Jovan Surbatovic Biography
Prof. Dr. Jovan Šurbatović was born on March 29, 1968. Graduate by profession an economist.
Postgraduate studies at the International School of the European Center for Peace the development of the United Nations University for Peace in Belgrade ended with an average grade of 9.7 (2007), where he successfully defended his master’s thesis: “Categorization of sports as a factor methodology of valorization of sports organizations” and obtains the academic title of Master management science.
Jovan Surbatovic’s Doctoral dissertation entitled
“Public Interest and Needs of Citizens.” as a factor in the management of sports centers” defended at the University of Novi Sad, Association of Centers for Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies I research (2012) and obtained the scientific title Doctor of Science in the field of sports management.
He earned the title of professor of vocational studies (2013) at the University of Sports and Health School in Belgrade, and the same year he obtained the title of assistant professor at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Management at Singidunum University in Belgrade.
Senate “Union – Nikola Tesla” University in Belgrade elected him to the title of 2018 associate professor of the University.
Jovan Surbatovic Professional training programs
Among the most important professional training programs, it is necessary to point out the participation in the “School of Journalism” of the Yugoslav Institute for Journalism in Dragan Nikitović’s class, where he earned the title of Sports Journalist (1991) and program “Manager in Foreign Trade” organized by the Institute for International management Belgrade and the High Institute of Management Paris (1992).
Finished, with the highest specialized master’s program MESGO – The Executive Master in Sport Governance, 5th edition/2018-2020, organized by five leading European Universities (University of London, University of Limoges, University of Lausanne, University of Lleida, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz), with the support of UEFA, FIBA, EHF, IIHF, EPAS and the Council
of Europe.
Jovan Surbatovic’s Involvement in Sports Organizations
He has been in the FSS since August 1, 2016, and held the position of Deputy Secretary General, shortly thereafter on December 9, 2016, was elected to the post of General Secretary of the Football Association of Serbia.
In the previous period, he was the General Secretary of the Football Association of Belgrade (2011-2016) in three mandates, and immediately before that, the Vice President of the Provisional Management Body in the FSB (2010- 2011).
In several mandates, he was a member of the Assembly of FC Crvena Zvezda and a member of the Board of Directors of AK Crvena Star.
He was the President of RK Crvena Zvezda (double crown and participation in the Champions League in 2004)
and Director of FC Radnički Obrenovac at the time of the club’s historic successes (placement in the Super
league and two Superleague seasons 2001-2004).
He served in two mandates President of the Athletic Association of Belgrade and member of the Board of the Athletic Association of Serbia (2009-2016), as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the Sports Association of Belgrade and the President of the Commission for the program I financing in the same period.
Jovan Surbatovic Involvement in UEFA
Since July 2019, he has been a member of the UEFA Hat-trick Committee, and from the 2017/18 season the function of UEFA delegate at UEFA Champions League and League matches in Europe.
Jovan Surbatovic Business career
He is a professor at the Faculty of Sports of the University “Union – Nikola Tesla” where he teaches subjects in the field of professional management in sports (2016-present).
He is the President of the Assembly and a member of the Council of the High School of Sports and Health in Belgrade (2018-present).
He worked as a professor at the University’s Faculty of Sports Management
Singidunum, as well as at the High School of Sports and Health in Belgrade (2010-2016), and in that
he was a member of the Management Board of Bank Poštanska štedionica ad (2011-2015).
He was running errands as Financial Director of Srbijaautoput ad Belgrade (2009-2011).
Before that, he worked as Director for business with the economy at Bank Inteza ad Belgrade (2007-2009), Assistant Director of JP Ada Ciganlija Belgrade (2005-2007), Director of JP Agency for Reconstruction
of Belgrade, President of the Board of Directors of Belgrade Arena, member of the Board of Directors of JP Ada Ciganlija, and member of Gradska of the Government of Belgrade in charge of sports and youth (2000-2005), owner and Director of the Agency for real estate transaction Bona Mente (1997-2000), professor of Computing and Informatics at Obrenovac Gymnasium and Agricultural and Chemical School (1993-1997).
Jovan Surbatovic Special projects
He is a member of the Working Group for monitoring the implementation of the “Construction” project
of the National Football Stadium, with accompanying content”, as well as the Initial one
of the organizing committee for submitting a joint candidacy for EP 2028 and WC 2030 (with
Greece, Romania, and Bulgaria), which was established by the Government of the Republic of Serbia in 2018.
Professional and scientific papers: Published several professional and scientific papers.
Co-author monograph “Privatization and Sports Law”, Belgrade, 2009 and “Serbian football – state and
perspectives”, Belgrade, 2016, author of the monograph “Categorization of sports”, Belgrade 2011,
as well as textbooks for colleges and universities “Management in Sport”, Belgrade, 2014.
For years, he published professional columns in the daily newspaper “Blic” on the topic of privatization
clubs.
Jovan Surbatovic Facts
He speaks English, he is learning Italian.
Married his wife Aleksandra, father of Anja, Luka, and Iva.
Who is the man who appeals to the government and arranges elections
A man who came into the public spotlight after he recently appealed to the top of the state
The general secretary of the Football Association of Serbia, Jovan Šurbatović, has been mentioned in the media for days as someone close to the top of the state, and he directly participated in the confusion that arose around the assembly of the Football Association of Belgrade.
The day before the aforementioned assembly, FK Crvena Zvezda presented a series of serious accusations against the Football Association of Belgrade.
“FK Crvena Zvezda was not informed within the prescribed period, nor was it consulted as our biggest club regarding the Assembly of the Football Association of Belgrade scheduled for September 19, 2022. year, which is a precedent in decades of practice so far.
Also, after today’s consultations with FK Partizan, we were informed that our second-largest club was excluded from the entire process, which we consider unacceptable.
We also have the same information from other clubs of the Super League of Serbia and the First League of Serbia,” stated Zvezda in a letter to the FSB.
From the red and white camp, they directly condemned Jovan Šurbatović for such an omission.
“Our knowledge is also that the Secretary General of the Football Association of Serbia (Jovan Šurbatović, ed.) is involved in the entire process, in such a way that it was falsely presented to the delegates of the assembly that all the planned personnel decisions of the FSB were agreed with the political leadership of the Republic of Serbia.
which does not correspond to the truth. In this way, gross manipulation of FSB parliamentary delegates was carried out. Bearing in mind the above, FC Crvena Zvezda’s proposal to FSB delegates is to postpone the FSB Assembly for a period of 7 days to consult all clubs of the Super League and the First League of Serbia”, they write from Zvezda with the signature of club president Svetozar Mijailović.
Zvezda and Partizan were removed from the game, and a new president and general secretary were elected, but it would be good if Šurbatović announced himself and publicly said who from the top of the state could have connections with the Football Association of Serbia and Belgrade and who is allowed to do so because what to direct events.
Jovan Surbatovic Biography
Jovan Šurbatović was born on March 29, 1968. He has a degree in economics.
He received his master’s degree in 2007 at the UN University for Peace on the subject of “Categorization of sports”, and he defended his doctoral dissertation entitled “Management of sports facilities” at the University of Novi Sad in 2012.
Before coming to the position of Deputy General Secretary of the FSS, he held the position of General Secretary of the Football Association of Belgrade for more than five years and was also the vice president of the Provisional Management Body of the FSB of Belgrade.
He was a long-term member of the Assembly of FK Crvena Zvezda and the director of FK Radnički from Obrenovac during its greatest successes.
Jovan Šurbatović performed many other important duties and functions in his business career.
He was Director of Business with the Economy of Bank Intesa, member of the Board of Management of Bank Poštanska Štedionica, financial director of Srbijaautoput, director of JP Agency for the Reconstruction of Belgrade, assistant director of JP Ada Ciganlija, president of the Board of Belgrade Arena and member of the Belgrade City Government in charge of sports.
Since 1993, he has also been working in education, first in high school, and later in higher education.
He was a professor at the Faculty of Sports of Union University – Nikola Tesla. He writes professional and scientific papers and is the author of several books and textbooks.
He is married, and the father of three children.
Soon after everything, Blagoje Tabaš, the president of the Football Association of the Pčinj district, joined the story, who wanted to point out the irregularities in the elections, which are connected to Šubatović and the state leadership (which, as we all know, usually consists of only one person).
This is not the first time that Šurbatović has come into the public eye for shady actions, and he has been in the position of Secretary General of the FSS since December 2016.
It hasn’t been long since he came to high office, and the promises have already started. Of course, they have not been fulfilled even to this day.
“We will start, I hope, at the end of this year or the beginning of the next with the construction of the National Stadium.
Accelerated preparations for the project are underway. We have extremely good cooperation with the Ministry of Youth and Sports, as well as with other relevant ministries.
We are currently looking for a suitable location and I think that with the help of UEFA and FIFA, we will soon arrive at the project of a new stadium,” Šurbatović said in 2017 about the construction of the National Stadium.
Five years later, we wonder where that stadium is and what kind of accelerated preparations that have been going on for years. Why promise something that cannot be fulfilled? Although, we are already used to that.
During his mandate, he also had a conflict with Novic Tončev, otherwise a minister without portfolio in the Government of the Republic of Serbia, who was officially removed from football in August of this year.
Another scandal in which he was involved was the dismissal of Professor Dr. Miljko Ristić, who was the president of the Medical Commission of the Football Association of Serbia.
In November of last year, Miljko Ristić spoke openly about the entire event, while Jovan Šurbatović again had no comment.
“I was surprised by the decision to dissolve the FSS Medical Commission. I learned the news from public information sources, as a continuation of the story about the postponement of the match between Crvena Zvezda and Voždovac.
There are many illogicalities, paradoxes, and a priori exclusivities in the whole story,” said Ristic for Sport Klub.
Ristić was the head of the Medical Commission for almost two decades, he postponed matches even before the coronavirus pandemic, and he had something to say about the controversial postponement of the match between Zvezda and Voždovac.
“Complete measures were implemented, according to the procedure.
And there is nothing in dispute – the club submitted the six necessary reports from doctors from the state health institution.
The day of the examination, the number of the protocol, the seal of the doctor and the institution, everything was in place”.
However, evidence and papers are something that is not held in high esteem in this country.
Jovan Šurbatović was the initiator (for the change of prim. out).
I understand the general secretary to some extent, the elections are just around the corner, and he has to maintain good relations with the structures of Partizan and Zvezda. The statement about the conflict of interest struck me the most.
Imagine, me in a conflict of interest! My littleness, doctor, opposite Jovan Šurbatović, the leader of the Red Star fans.
Miljko Ristić did not examine any football player but noted the report of a colleague.
Šurbatović humiliated the medical profession! There was no reason to doubt, the reports were signed by different doctors in recent months.
And one more thing about the conflict of interest – I don’t receive a salary for being engaged in either Crvena Zvezda or FSS. I never received a dinar.”
To everything related to Professor Dr. Ristić and the whole case surrounding the dissolution (and formation of a new) Medical Commission, Šurbatović replied: “No comment.”
Exactly what all football fans would say about the events in the domestic championship and lower leagues who knows how many years ago.
The last in a series of scandals in Serbian football was this very one with the Assembly of the Football Association of Belgrade, and the situation at the World Cup in 2018 perhaps best shows how much Šurbatović should be trusted.
Then the General Secretary of the Serbian Football Federation said to the camera that before the match with Switzerland “they threatened FIFA that they will not go on the field if the Albanians from their team have the coat of arms of Kosovo on their football boots”.
After he realized that FIFA was still untouchable from his position, he then said: “that the journalist made up the statement”.
It is easiest to blame journalists and the media, but the evidence is there.
It is difficult to say whether you can trust Šurbatović, as he has more than once decided to remain silent rather than speak out when necessary.
That would be his duty now, and Serbian football is still waiting for recovery, which it needs.
