Luka Peruzović

Luka Peruzović

Personal information
Date of birth	(1952-02-26) 26 February 1952
Place of birth	Split, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1969–1980	Hajduk Split	233	(9)
1980–1986	Anderlecht	166	(5)
1986–1988	Hajduk Split	64	(1)
International career
1974–1983	Yugoslavia	17	(0)
Managerial career
1990	Hajduk Split
1991–1992	Charleroi
1992–1993	Anderlecht
1993–1994	Genk
1995	Marseille
1995–1997	Charleroi
1997	Gençlerbirliği S.K.
1998	Standard Liège
1999	Charleroi
2002–2004	Al-Sadd
2005–2006	Bahrain
2009–2010	CS Sfax
2011	Charleroi
2013	Charleroi
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luka Peruzović (born 26 February 1952) is a Croatian football coach and former player, who managed Belgium's Standard Liège, Charleroi and Anderlecht and Qatar's Al Sadd. He also holds a Belgian citizenship.

As a player, Peruzović played for Yugoslavia in the 1974 World Cup and 1976 European championship. He played over 400 games for Hajduk Split in all competitions before following his former coach Tomislav Ivić to Anderlecht in 1980. Playing as centre-back or sweeper he helped them reach the 1982 European Cup semi-final and won the 1983 UEFA Cup Final against Benfica. After retiring he worked as a coach in Croatia, Belgium, France and Turkey. In December 2004, he was appointed manager of Al Ittihad, but lasted only three months until March 2005. He then coached Bahrain national team in their 2006 World Cup qualifiers, losing out the playoff to Trinidad and Tobago.

He was named as the manager of Tunisian team CS Sfax in 2009, before returning to Belgium to take charge of Charleroi, his fourth stint at the club.

External links

• (Serbian) Serbian national football team website
• Career stats
• coaching career