Žarko Lazetić

Žarko Lazetić (Serbian Cyrillic: Жарко Лазетић; born 22 February 1982) is a Serbian football manager and former player who is currently manager of Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Žarko Lazetić

Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-02-22) 22 February 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Titova Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Maccabi Tel Aviv (manager)
Youth career
	Red Star Belgrade
	Obilić
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001	Mladi Obilić
2002	Kneževac
2002–2004	Beograd	59	(26)
2004–2006	Bežanija	79	(38)
2007–2008	Partizan	28	(4)
2008–2009	Vojvodina	20	(1)
2009–2010	Rodos	30	(9)
2011	Persis Solo
2012	Javor Ivanjica	6	(1)
2013	Bežanija	8	(1)
Total		230	(80)
Managerial career
2014	Srem Jakovo
2015	Teleoptik (assistant)
2015–2016	Partizan (assistant)
2016–2018	Partizan (youth)
2018–2019	Partizan (assistant)
2019	Partizan (caretaker)
2019	Teleoptik
2020–2021	Metalac Gornji Milanovac
2021–2024	TSC
2024–	Maccabi Tel Aviv
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Throughout his career, Lazetić played as a forward. In December 2006, it was announced that Lazetić had agreed to join Partizan from Bežanija in the January transfer window, along with his teammate Antonio Rukavina.^[1] The duo later signed four-year deals with Lazetić being assigned the number 10 shirt.^[2] He spent one and a half seasons with the Crno-beli, collecting the double in the 2007–08 campaign.

In July 2008, Lazetić signed a two-year contract with Vojvodina.^[3] He stayed at the Stadion Karađorđe for one year, before going abroad and joining Greek club Rodos. He scored nine goals in the 2009–10 Beta Ethniki, but failed to help the side avoid relegation.

In early 2011, Lazetić moved to Indonesia to play for Persis Solo under his compatriot Branko Babić. He subsequently returned to Serbia, having brief spells with Javor Ivanjica and Bežanija, before retiring from the game in the summer of 2013.

Managerial career

Lazetić started his managerial career at Srem Jakovo of the Serbian League Belgrade in the summer of 2014. He would become an assistant to newly appointed Teleoptik manager Ivan Tomić in October 2015, alongside Dražen Bolić.^[4] The trio performed the same roles at Partizan between December 2015 and July 2016 when Tomić resigned from his position due to poor results. In October 2016, Lazetić took charge of the Partizan youth team with Bolić serving as his assistant.^[5] They won the league title in May 2017.^[6] In June 2018, Lazetić joined Miroslav Đukić's staff as an assistant at Partizan, replacing departed Andrija Delibašić. He also served as caretaker manager for the club in March 2019. The following month, Lazetić returned to Teleoptik as manager.

In June 2020, Lazetić was appointed as manager of Serbian SuperLiga club Metalac Gornji Milanovac.^[7] He left them in November 2021 to take over at TSC.

In June 2024, Lazetić left TSC and joined Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League.

Personal life

Lazetić is the younger brother of fellow footballer Nikola Lazetić.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 7 November 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Partizan	11 March 2019	28 March 2019	2	1	0	1	050.00
Teleoptik	4 April 2019	10 October 2019	7	2	1	4	028.57
Metalac Gornji Milanovac	7 July 2020	11 November 2021	59	19	17	23	032.20
TSC	29 November 2021	24 June 2024	110	57	24	29	051.82
Maccabi Tel Aviv	24 June 2024	Present	21	12	2	7	057.14
Total			199	91	44	64	045.73

Honours

Club

Bežanija

• Serbian First League: 2005–06

Partizan

• Serbian SuperLiga: 2007–08
• Serbian Cup: 2007–08

Individual

• Serbian First League Top Scorer: 2005–06
• Serbian Cup Top Scorer: 2006–07

Coaching

• Maccabi Tel Aviv
• Israel Super Cup: 2024-25

• Serbian SuperLiga Manajer of the Month: July 2022^[8]

References

1. "Lazetić i Rukavina u Partizanu!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 12 December 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
2. "Tri nove laste u Partizanovom jatu!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 11 January 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
3. "Žarko Lazetić novi igrač Vojvodine" (in Serbian). b92.net. 5 July 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
4. "Da li dolazak Ivana Tomića znači da Kiza Milinković više neće biti trener Partizana?" (in Serbian). telegraf.rs. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
5. "Promene u Partizanu: Teleoptik ima novog trenera, kao kadeti crno-belih! (FOTO) (VIDEO)" (in Serbian). espreso.rs. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
6. "Još jedna titula stigla u Humsku: Kadeti Partizana u Nišu overili tron" (in Serbian). mozzartsport.com. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
7. "Lazetić novi trener Metalca" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
8. "Trener meseca Mozzart Bet Super lige: Žarko Lazetić i sedam bodova sa tri teška gostovanja". superliga.rs. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

External links

• Žarko Lazetić at Soccerway
• Žarko Lazetić at WorldFootball.net