Dušan Kerkez

Bosnian former professional footballer (born 1976)

Dušan Kerkez
Personal information
Full name Dušan Kerkez
Date of birth (1976-05-01) 1 May 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
199ɂ–199ɂ Voždovac
2001–2002 Radnički Obrenovac 26 (1)
2002–2004 Leotar 63 (9)
2004–2005 Zrinjski Mostar 27 (3)
2005–2007 Rijeka 41 (1)
2007–2011 AEL Limassol 93 (5)
2011–2014 Aris Limassol 82 (2)
Total 332 (21)
International career
2004–2006 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 (0)
Managerial career
2014–2018 AEL Limassol (youth)
2018–2021 AEL Limassol
2022–2023 Čukarički
2023– Botev Plovdiv
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dušan Kerkez (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Керкез; born 1 May 1976) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently a professional football manager.

Club career

In the 2001–02 season, Kerkez played regularly for Radnički Obrenovac and helped the club earn promotion to the First League of FR Yugoslavia for the first time in history. He then moved to Bosnia and Herzegovina and joined Leotar in the summer of 2002, helping them win the national championship in their debut appearance in the top flight.[1]

After two years at Leotar, Kerkez switched to fellow Bosnian side Zrinjski Mostar in the summer of 2004, celebrating his second league title in his only season at the club. He subsequently moved to Croatia and signed with Rijeka, winning the national cup in his first year.

In the summer of 2007, Kerkez was transferred to Cypriot side AEL Limassol. He spent four seasons with the club, before switching to cross-town rivals Aris Limassol in the summer of 2011.

International career

Kerkez received his first call-up to the Bosnia and Herzegovina squad by manager Blaž Slišković[2] and made his debut for them in a February 2004 friendly match away against Macedonia. He has earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. He also played in an unofficial game against Iran in 2005. His final international was a September 2006 European Championship qualification against Hungary.[3]

Personal life

Kerkez's son Strahinja Kerkez is also a professional footballer, and is a youth international for Cyprus.[citation needed]

Managerial statistics

As of 27 April 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
AEL Limassol 6 March 2018 6 December 2021 142 72 25 45 050.70
Čukarički 31 May 2022 15 August 2023 50 33 6 11 066.00
Botev Plovdiv 4 September 2023 Pressent 27 14 6 7 051.85
Career total 219 119 37 63 054.34

Honours

Player

Leotar
Zrinjski Mostar
Rijeka

Manager

AEL Limassol

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Leotar prvak Premier lige BiH" (in Croatian). rtl.hr. 25 May 2003. Archived from the original on 26 August 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Sliškovic selects new names". uefa.com. 11 February 2004. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
  3. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Dušan Kerkez trener meseca u Mozzart Bet Superligi: Moramo i mi da budemo čarobnjaci, efikasan fudbal vraća publiku". mozzartsport.com. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

External links

  • Dušan Kerkez at WorldFootball.net
  • Dušan Kerkez at FootballDatabase.eu
  • Dušan Kerkez at Croatian Football Statistics (archived) (in Croatian)
  • Dušan Kerkez at National-Football-Teams.com
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