Alen Škoro
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-03-30) 30 March 1981
Place of birth Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Sarajevo 26 (10)
2000 Olimpija Ljubljana 5 (3)
2000–2001 Marseille 6 (0)
2001–2002 → Servette (loan) 1 (0)
2002–2004 Sarajevo 53 (33)
2004–2007 Grazer AK 63 (17)
2007–2008 Rijeka 31 (7)
2008–2009 Jagiellonia Białystok 0 (0)
2009–2010 Sarajevo 32 (19)
2010 Querétaro 10 (1)
2012 Austria Klagenfurt 2 (1)
2012 Olimpik 6 (1)
Total 235 (92)
International career
2004–2009 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 (0)
Managerial career
2016–2017 Bosna Union (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alen Škoro (born 30 March 1981) is a Bosnian football manager and former professional player. At international level, he made four appearances for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. He was named manager of second tier Bosna Sema in June 2016.[1]

Club career

Škoro came through the youth set up at FK Sarajevo. He joined French giants Olympique Marseille aged 20, but had to retire at 32 due to persistent knee injuries after a career which took him to Switzerland, Austria[2] and Mexico.[3] He played two matches for Klagenfurt in the Austrian Regionalliga in 2012[4] and his last club was Olimpik, whom he joined in summer 2012.[5]

Only whilst playing in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina has Škoro ever been a prolific goal scorer and his spells in Ligue 1 and the Austrian Bundesliga were unsuccessful. He scored 63 goals in 111 games for Sarajevo.[6]

International career

He made his debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in an April 2004 friendly match against Finland and has earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a June 2009 friendly against Uzbekistan.[7]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8]
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sarajevo 1998–99 Bosnian First League 72300000102
1999–00 Bosnian First League 19820—1[lower-alpha 2]0228
Total 26105000103210
Olimpija 2000–01 PrvaLiga 5312——65
Marseille 2000–01 Ligue 1 6010——70
Servette (loan) 2001–02 Nationalliga A 1000——10
Sarajevo 2002–03 Bosnian Premier League 2913322[lower-alpha 3]0—3415
2003–04 Bosnian Premier League 24201000—2520
Total 53334220—5935
Grazer AK 2004–05 Austrian Bundesliga 256218[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 5]0367
2005–06 Austrian Bundesliga 237102[lower-alpha 3]0—267
2006–07 Austrian Bundesliga 15421——175
Total 631752100107919
Rijeka 2007–08 Prva HNL 27710——287
2008–09 Prva HNL 40002[lower-alpha 6]0—60
Total 3171020—347
Sarajevo 2008–09 Bosnian Premier League 126———126
2009–10 Bosnian Premier League 2013301[lower-alpha 7]0—2413
Total 32193010—3619
Querétaro 2010–11 Liga MX 101———101
Austria Klagenfurt 2011–12 Austrian Regionalliga Central 21———21
Olimpic 2012–13 Bosnian Premier League 6120——81
Career total 235922261502027498
  1. ↑ Includes Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup, Slovenian Cup, Coupe de France, Austrian Cup, Croatian Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Supercup of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  4. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League; seven appearances in UEFA Cup
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in Austrian Supercup
  6. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  7. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[7]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bosnia and Herzegovina 200410
200610
200810
200910
Total40

Honours

Player

Sarajevo

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Povratak fudbalu: Alen Škoro ima novi posao - SportSport (in Bosnian)
  2. ↑ Into the unknown - BBC
  3. ↑ Kakav igrač je bio Alen Škoro? Katapult iz Lukavice se ne zaboravlja - SportSport (in Bosnian)
  4. ↑ Austrian career stats - ÖFB
  5. ↑ Škoro i Ristić potpisali ugovore sa Olimpicom - SportSport (in Bosnian)
  6. ↑ Škoro: Široki Brijeg ima svoje mane - SportSport (in Bosnian)
  7. 1 2 "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  8. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Alen Škoro (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
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