Nenad Sakić

{{Short description|Serbian football manager and player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Nenad Sakić

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|06|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kruševac, SFR Yugoslavia

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Spartak Moscow (assistant coach)

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1989–1994

| clubs1 = Napredak Kruševac

| caps1 = 89

| goals1 = 4

| years2 = 1994–1997

| clubs2 = Red Star Belgrade

| caps2 = 83

| goals2 = 4

| years3 = 1997–1998

| clubs3 = Lecce

| caps3 = 32

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1998–2004

| clubs4 = Sampdoria

| caps4 = 137

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2004–2006

| clubs5 = Napredak Kruševac

| caps5 = 46

| goals5 = 2

| totalcaps = 387

| totalgoals = 11

| nationalyears1 = 1998–2000

| nationalteam1 = FR Yugoslavia

| nationalcaps1 = 6

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2008–2009

| managerclubs1 = Napredak Kruševac

| manageryears2 = 2011–2012

| managerclubs2 = Serbia U17

| manageryears3 = 2012–2013

| managerclubs3 = Serbia (assistant)

| manageryears4 = 2013–2015

| managerclubs4 = Sampdoria (assistant)

| manageryears5 = 2015–2016

| managerclubs5 = Milan (assistant)

| manageryears6 = 2017

| managerclubs6 = Napredak Kruševac

| manageryears7 = 2018–2019

| managerclubs7 = Serbia U19

| manageryears8 = 2019–2020

| managerclubs8 = Trayal Kruševac

| manageryears9 = 2021–2022

| managerclubs9 = Red Star Belgrade (assistant)

| manageryears10 = 2022–2023

| managerclubs10 = Sampdoria (assistant)

| manageryears11 = 2023–2024

| managerclubs11 = Ferencváros (assistant)

| manageryears12 = 2024–

| managerclubs12 = Spartak Moscow (assistant)

}}

Nenad Sakić ({{Lang-sr-Cyrl|Ненад Сакић}}; born 15 June 1971) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He is the assistant manager of Russian club Spartak Moscow.

Club career

Sakić came to Napredak Kruševac in 1989 and spent five seasons with the club. He was signed by Red Star Belgrade in 1994, helping them win the championship in his debut season. During his time with the Crveno-beli, Sakić also won three consecutive national cups.{{Cite web | url=http://www.reprezentacija.rs/sakic-nenad/ | title=Sakić Nenad | language=sr | publisher=reprezentacija.rs | access-date=20 July 2021}}

In 1997, Sakić moved abroad to Italy and signed with Serie A side Lecce. He played regularly during his only season at the club, before switching to Sampdoria. From 1998 to 2004, Sakić played 137 league games for Sampdoria, scoring once. He played two more seasons with Napredak Kruševac before retiring.

International career

Between 1998 and 2000, Sakić was capped six time for FR Yugoslavia, making his debut in a friendly against Brazil (1–1 draw).{{Cite web | url=https://www.11v11.com/players/nenad-sakic-21376/ | title=Nenad Sakic | publisher=11v11.com | access-date=20 July 2021}}

Managerial career

In December 2008, it was announced that Sakić would be taking charge of Napredak Kruševac.{{Cite web | url=https://www.b92.net/sport/fudbal/vesti.php?yyyy=2008&mm=12&dd=20&nav_id=335435 | title=Sakić novi trener Napretka | language=sr | publisher=b92.net | date=20 December 2008 | access-date=20 July 2021}} He was also manager of Serbia U17, before serving as an assistant to Siniša Mihajlović during Mihajlović's managerial stints with Serbia, Sampdoria and Milan.

Since 2021, he works as an assistant to Dejan Stanković in the clubs Stanković is managing.

Career statistics

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{Cite web | url=https://www.yumpu.com/xx/document/read/63658872/napredakkrusevacweb | title=FK Napredak Kruševac, 2020. | language=sr | publisher=yumpu.com | access-date=20 July 2021}}

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="2"|League

AppsGoals
rowspan="8"|Napredak Kruševac

|1989–90

|6

1
1990–91

|3

0
1991–92

|15

1
1992–93

|33

1
1993–94

|32

1
2004–05

|19

0
2005–06

|27

2
Total

!135

6

Honours

References

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