Borimir Perković (born 25 September 1967) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Croatian Football League club Osijek.[1]

Borimir Perković
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-09-25) 25 September 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth Livno, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Osijek (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 NK Zagreb 23 (0)
1992–1994 Inker Zaprešić 75 (13)
1994–1997 Rijeka 67 (16)
1997–1999 Osijek 39 (13)
1999–2001 Hapoel Petah Tikva 51 (13)
2001 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 9 (2)
2002 Slaven Belupo 11 (1)
2003 Kamen Ingrad 15 (1)
2003–2004 NK Zagreb 30 (2)
Total 371 (62)
Managerial career
2008–2010 Inter Zaprešić
2010–2012 Al-Faisaly (assistant)
2012–2013 Inter Zaprešić
2014–2017 Al-Ain (assistant)
2017–2019 Šibenik
2019 Varaždin
2021–2022 Inter Zaprešić
2023– Osijek
*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 edit

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 edit

Player edit

Inker Zaprešić

Osijek

Manager edit

Šibenik

References edit

  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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