Vojvoda Malesija | |
Birth Date: | 17 July 1970 |
Birth Place: | Mojkovac, Montenegro, Yugoslavia |
Height: | 1.80 m |
Death Place: | Podgorica, Montenegro |
Position: | Forward |
Years5: | 1996–1999 |
Years6: | 1999–2000 |
Years7: | 2000 |
Years8: | 2001 |
Years9: | 2001–2004 |
Clubs1: | Javor Ivanjica |
Clubs2: | Polimlje |
Clubs3: | Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje |
Clubs4: | Budućnost Podgorica |
Clubs5: | Zeta |
Clubs6: | Radnički Niš |
Clubs7: | Uralan Elista |
Clubs8: | Radnički Niš |
Clubs9: | Zeta |
Clubs10: | Radnički Beograd |
Caps5: | 78 |
Caps6: | 33 |
Caps7: | 9 |
Caps8: | 17 |
Caps9: | 65 |
Goals5: | 33 |
Goals6: | 13 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Goals8: | 3 |
Goals9: | 12 |
Manageryears1: | 2006–2007 |
Manageryears3: | 2009–2021 |
Managerclubs1: | Zeta (assistant) |
Managerclubs2: | Blue Stars Podgorica |
Managerclubs3: | Zeta (assistant) |
Vojvoda Malesija (Cyrillic: Војвода Малесија; 17 July 1970 – 24 December 2021) was a Montenegrin football manager and player.
After a playing career that included playing in several top league domestic clubs such as FK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje, FK Javor Ivanjica, FK Zeta, FK Radnički Niš and FK Radnički Beograd, and also with Russian Premier League club FC Uralan Elista,[1] he retired and became a coach.
Since summer 2009, he has been the main coach of FK Zeta, now playing in the Montenegrin First League.
Malesija died on 24 December 2021, at the age of 51.[2] His daughter Tanja Malesija plays for the Montenegro women's national youth team.[2]