is a Bosnian Serb former footballer who played as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 June 1982 | ||
| 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 | |||
Club career
Early career
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
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
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
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
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
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 for the 2023 season when the organization became a single entity once more.[29]
References
External links
- Saša Vidović at WorldFootball.net
- Profile at official FK Rad website
- Saša Vidović at Soccerway