Damir Krznar

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Damir Krznar
Damir Krznar 2021.jpg
Krznar in 2021
Personal information
Full name Damir Krznar
Date of birth (1972-07-10) 10 July 1972 (age 49)
Place of birth Zabok, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Left midfielder[1]
Club information
Current team
 Dinamo Zagreb II (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1995 Varteks 83 (4)
1995–2004 Dinamo Zagreb 122 (7)
2004–2010 Inter Zaprešić 126 (1)
Total 331 (12)
National team
1998 Croatia 1 (0)
Teams managed
2010–2011 Inter Zaprešić (assistant)
2011–2016 Dinamo Zagreb (assistant)
2013 Dinamo Zagreb (interim)
2016–2017 Al Nassr (assistant)
2017–2019 Al Ain (assistant)
2019 Al Hilal (assistant)
2020–2021 Dinamo Zagreb (assistant)
2021 Dinamo Zagreb
2022- Dinamo Zagreb II
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Damir Krznar (born 10 July 1972) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who current manages the Druga HNL club Dinamo Zagreb II.

He spent his career playing for Varteks, Dinamo Zagreb and most recently Inter Zaprešić. He made his international debut against Poland in Osijek, on 22 April 1998, which was his only appearance for the Croatia national team.[2]

Managerial career[]

Career as assistant[]

In the period between 2010 and 2021, Krznar worked as an assistant coach to Ilija Lončarević at Inter Zaprešić, to Krunoslav Jurčić, Ante Čačić, Branko Ivanković and Zoran Mamić at Dinamo Zagreb, and to Mamić at Al Nassr, Al Ain and Al Hilal.[3]

He served as Dinamo interim manager on two occasions; from August to September 2013,[4] and from July to September 2015.[5]

Dinamo Zagreb head coach[]

After Zoran Mamić was sentenced to five years in prison on 15 March 2021, he resigned on the same day and was succeeded by Krznar, who made his debut as Dinamo head coach on 18 March in a 3–0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at Stadion Maksimir, thus qualifying for the quarter-finals of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League for the first time in the history of the club. Furthermore, Krznar became the first ever manager to eliminate Spurs head coach José Mourinho from the Europa League (the Portuguese took part in the competition two more times before–in 2002–03 coaching Porto, and in 2016–17 coaching Manchester United–winning both editions).[6][7][8][9] However, Dinamo went on to lose their quarter-final fixture against Villarreal 3–1 on aggregate.[10]

On 9 May 2021, Dinamo mathematically secured its 22nd Croatian First League title with a 5–1 victory over Rijeka, and the 32nd national league title in total.[11] Ten days later, Dinamo also won the Croatian Cup title, with a victory against Istra 1961 by a scoreline of 6–3.[12]

2021–22 season[]

Dinamo opened its 2021–22 season with two consecutive wins against Valur in the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round, with a 5–2 on aggregate (3–2, 2–0).[13][14] In the second qualifying round, Dinamo drew Omonia, against which the club played the first leg match on 20 July 2021, winning 2–0.[15] On 27 July, Dinamo advanced to the third qualifying round with a 1–0 victory over Omonia in the second leg.[16]

On 3 August, Dinamo played the first leg match of the third qualifying round, which ended with 1–1 against Legia Warsaw at home.[17] A week later, Dinamo managed to reach the UEFA Champions League play-off qualifying round with a 1–0 away win over Legia.[18]

On 16 July, with a 0–2 defeat from Slaven Belupo, Dinamo opened the season of the domestic league.[19] In the next two rounds, Dinamo came to a victory over Hrvatski Dragovoljac (4–0)[20] and played 3–3 with Rijeka, in a derby.[21]

Managerial statistics[]

As of match played 1 December 2021[22]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Club From To Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Dinamo Zagreb (interim) 22 August 2013 2 September 2013 3 3 0 0 9 4 +5 100.00
Dinamo Zagreb 15 March 2021 1 December 2021 48 29 11 8 96 44 +52 060.42
Total 51 32 11 8 105 48 +57 062.75

Honours[]

Player[]

Dinamo Zagreb

Manager[]

Dinamo Zagreb

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Damir Krznar". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Damir Krznar - Povijest Dinama" (in Croatian). GNK Dinamo Zagreb. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  3. ^ K.L.; HRT (16 March 2021). "Pomoćnik dolazi na Mamićevo mjesto i vodi utakmicu protiv Mourinha". Croatian Radiotelevision (in Croatian). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Nakon samo osam utakmica na klupi, Branko Ivanković više nije trener Dinama!". evarazdin.hr (in Croatian). 22 October 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  5. ^ Hina (5 July 2015). "Vođenje momčadi Dinama preuzeo prvi pomoćnik i pomoćni trener Damir Krznar". Novi list (in Croatian). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Čudo na Maksimiru! Dinamo izbacio Tottenham iz Europske lige" (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  7. ^ UEFA.com. "Dinamo Zagreb vs Tottenham: UEFA Europa League background, form guide, previous meetings". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Sorry Tottenham stunned by Dinamo Zagreb in Europa League exit". BBC Sport. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  9. ^ Hina (19 March 2021). "'Ovo je raspad u Hrvatskoj!; Pa ovo je neprihvatljivo! 'Sramotni Spursi'; 'Veličanstveni Oršić...'". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  10. ^ Antolić, Dražen (16 April 2021). "Nakon ispadanja iz Europske lige postoji nešto za čime Modri imaju razloga najviše žaliti". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Dinamo obranio naslov prvaka Hrvatske!" (in Croatian). GNK Dinamo Zagreb. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Dinamo je pobjednik Hrvatskog nogometnog kupa!" (in Croatian). GNK Dinamo Zagreb. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Dinamo pobijedio Valur 3:2, ali primio dva gola u 88. i 89. minuti, a Ademi promašio jedanaesterac". Nacional (in Croatian). 7 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  14. ^ Olivari, Davorin (13 July 2021). "VIDEO: DINAMO SLAVIO PROTIV VALURA I OSIGURAO 2. PRETKOLO LP, POGLEDAJTE GOLOVE S ISLANDA!". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  15. ^ K.L./HRT (20 July 2021). "Dinamo u drugom dijelu slomio Omoniju i slavio 2:0" (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  16. ^ Index Sport (27 July 2021). "OMONIA - DINAMO 0:1 Dinamo rutinskom pobjedom osigurao europsku jesen". Index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  17. ^ Index Sport (3 August 2021). "DINAMO - LEGIA 1:1 Poljaci golčinom poništili sjajan Petkovićev potez i izvukli remi". Index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Dinamo je na korak od Lige prvaka: Za pobjedu zabio Franjić na sjajnu asistenciju Ivanušeca". Gol.hr (in Croatian). 10 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  19. ^ A.M.; HRT; Hina (16 July 2021). "Slaven na početku nove sezone šokirao Dinamo na Maksimiru!" (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  20. ^ "VIDEO: Dinamo potopio novog prvoligaša: Sve su riješili u osam minuta, Majer igrač utakmice". Gol.hr (in Croatian). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  21. ^ K.L.; HRT; Hina (1 August 2021). "Dinamo i Rijeka remizirali u golijadi na Maksimiru". Croatian Radiotelevision (in Croatian). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  22. ^ "Damir Krznar". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

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