Velibor Pudar

Who is Velibor Pudar?

Velibor Pudar is a Bosnian football manager and former player.

During his playing career, as a goalkeeper, Pudar played for several clubs. He began playing with FK Velež Mostar between 1987 and 1992 still in the Yugoslav First League. With the beginning of the war, he moved abroad where he played one season with Apollon Smyrni F.C. in the Greek top league. After that season, he moved to FR Yugoslavia where he played with Montenegrin club FK Sutjeska Nikšić in the First League, and with several other clubs in other leagues, namely, Serbian clubs FK Čukarički Stankom, FK Jedinstvo Paraćin and FK Palilulac Beograd. By the end of the 1990s he also played in Sweden with Vasalunds IF and in Finland with TPV Tampere before returning to Bosnia and Herzegovina to play with FK Leotar finishing his career as a coach and player of FK Velež Mostar in 2005.

It was in 2005 that Pudar obtained the level A UEFA licence for coaching, after graduating in Belgrade's Higher School for Football. After early coaching experiences while still playing with FK Leotar and FK Velež Mostar, he also coached NK Bratstvo Gračanica in the 2008-2009 season.