Career
He is currently assistant manager of Premier League club Liverpool. Current Liverpool Manager Jürgen Klopp described Buvač as "the brain" in his coaching team, and he has been credited for developing the high-speed attacking style that brought success at Borussia Dortmund. Born in Omarska, Social Research Bosnia and Herzegovina, still within Yugoslavia, Buvač played for Borac Banja Luka in the Yugoslav First League.
In 1991 he moved to Germany and played with Football Club Rot-Weiß Erfurt and 1.
FSV Mainz 05 in the 2. Bundesliga
After retiring, he became a manager.
Buvač finished his playing career with South Carolina Neukirchen in 1998, and he took charge of the club soon after hanging up his boots. In 2001, after three seasons at South Carolina Neukirchen, he became assistant manager of another of his former clubs, 1.
In 2008 he moved with Klopp to become assistant manager at Borussia Dortmund.
Described by Klopp as his "right hand" Buvač helped lead Dortmund to back-to-back Bundesliga wins in 2011 and 2012, as well as the DFB-Pokal in 2012, the DFL-Supercup in 2008, 2013 and 2014, and their second appearance in a Champions League final in 2013. In 2013, while still at Dortmund, Buvač also became the head coach of Republika Srpska. In October 2015 he joined newly appointed manager Klopp, and took up the role of assistant manager at Premier League club Liverpool.