Nenad Lalatović


Nenad Lalatović is a Serbian professional football manager and former player.

Playing career

In January 2003, Lalatović transferred to Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk on a three-year deal. He failed to make an impact with the club, moving on loan to VfL Wolfsburg in early 2004. After returning to Donetsk, Lalatović made some appearances for the club in the 2004–05 season that won the league title. He later received a one-year ban from the Ukrainian FA for assaulting the referee after a match between Shakhtar-2 and Zorya Luhansk in October 2005.

Managerial career

Serbia

On 23 June 2014, Lalatović was appointed coach of Red Star Belgrade. He signed a one-year contract with an option for two more seasons. On 24 May 2015, after the final game of the 2014–15 season, Lalatović became unattached.
On 29 June 2015, Lalatović was officially appointed coach of Borac Čačak. On 10 November, he parted ways with Borac Čačak due to unpaid wages and bonuses to his players. The same year on 11 November, Lalatović was appointed manager of Vojvodina until the end of the 2015–16 season. He extended his contract with the club for one more year on 11 June 2016. However, Lalatović terminated his contract with the club by mutual consent on 17 December 2016.
On 26 December 2016, Lalatović was appointed coach of Čukarički, signing a four-year contract. On 4 June 2018, he was appointed coach of Radnički Niš.

Return to Vojvodina

On 21 June 2019, Lalatović was appointed as new manager of Vojvodina for the second time in his managerial career. On 24 June 2020, beating Partizan on penalties, Vojvodina won the 2019–20 Serbian Cup, which was Lalatović's first trophy as manager.

Later career

On 5 June 2022, Bosnian Premier League club Borac Banja Luka appointed Lalatović as manager. On 7 July, he led the club to win its first UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying round match against Faroese club B36 Tórshavn, which ended in a 2–0 victory for Borac Banja Luka. Due to poor results, the last of which ended in a 1–0 defeat against Leotar, Lalatović resigned as coach on 26 August.