Rajko Magić

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Rajko Magić

Rajko Magić
Personal information
Date of birth	(1955-02-03) February 3, 1955 (age 66)
Place of birth	Čakovec, FPR Yugoslavia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	NK MTČ
	NK Lokomotiva
Teams managed
1992–1993	NK Čakovec
1993–1994	NK Hrvatski dragovoljac
1995–1996	HNK Šibenik
1998–1999	HNK Šibenik
1999–2000	NK Istra
2000–2001	NK Kamen Ingrad
2002–2003	NK Slaven Belupo
2004–2006	NK Hrvatski dragovoljac
2006–2008	NK Dinamo Zagreb (assistant coach)
2008–2009	NK Slaven Belupo (sports director)
2010	Shandong Luneng (assistant coach)
2011	Shandong Luneng (interim)
2012	NK Inter Zaprešić (sports director)
2013	NK Inter Zaprešić
2014	Johor Darul Takzim II FC
2014	Johor Darul Takzim FC (assistant coach)
2015	Johor Darul Takzim FC (director of football)
2018	Kuwait national under-23 football team (head coach)
2019	Kuwait national under-19 football team (head coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Rajko Magić (Croatian pronunciation: [rǎːjko mǎːɡitɕ];^[1][2] born February 3, 1955 in Čakovec) is a Croatian football manager and former player.

Education[]

• 1995 graduate of the Higher School of Zagreb coach
• 2004 received a diploma UEFA PRO COACH

Managing career[]

As a coach Magic worked in the Croatian national football since the establishment of the Croatian football league in 1992. During a coaching career as a head coach he worked in seven first division and in five second division clubs and independently led more than 600 official matches. With Slaven Belupo in 2002, he guided the team to reach the semifinals of UEFA Intertoto Cup. From 2006 to 2008 Magic worked at Dinamo Zagreb as an assistant coach to Branko Ivanković and won the Croatian championship, Croatian Cup and played in the UEFA Cup.

Magic also followed Ivanković to Chinese club Shandong Luneng as assistant coach in 2010. They helped the team win the Chinese Super League the same year. Following the sacking of Ivanković by Shandong Luneng during the season, Magic who was the assistant coach at that time stepped up into the head coach role. In 2012 Magic returns to Croatia to work with NK Inter Zaprešić for two years, where he worked as sport director in 2012 and head coach in 2013.

In 2014, Magic was employed by Johor State Football Association to supervise the teams under the association. In this capacity, he was assigned to Malaysian Premier League team Johor Darul Takzim II FC for the 2014 season, taking over from Azmi Mohamed. From April 2014, Magic also was assigned for the Malaysian Super League team Johor Darul Takzim FC, first as interim coach, and later as assistant coach to compatriot Bojan Hodak, helping the team win the 2014 Malaysia Super League title. From December 2014. he was appointed as director of football, in charge of all JTD teams (I,II,III, President and Belia).

In 2018 and 2019 worked with the Olympic team of Kuwait and won a quality tournament in October 2018 (final victory over Saudi Arabia U-23 with 4:2) and also, in March 2019, tournament in Bahrain with Kuwait U-19 team (final victory over Bahrain U-21 with 2:1)

Extra work[]

From 2004 to the present, working as a lecturer at a Croatian Football Academy and teach football tactics for the UEFA PRO and A License.

In 2017, wrote a book named " TACTICAL TEAM EDUCATION" in which is presented a totally new team tactical training system. The book are issued and adopted by the Football Academy of the Croatian Football Association as an official reference book at the UEFA coaching seminars. During 2017 - 2020, ork as an expert analyst on football matches on HNTV (Croatian Football television)

References[]

External links[]

• Rajko Magić profile at Sina.com (Chinese)