Dean Klafurić

Croatian football manager (born 1972)

Dean Klafurić
Klafurić with Dinamo Zagreb in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-07-26) 26 July 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Team information
Current team
 Velež Mostar (manager)
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– Velež Mostar

Dean Klafurić (born 26 July 1972) is a Croatian professional football manager who is the manager of Bosnian Premier League club Velež Mostar.

Managerial career

Early career

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 fellow 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

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

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]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 23 April 2024[16]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Gorica 1 July 2017 12 September 2017 6 5 0 1 083.33
Legia Warsaw 16 April 2018 1 August 2018 15 11 1 3 073.33
Ethnikos Achna 1 January 2020 27 October 2020 22 7 3 12 031.82
Slaven Belupo 1 July 2021 27 August 2021 7 1 2 4 014.29
Budapest Honvéd 24 October 2022 28 May 2023 22 5 5 12 022.73
Velež Mostar 30 August 2023 Present 27 13 8 6 048.15
Total 99 42 19 38 042.42

Honours

Legia Warsaw

References

  1. ^ "Klafurić: "Ovo je fenomenalna stvar"". Hrsport.net. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. ^ "'Cure trpe predrasude, ali žive nogomet, baš ih je gušt voditi'". 24sata.hr. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Započeo kongres nogometnih trenera". Hrvatska radiotelevizija. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Ekstraklasa. Dean Klafurić nowym trenerem Legii Warszawa Piłka nożna". Sport.pl. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Ekstraklasa. Romeo Jozak zwolniony, czyli krótka lekcja myślenia o tu i teraz Piłka nożna". Sport.pl. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Dean Klafurić trenerem Legii". Legia.com. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Dean Klafurić novi trener Hrvatskog dragovoljca". Sportnews.hr. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  9. ^ nemzetisport.hu (24 October 2022). "Honvéd: Dean Klafuric veszi át a csapat irányítását – hivatalos - N". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Honvéd vs. Fehervar - 29 October 2022 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  11. ^ A. Čaušević (30 August 2023). "FK Velež i zvanično dobio novog trenera!" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ B.M. (1 October 2023). "Borac sa igračem više ostvario pobjedu protiv Veleža" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ "Dean Klafurić". Sofascore. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

External links

  • Dean Klafurić at WorldFootball.netEdit on Wikidata
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