Dean Klafurić (born 26 July 1972) is a Croatian professional football manager who is the manager of Bosnian Premier League club Velež Mostar.
 Klafurić with Dinamo Zagreb in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 July 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Velež Mostar (manager) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2009–2012 | Croatia Women | ||
| 2012–2015 | Dinamo Zagreb (youth) | ||
| 2017 | Gorica | ||
| 2018 | Legia Warsaw | ||
| 2019 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | ||
| 2020 | Ethnikos Achna | ||
| 2021 | Slaven Belupo | ||
| 2022–2023 | Budapest Honvéd | ||
| 2023– | Velež Mostar | ||
Managerial career
Early career
Klafurić started working as a football manager in Udarnik in 2005[citation needed]. He accepted the place of manager of the Croatia women's national team in 2009.[1] In 2012, Klafurić was sacked as manager.[2] He then started working in the Dinamo Zagreb Academy.[3]
On 16 April 2018, Klafurić took over the caretaker manager role at Polish club Legia Warsaw after fellow compatriot Romeo Jozak got fired.[4][5] Klafurić would go on to win the domestic cup and a domestic league title double.[6] On 4 June 2018, he was appointed as the manager of Legia Warsaw, before getting sacked on 1 August 2018.[7]
Klafurić later worked as manager of Hrvatski Dragovoljac,[8] Cypriot side Ethnikos Achna and Slaven Belupo.
Budapest Honvéd
On 24 October 2022, Klafurić was appointed manager of Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Budapest Honvéd.[9] He managed his first Budapest Honvéd match against Fehérvár, losing 1–0 at the Bozsik Aréna on 29 October 2022.[10]
Velež Mostar
On 30 August 2023, Bosnian Premier League side Velež Mostar appointed Klafurić as manager on a two-year deal.[11] His first match in charge was a 4–2 away win against Igman Konjic on 16 September 2023.[12]
Klafurić suffered his first defeat as Velež manager against Borac Banja Luka on 1 October 2023.[13] In his first ever Mostar derby, Klafurić's side were defeated by Zrinjski on 18 October 2023.[14] He led the club to a 3–0 home win against Zrinjski on 13 November 2023, Velež's first derby win in three years.[15] Klafurić finished the season with Velež in third place, qualifying for the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League first qualifying round.[16]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 24 May 2024[17]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Gorica | 1 July 2017 | 12 September 2017 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 83.33 |
| Legia Warsaw | 16 April 2018 | 1 August 2018 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 73.33 |
| Ethnikos Achna | 1 January 2020 | 27 October 2020 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 31.82 |
| Slaven Belupo | 1 July 2021 | 27 August 2021 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14.29 |
| Budapest Honvéd | 24 October 2022 | 28 May 2023 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22.73 |
| Velež Mostar | 30 August 2023 | Present | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 50.00 |
| Total | 104 | 45 | 20 | 39 | 43.27 | ||
Honours
Legia Warsaw
Individual
References
External links
- Dean Klafurić at WorldFootball.net
