Borimir Perković

Borimir Perković (born 25 September 1967) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player.[1]

Borimir Perković
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-09-25) 25 September 1967 (age 56)
Place of birthLivno, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1991NK Zagreb23(0)
1992–1994Inker Zaprešić75(13)
1994–1997Rijeka67(16)
1997–1999Osijek39(13)
1999–2001Hapoel Petah Tikva51(13)
2001Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv9(2)
2002Slaven Belupo11(1)
2003Kamen Ingrad15(1)
2003–2004NK Zagreb30(2)
Total371(62)
Managerial career
2008–2010Inter Zaprešić
2010–2012Al-Faisaly (assistant)
2012–2013Inter Zaprešić
2014–2017Al-Ain (assistant)
2017–2019Šibenik
2019Varaždin
2021–2022Inter Zaprešić
2023Osijek
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

During his club career, he played for numerous clubs in Croatia, collecting over 300 caps and scoring over 50 goals.[2] Although a versatile and talented midfielder, Perković never earned a cap for the Croatia national team.

Managerial career

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Perković started as manager with Inter Zaprešić in 2008, later moving to Saudi Arabia, at Al-Faisaly, with Zlatko Dalić, who was named as the head coach. In 2012 he came back to Croatia and was named the manager of Inter Zaprešić again. In 2014, again with Dalić, he moved to United Arab Emirates at Al-Ain. The club reached the final game of the AFC Champions League in 2016, which unfortunately lost.

On 30 August 2017, Perković was appointed the head coach of Croatian Second Football League club HNK Šibenik.[3] In his first season with the club based on Croatian coast, he finished in 7th in the league. On 5 June 2019, two days after Šibenik lost to Istra 1961 in two qualification games for the qualification for the first tier, he terminated the contract with the club.[4]

On 22 June 2019, Perković was named the new manager of Prva HNL club Varaždin.[5] On 8 October 2019, he was sacked by the club, following a series of defeats in the league.[6]

Perković was left without a club in summer 2022 after leaving Inter Zaprešić.[7]

Honours

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Player

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Inker Zaprešić

Osijek

Manager

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Šibenik

References

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  1. ^ BORIMIR PERKOVIĆ NOVI TRENER NK OSIJEK - NK Osijek (in Croatian)
  2. ^ Croatian Football Statistics
  3. ^ "Borimir Perković novi je trener narančastih sa Šubićevca". m.sibenik.in (in Croatian). 30 August 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Borimir Perković više nije trener našeg kluba". hnk-sibenik.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Borimir Perković novi je trener NK Varaždin!". evarazdin.hr. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Umjesto Perkovića, klupu Varaždina preuzeo trener koji ga je vodio do najvećeg klupskog uspjeha". tportal.hr. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  7. ^ Borimir Perković koji je preporodio Inter i bio najbolji drugoligaški trener, trenutačno je bez angažmana. To je trenerska sudbina - SportNews (in Croatian)
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