Velibor Pudar (; born 22 November 1964) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently an assistant manager at Bosnian Premier League club Veleà ¾ Mostar.
Born in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina to Serb parents, Pudar played for Lokomotiva Mostar from where he moved to Veleà ¾ Mostar in summer 1987. He played with Veleà ¾ between 1987 and 1992 in the Yugoslav First League. With the beginning of the Bosnian War in 1992, he moved abroad where he played one season with Apollon Smyrnis in the Super League Greece.
Pudar moved to FR Yugoslavia in 1995, where he played for ÃÂukariÃÂki in the First League, and with several other clubs in other leagues, namely, Sutjeska Nikà ¡iÃÂ, Jedinstvo ParaÃÂin and Palilulac Beograd. By the late 1990s, he also played in Sweden with Vasalunds IF and in Finland with TPV Tampere before returning to Bosnia and Herzegovina to play at Leotar. He finished his career at Veleà ¾ in 2005.
Pudar obtained the UEFA Pro Licence for coaching in 2005, after graduating in Belgrade's Higher School for Football. After early coaching experiences while still playing for Leotar and Veleà ¾, he managed Bratstvo GraÃÂanica in the 2008âÂÂ09 season. He then managed Igman Konjic in the 2009âÂÂ10 season.
Pudar then worked as a goalkeeping coach of Saudi Arabian sides Al-Ittihad, Al Taawoun and Al-Khaleej, as well as GOà  K Gabela. As manager of Bosnian third tier club , he led the side to an unexpected 2024âÂÂ25 Bosnian Cup quarter-finals finish, defeating Sloboda Tuzla and Zvijezda GradaÃÂac, before getting eliminated by à ½eljezniÃÂar.
On 23 October 2025, Pudar was appointed as an assistant coach at hometown club Veleà ¾.
Velibor is the father of swimmer Lana Pudar, who competed at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, and who claimed gold in the womenâÂÂs 200-metre butterfly at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy.