Dean Klafurić
 Klafurić with Dinamo Zagreb in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 July 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2009–2012 | Croatia Women | ||
| 2012–2015 | Dinamo Zagreb (youth) | ||
| 2017 | Gorica | ||
| 2018 | Legia Warsaw | ||
| 2019 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | ||
| 2020 | Ethnikos Achna | ||
| 2021 | Slaven Belupo | ||
| 2022–2023 | Budapest Honvéd | ||
| 2023–2024 | Velež Mostar | ||
| 2024 | TSC | ||
Dean Klafurić (born 26 July 1972) is a Croatian professional football manager.
Managerial career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Klafurić started working as a football manager in Udarnik in 2005[citation needed]. He accepted the place of manager of the Croatia women's national team in 2009.[1] In 2012, Klafurić was sacked as manager.[2] He then started working in the Dinamo Zagreb Academy.[3]
On 16 April 2018, Klafurić took over the caretaker manager role at Polish club Legia Warsaw after compatriot Romeo Jozak got fired.[4][5] Klafurić would go on to win the domestic cup and a domestic league title double.[6] On 4 June 2018, he was appointed as the manager of Legia Warsaw, before getting sacked on 1 August 2018.[7]
Klafurić later worked as manager of Hrvatski Dragovoljac,[8] Cypriot side Ethnikos Achna and Slaven Belupo.
Budapest Honvéd
[edit]On 24 October 2022, Klafurić was appointed manager of Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Budapest Honvéd.[9] He managed his first Budapest Honvéd match against Fehérvár, losing 1–0 at the Bozsik Aréna on 29 October 2022.[10]
Velež Mostar
[edit]On 30 August 2023, Bosnian Premier League side Velež Mostar appointed Klafurić as manager on a two-year deal.[11] His first match in charge was a 4–2 away win against Igman Konjic on 16 September 2023.[12]
Klafurić suffered his first defeat as Velež manager against Borac Banja Luka on 1 October 2023.[13] In his first ever Mostar derby, Klafurić's side were defeated by Zrinjski on 18 October 2023.[14] He led the club to a 3–0 home win against Zrinjski on 13 November 2023, Velež's first derby win in three years.[15] He finished the season with Velež in third place, qualifying for the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League first qualifying round.[16]
On 17 June 2024, it was announced by Velež that Klafurić had surprisingly left the club by mutual consent.[17]
TSC
[edit]On 1 July 2024 Klafurić was announced as manager of Serbian SuperLiga club FK TSC.[18] The club had qualified for the UEFA Europa League play-off by finishing third in the national league in the previous season, under coach Žarko Lazetić, who signed for Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Led by Klafurić, TSC was drawn to play against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the play-off in August, and went on to lose 1–8 on aggregate, to drop down to the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League. However, following a string of poor results, which saw him win only two games in the opening five league matches of the season, Klafurić resigned on 1 September 2024.[19]
Managerial statistics
[edit]- As of match played 29 August 2024[20]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Gorica | 1 July 2017 | 12 September 2017 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 83.33 |
| Legia Warsaw | 16 April 2018 | 1 August 2018 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 73.33 |
| Ethnikos Achna | 1 January 2020 | 27 October 2020 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 31.82 |
| Slaven Belupo | 1 July 2021 | 27 August 2021 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14.29 |
| Budapest Honvéd | 24 October 2022 | 28 May 2023 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22.73 |
| Velež Mostar | 30 August 2023 | 17 June 2024 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 50.00 |
| TSC | 29 June 2024 | 30 August 2024 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 28.57 |
| Total | 111 | 47 | 21 | 43 | 42.34 | ||
Honours
[edit]Legia Warsaw
Individual
References
[edit]- ^ "Klafurić: "Ovo je fenomenalna stvar"". Hrsport.net. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ "'Cure trpe predrasude, ali žive nogomet, baš ih je gušt voditi'". 24sata.hr. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ "Započeo kongres nogometnih trenera". Hrvatska radiotelevizija. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Ekstraklasa. Dean Klafurić nowym trenerem Legii Warszawa Piłka nożna". Sport.pl. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Ekstraklasa. Romeo Jozak zwolniony, czyli krótka lekcja myślenia o tu i teraz Piłka nożna". Sport.pl. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Dean Klafuric sięgnął z Legią po dublet. Asystent bez doświadczenia od początku wierzył w sukces". Sport.dziennik.pl. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Dean Klafurić trenerem Legii". Legia.com. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Dean Klafurić novi trener Hrvatskog dragovoljca". Sportnews.hr. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ nemzetisport.hu (24 October 2022). "Honvéd: Dean Klafuric veszi át a csapat irányítását – hivatalos - N". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Honvéd vs. Fehervar - 29 October 2022 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ A. Čaušević (30 August 2023). "FK Velež i zvanično dobio novog trenera!" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ N.K. (16 September 2023). "Velež u sjajnoj utakmici savladao Igman i preuzeo prvo mjesto u Premijer ligi BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ B.M. (1 October 2023). "Borac sa igračem više ostvario pobjedu protiv Veleža" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ D.P. (18 October 2023). "Zrinjski razbio Velež u mostarskom derbiju i nastavio pohod ka vrhu tabele" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ E. Škorić (13 November 2023). "Derbi satkan od prekida, nemilih scena i Veležove partije za pamćenje - Zrinjski potpuno razbijen!" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ Haris Zilić (21 May 2024). "Šta čeka Velež u Evropi? Sudbina Rođenih zavisi od Crnogoraca" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ E.K. (17 June 2024). "Šok iz Mostara: Dean Klafurić više nije trener FK Velež" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ "Dean Klafurić is the new head coach of TSC". FKTSC.com. FK TSC. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
- ^ "Dean Klafurić has resigned". FKTSC.com. FK TSC. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
- ^ "Dean Klafurić". Sofascore. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Dean Klafurić trenerem miesiąca w ekstraklasie". przegladsportowy.onet.pl (in Polish). 15 June 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
External links
[edit]- Dean Klafurić at WorldFootball.net
