Zoran Zekić
 Zekić in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zoran Zekić | ||
| Date of birth | 29 April 1974 | ||
| Place of birth |
Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Slaven Belupo (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1996 | Osijek | 6 | (2) |
| 1996–1998 | Cibalia | 32 | (16) |
| 1998–1999 | Pfullendorf | ||
| 1999 | Otok | 24 | (14) |
| 2000 | Sarajevo | 7 | (2) |
| 2000–2001 | Kamen Ingrad | 25 | (25) |
| 2001–2002 | Zadar | 28 | (13) |
| 2002–2004 | Kamen Ingrad | 41 | (27) |
| 2004 | Maccabi Haifa | 9 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Dinamo Zagreb | 5 | (0) |
| 2005 | Inter Zaprešić | 14 | (6) |
| 2005–2006 | Rijeka | 10 | (1) |
| 2006 | Inter Zaprešić | 14 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Cibalia | 24 | (12) |
| 2007–2008 | Istra 1961 | 15 | (7) |
| 2008 | Segesta | 10 | (2) |
| 2009 | Moslavina | 14 | (9) |
| 2009–2010 | Lučko | 16 | (4) |
| 2010–2011 | Maksimir | 29 | (17) |
| Total | 314 | (158) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010–2013 | Maksimir | ||
| 2014 | Sheriff-2 Tiraspol | ||
| 2014–2015 | Sheriff Tiraspol | ||
| 2015–2019 | Osijek | ||
| 2019–2020 | Sheriff Tiraspol | ||
| 2021 | Diósgyőr | ||
| 2021– | Slaven Belupo | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Zoran Zekić (pronounced [zǒran zěːkitɕ]; born 29 April 1974) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of Prva HNL club Slaven Belupo.[1]
Managerial career[]
In 2010 Zekić was appointed manager of the local football club in Zagreb, Maksimir, which he coached until 2013. One year later he went to Moldova, where he coached Sheriff-2 Tiraspol in 2014, after which he became Sheriff Tiraspol manager. He won the double with Sheriff in the 2014–15 season, winning the Divizia Naţională and the national cup.
On 1 September 2015, Zekić was named as manager of Osijek in the Croatian Prva HNL, signing a three-year contract until June 2018.[2] In the 2016–17 season, Osijek finished in the fourth position, being promoted to the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds. Osijek drew Santa Coloma and PSV Eindhoven. Osijek beat PSV with 2–0 on aggregate (0–1, 1–0), being promoted to the play-off round, where the club lost to Austria Wien in both matches. On 29 March 2019, following the poor performance of the club in the league, Zekić parted ways with Osijek.[3]
On 30 April 2019, Zekić came back to Sheriff, becoming the club's new manager.[4]
In 2021 he was appointed manager of Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Diósgyőri VTK.[5] Zekić became the manager when Diósgyőr was at the bottom of the league. Surprisingly, Diósgyőr could beat both Ferencvárosi TC and Fehérvár FC away.
On 31 August 2021, Zekić came back to Croatian top division football, signing as the new head coach of Slaven Belupo.[6]
Managerial statistics[]
- As of 12 March 2022
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 
|
14 August 2014 | 26 May 2015 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 69.57 |
| Osijek | 
|
1 September 2015 | 29 March 2019 | 152 | 69 | 40 | 43 | 45.39 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol |
|
30 April 2019 | 21 October 2020 | 44 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 77.27 |
| Diósgyőr | 
|
7 January 2021 | 9 May 2021 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 35.00 |
| Slaven Belupo |
|
31 August 2021 | Present | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 34.78 |
| Total | 262 | 134 | 60 | 68 | 51.15 | |||
Honours[]
Player[]
Kamen Ingrad
Maccabi Haifa
Manager[]
Sheriff Tiraspol
References[]
- ^ "Zoran Zekic". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ "Besek razriješen, Zekić novi trener!" (in Croatian). NK Osijek. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Zorane, hvala ti!" (in Croatian). NK Osijek. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Bivši fudbaler Sarajeva pronašao novi trenerski angažman" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "DVTK: Geri Gergely távozott, az Eszék korábbi edzője az új tréner - hivatalos". Nemzeti Sport. 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Zoran Zekić novi je trener Slaven Belupa" (in Croatian). NK Slaven Belupo. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
External links[]
- Zoran Zekić at FootballDatabase.eu
- HRnogomet.com (in Croatian)
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