Thomas Vasov

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|birth_place = Trier, West Germany

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|position = Centre-back
Defensive midfielder
Sweeper

|currentclub = Timok (manager)

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|years2 = 1993–1996

|clubs2 = Borac Čačak

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|years3 = 1996–2003

|clubs3 = Gent

|caps3 = 111

|goals3 = 10

|years4 = 2003

|clubs4 = Shanghai Shenhua

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|managerclubs2 = Borac Čačak

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|managerclubs3 = Borac Čačak (ass't)

|manageryears4 = 2016–201x

|managerclubs4 = Mladost Lučani (youth)

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|managerclubs5 = Trepča

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Thomas Vasov (born 31 January 1972) is a Serbian-German football manager and former player, retired since 2003. He most recently coached Timok.

Club career

Born in Trier, West Germany, he was already playing in Serbia with FK Timok before his transfer to FK Borac Čačak in 1993. In his first season with Borac, they became champions of the 1993–94 Second League of FR Yugoslavia and got promotion to the First League of FR Yugoslavia where he played the following two seasons making 54 appearances and scoring 3 goals in the Yugoslav top-tier.Thomas Vasov at playerhistory.com

After three years with Borac, in summer 1996 he transferred to Belgium to K.A.A. Gent and played with them the following seven seasons in the Belgian Pro League.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

In 2003, he transferred to Shanghai Shenhua and won the Chinese Jia-A League 2003. However, Shanghai Shenhua were stripped of the title on 19 February 2013 for the match-fixing scandal in that season.[http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/punish/2013-02-18/392010.html 中国足协纪律委员会处罚决定（001-038号] at Chinese Football Association official website, 18-2-2013, retrieved 30-8-2014

Coaching career

By Autumn 2014 he was working as coach of the youth team of FK Borac Čačak.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110708085856/http://www.boracfk.com/?q=node/151 Kadeti - sezona 2014/15]}} at FK Borac Čačak official website, retrieved 2-11-2014 {{in lang|sr}}

In April 2016, after Ljubiša Stamenković got sacked, Vasov took charge as main coach of FK Borac Čačak.[http://www.zurnal.rs/fudbal/super-liga/33654/vasov-i-maslac-nema-predaje-protiv-partizana?lang=lat Vasov i Maslać: Nema predaje protiv Partizana] at Sportski žurnal, 27-4-2016 {{in lang|sr}}

By January 2017, he was the director of all youth sections of FK Mladost Lučani.[http://www.fkmladostlucani.com/index.php/component/k2/item/309-fudbaleri-mladosti-otputovali-u-sloveniju-foto.html Fudbaleri Mladosti otputovali u Sloveniju (foto)] at FK Mladost Lučani official website, 22-1-2017 {{in lang|sr}}

In the 2019–20 season, and, at the start of the 2020–21 season, he was coach of FK Trepča.[http://www.srbijafudbal.com/treneri/vasov.htm Tomas Vasov] at srbijafudbal.com, retrieved 16-7-2020