Veljko Paunović

**Veljko Paunović** (born 21 August 1977) is a former Serbian football player. He has played for Serbia national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Partizan|1994–95|First League|13|1|5|0|0|0|18|1||
|Marbella (loan)|1995–96|Segunda División|20|2|0|0|0|0|20|2||
|rowspan="3"|Atlético Madrid B|1996–97|Segunda División|7|3|0|0|0|0|7|3|
|1997–98|Segunda División|15|8|0|0|0|0|15|8|||
|rowspan="5"|Atlético Madrid|1996–97|La Liga|16|1|2|0|1|0|19|1|
|1997–98|La Liga|14|6|2|0|3|0|19|6|||
|1999–00|La Liga|30|7|4|0|4|0|38|7|||
|2000–01|Segunda División|5|0|0|0|0|0|5|0|||
|Mallorca (loan)|1998–99|La Liga|24|5|0|0|6|1|30|6||
|Oviedo (loan)|2000–01|La Liga|22|4|0|0|0|0|22|4||
|Mallorca (loan)|2001–02|La Liga|33|3|0|0|8|0|41|3||
|Tenerife|2002–03|Segunda División|38|18|0|0|0|0|38|18||
|rowspan="3"|Atlético Madrid|2003–04|La Liga|25|6|2|1|0|0|27|7|
|2004–05|La Liga|10|0|2|0|3|2|15|2|||
|Hannover|2004–05|Bundesliga|6|0|1|0|0|0|7|0||
|rowspan="3"|Getafe|2005–06|La Liga|30|10|1|3|0|0|31|13|
|2006–07|La Liga|14|0|3|1|0|0|17|1|||
|Rubin Kazan|2007|Russian Premier League|16|1|2|1|0|0|18|2||
|Almería|2007–08|La Liga|7|2|0|0|0|0|7|2||
|Partizan|2008–09|Serbian SuperLiga|9|1|1|0|8|1|18|2||
|Philadelphia Union|2011|Major League Soccer|17|3|0|0|0|0|17|3||

### International goals

- _Scores and results list Serbia and Montenegro's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Paunović goal._
|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|28 April 2004|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland||1–0|1–1|Friendly||||||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Serbia U20/U19/U18|align=left|1 October 2012|align=left|30 June 2015|||
|align=left|Chicago Fire|align=left|24 November 2015|align=left|13 November 2019|||
|align=left|Reading|align=left|29 August 2020|align=left|19 February 2022|||
|align=left|Guadalajara|align=left|31 October 2022|align=left|15 December 2023|||
|align=left|Tigres UANL|align=left|9 June 2024|align=left|present|||

### Manager

**Serbia**
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2015

**Individual**
- EFL Championship Manager of the Month: September 2020

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Veljko Paunović
- **image**: Veljko Paunović 2017 crop.jpg
- **caption**: Paunović managing Chicago Fire FC, Chicago Fire in 2017
- **full name**: Veljko Paunović
- **birth place**: Strumica, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia
- **height**: 1.84 m
- **position**: Attacking midfielder, striker (association football), striker
- **currentclub**: Tigres UANL (head coach)
- **youthyears1**: 1983–1994
- **youthclubs1**: FK Partizan, Partizan
- **years1**: 1994–1995
- **clubs1**: FK Partizan, Partizan
- **caps1**: 13
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 1995–2002
- **clubs2**: Atlético Madrid
- **caps2**: 52
- **goals2**: 9
- **years3**: 1995–1996
- **clubs3**: → CA Marbella, Marbella (loan)
- **caps3**: 20
- **goals3**: 2
- **years4**: 1996–1998
- **clubs4**: Atlético Madrid B
- **caps4**: 22
- **goals4**: 11
- **years5**: 1998–1999
- **clubs5**: → RCD Mallorca, Mallorca (loan)
- **caps5**: 24
- **goals5**: 5
- **years6**: 2001
- **clubs6**: → Real Oviedo, Oviedo (loan)
- **caps6**: 22
- **goals6**: 4
- **years7**: 2001–2002
- **clubs7**: → RCD Mallorca, Mallorca (loan)
- **caps7**: 33
- **goals7**: 3
- **years8**: 2002–2003
- **clubs8**: CD Tenerife, Tenerife
- **caps8**: 38
- **goals8**: 18
- **years9**: 2003–2005
- **clubs9**: Atlético Madrid
- **caps9**: 35
- **goals9**: 6
- **years10**: 2005
- **clubs10**: Hannover 96
- **caps10**: 6
- **goals10**: 0
- **years11**: 2005–2007
- **clubs11**: Getafe CF, Getafe
- **caps11**: 44
- **goals11**: 10
- **years12**: 2007
- **clubs12**: FC Rubin Kazan, Rubin Kazan
- **caps12**: 16
- **goals12**: 1
- **years13**: 2008
- **clubs13**: UD Almería, Almería
- **caps13**: 7
- **goals13**: 2
- **years14**: 2008
- **clubs14**: FK Partizan, Partizan
- **caps14**: 9
- **goals14**: 1
- **years15**: 2011
- **clubs15**: Philadelphia Union
- **caps15**: 17
- **goals15**: 3
- **totalcaps**: 358
- **totalgoals**: 76
- **nationalyears1**: 2002–2004
- **nationalteam1**: Serbia and Montenegro national football team, Serbia and Montenegro
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **manageryears1**: 2012–2014
- **managerclubs1**: Serbia national under-18 football team, Serbia U18
- **manageryears2**: 2013–2014
- **managerclubs2**: Serbia national under-19 football team, Serbia U19
- **manageryears3**: 2014–2015
- **managerclubs3**: Serbia national under-20 football team, Serbia U20
- **manageryears4**: 2015–2019
- **managerclubs4**: Chicago Fire FC, Chicago Fire
- **manageryears5**: 2020–2022
- **managerclubs5**: Reading F.C., Reading
- **manageryears6**: 2022–2023
- **managerclubs6**: C.D. Guadalajara, Guadalajara
- **manageryears7**: 2024–
- **managerclubs7**: Tigres UANL
- **medaltemplates**: <small>(as manager)</small>