Srdjan Tufegdžić

Srđan Tufegdžić
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-04-06) 6 April 1980
Place of birth Kruševac, Serbia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 IFK Värnamo (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997-1999 Napredak Kruševac
2000-2001 Novi Pazar
2001-2002 Dinamo Pančevo
2002-2004 Mogren 16+ (0+)
2005–2006 INON
2006–2012 KA 92 (1)
Total 108 (1)
Managerial career
2012–2015 KA (assistant)
2015–2018 KA
2019 Grindavík
2020–2021 Valur (assistant)
2022–2023 Östers
2024 Skövde AIK
2024–2025 Valur
2026– IFK Värnamo
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Srđan Tufegdžić, commonly known as Tufa,[1] (born 6 April 1980) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He is the manager of IFK Värnamo.

Managerial career

Tufegdžić took charge of Icelandic 1.deild team KA on 11 August 2015[2] as a caretaker manager, replacing Bjarni Jóhannsson. The club was in 5th place in the league when Tufegdžić took over, but the club managed to challenge for promotion and ended in 3rd[3] place. After good performances under Tufegdžić, winning 5 of the team's 7 games left, he was appointed the head coach for the 2016 season.

In 2016 Tufegdžić managed KA to become 1.deild champions[4] and securing a place in Úrvalsdeild 2017, the club won overall 16 of its 22 games. The 2017 Úrvalsdeildar season KA played their first Úrvalsdeildar game in 13 years and Tufegdžić's men ended in 7th place.

For the 2022 season, Tufegdžić was hired by Öster in the Swedish second-tier Superettan.[5] In 2024, Tufegdžić was hired by Skövde AIK in the Swedish second-tier Superettan.[6] Tufegdžić cited homesickness as a reason for quitting his job an moving back to his adopted home of Iceland in the summer of 2024. 1. August he took charge of Icelandic giants Valur in the Icelandic top tier Besta deild karla.[7]

Managerial statistics

As of 25 October 2025

Includes games played in Icelandic Premier League, Icelandic Cup and Icelandic League Cup.

Team From To Record
M W D L GF GA GD Win % Sources
KA 11 August 2015 13 September 2018 94482026177110+67051.06 [8]
Grindavìk 6 October 2018 28 September 2019 2231181728−11013.64 [9]
Öster 18 April 2022 24 november 2023 6430161810976+33046.88
Skövde 1 December 2023 15 July 2024 175391022−12029.41 [5]
Valur 1 August 2024 27 October 2025 5529121413184+47052.73
IFK Värnamo 1 January 2026 Present 00000o!—!—
Total 2521156275444377+67045.63

Honours and achievements

Manager

Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar

Assistant Manager

Valur Reykjavík

References

  1. ↑ Sindri Sverrisson (24 April 2019). "Skipti í brú og á dekki". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "Þjálfaraskipti hjá KA | Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar". Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Summary - 1. Deild - Iceland - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Úrslit - staða | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Östers IF presenterar ny sportslig organisation" (Press release) (in Swedish). Östers IF. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Officiellt: Srdjan Tufegdzic ny tränare i Skövde AIK". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "Staðfest: Arnar rekinn frá Val og Túfa tekur við". Visir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "KSI.is". KSÍ. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "Fótbolti.net". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 October 2023.
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