Slaviša Jokanović

Slaviša Jokanović
Славиша Јокановић
Jokanović with Dynamo Moscow in 2022
Personal information
Full name Slaviša Jokanović
Date of birth (1968-08-16) 16 August 1968
Place of birth Novi Sad, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Al-Nasr (head coach)
Youth career
Novi Sad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1988 Novi Sad 35 (5)
1988–1990 Vojvodina 54 (10)
1990–1993 Partizan 67 (21)
1993–1995 Oviedo 62 (12)
1995–1999 Tenerife 123 (17)
1999–2000 Deportivo La Coruña 23 (2)
2000–2002 Chelsea 39 (0)
2003–2004 Ciudad Murcia 6 (0)
Total 409 (67)
International career
1991–2002 FR Yugoslavia 64 (10)
Managerial career
2007–2009 Partizan
2012–2013 Muangthong United
2013 Levski Sofia
2014 Hércules
2014–2015 Watford
2015 Maccabi Tel Aviv
2015–2018 Fulham
2019–2021 Al-Gharafa
2021 Sheffield United
2022–2023 Dynamo Moscow
2025– Al-Nasr
Medal record
Representing  Yugoslavia
UEFA U-21 Euro1990
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Slaviša Jokanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Славиша Јокановић, pronounced [slǎʋiʃa jokȃnoʋitɕ]; born 16 August 1968) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of UAE Pro League club Al-Nasr.

A physical player considered strong in the air, he impressed at Partizan, before spending seven seasons in La Liga at the service of three clubs, appearing in 208 matches and scoring 31 goals, mainly for Tenerife. He also played for two years with Chelsea towards the end of his career, and represented Yugoslavia at the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000, earning 64 caps and scoring ten goals in an eleven-year international career.

Jokanović began his managerial career in 2007, winning two consecutive doubles with Partizan, the 2012 Thai Premier League with Muangthong United, and leading Watford and Fulham to promotion to the Premier League in 2015 and 2018 respectively.