Vladimir Vermezovià(Serbian Cyrillic: ÃÂûðôøüøàÃÂõÃÂüõ÷þòøÃÂ; born 30 June 1963) is a Serbian football manager and former player.
Vermezoviàstarted playing football with Partizan in the Yugoslav First League, before moving abroad to play in Spain for Sporting de Gijón and UD Salamanca. He also played in Greece for Panionios F.C. and finished his playing career with German side Hannover 96.
He earned two caps for Yugoslavia in 1985.
Following his retirement, VermezoviÃÂ began coaching with Teleoptik.
Vermezoviàbecame the head coach of Partizan on 6 January 2004. In the 2004âÂÂ05 season, he won the domestic league without defeat, and that season he led the team to the 2004âÂÂ05 UEFA Cup Round of 16. He coached sixteen straight matches with Partizan in European competition which was the club's biggest success in Europe since the 1988âÂÂ89 season. In the following 2005âÂÂ06 season however, the club recorded weaker results. After failing to qualify for the Champions League against Slovakia's Artmedia and a shocking elimination in the first round of the UEFA Cup by little-known Israeli side Maccabi Petah Tikva, he resigned as coach in early October 2005.
He had a brief spell with Spartak Trnava before joining South African side Kaizer Chiefs in 2009.
In May 2012, he returned to Partizan and became head coach again. He ended his second spell in charge of Partizan in April 2013.
On 14 February 2014, he was appointed head coach of South African outfit Orlando Pirates. Although he led the team to Nedbank Cup success in May, he left the club later that year, resigning from his position due to a string of poor results in the 2014âÂÂ15 season.
On 22 November 2020, he was appointed head coach of Emirati side Hatta. However, he left the club in May 2021 as he failed to keep the club in the league.
On 6 September 2023, VermezoviÃÂ was unveiled as new head coach of Slovenian PrvaLiga club Mura.
In the Serbian press, he is commonly referred to by his nickname ÃÂika Crni (Mister Black).
Partizan
Kaizer Chiefs
Orlando Pirates