Toni Savevski
Macedonian footballer (born 1963)
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Toni Savevski (Macedonian: Тони Савевски; born 14 June 1963) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. After retiring from as a footballer in 2001, he became a manager and managed several clubs in Cyprus, most notably Omonia.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stanislav Savevski | ||
| Date of birth | 14 June 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Bitola, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980 | Pelister | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1988 | Vardar | 181 | (10) |
| 1988–2001 | AEK Athens | 357 | (52) |
| Total | 538 | (62) | |
| International career | |||
| 1988–1989 | Yugoslavia | 2 | (0) |
| 1994–2000 | Macedonia | 9 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2001 | AEK Athens | ||
| 2001–2002 | Apollon Limassol | ||
| 2002–2004 | Omonia | ||
| 2004–2012 | AEK Athens Academy (Director) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Omonia | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Savevski started his career in Pelister and in 1980 he moved to Vardar. In 1987 he won the Yugoslav First League, but since a point deduction punishment of Partizan was overturned, the title eventually was awarded to the latter.[1]
In November 1988 he signed for AEK Athens at the request of their manager, Dušan Bajević.[2] He served AEK for 13 years winning the four championships, three Greek Cups, two Greek Super Cups and the Greek League Cup. He is the third foreigner in appearances in the history of the league, behind Krzysztof Warzycha and Predrag Đorđević.[3][4]
International career
Savevski made his senior debut for Yugoslavia on August 1988 at friendly match against Switzerland away from home. He earned a total of 2 caps without scoring a goal.[5]
On October 1994 he made his debut for Macedonia in a European Championship qualification match against Spain. He earned another 8 caps and his final international was a September 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Slovakia.[6]
Managerial career
In January 2001, after the then coach AEK Athens, Giannis Pathiakakis resigned, Savevski retired as a footballer overnight, in order to take the position of coach on the yellow-black bench, with Eugène Gerards as technical advisor.[7] In the summer of 2001, the administrative instability of the club resulted in the Savevski and Gerards leaving.[8]
In the season 2001–02 he was the coach for Apollon Limassol. In 2002 he coached Omonia, where in 2003 he won the Cypriot First Division and the Cypriot Super Cup, before leaving in 2004. In the summer of the same year, he assumed the position of technical director of the AEK Athens academies. During his tenure, the infrastructure departments of the club were organized and developed. Players such as Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Kostas Manolas, Viktor Klonaridis, Panagiotis Tachtsidis and Vasilios Pliatsikas were the results of his work. In the summer of 2010, Savevski was promoted to the position of head scouting of the team. By September 2012, he returned to Omonia as head coach until December 2013.[9]
Personal life
Savevski had humble upbringings and grew up in Bitola. He later moved to Athens, Greece after his first son, Victor was born. His second son was born in Athens.
Honours
Player
AEK Athens
Coach
Omonia
