Boban Babunski

Boban Babunski is a Macedonian retired footballer who played as a central defender and has since worked as a coach. He was born on 5 May 1968 in Skopje, in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and began his career at his hometown club FK Vardar before moving to CSKA Sofia in Bulgaria, Lleida in Spain, Gamba Osaka in Japan, AEK Athens, Logroñés, Sint-Truiden, Chemnitzer FC and finally FK Rabotnichki. He retired in 2001 aged 33. Babunski was capped twice for Yugoslavia in 1991 and then played 23 matches and scored once for the newly formed Macedonia. As a coach he began as an assistant with the Macedonian national side, served as interim manager in 2005 and 2006, and won the domestic cup in his single season as head coach of Rabotnichki after being appointed in 2009. His sons David and Dorian are also footballers.