Dean Klafurić

Dean Klafurić (born 26 July 1972) is a Croatian professional football manager, currently serving as head coach for Budapest Honvéd FC of the Hungarian first division.

Dean Klafurić
Personal information
Full name Dean Klafurić
Date of birth (1972-07-26) 26 July 1972
Place of birth Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Managerial career
Years Team
2009–2012 Croatia Women
2012–2015 Dinamo Zagreb (youth)
2015 Dinamo Zagreb (assistant)
2016–2017 Al-Nassr (assistant)
2017–2018 HNK Gorica
2018 Legia Warsaw
2019 Hrvatski Dragovoljac
2020 Ethnikos Achna
2021 Slaven Belupo
2022– Honvéd Budapest

Manager career

Klafuric started to work as a coach in NK Udarnik in 2005. He accepted place of head coach of Croatia Women's national football team in 2009.[1] In 2012 he was relieved from the coaching position.[2]

In 2012 he started working with young teams in football school at GNK Dinamo Zagreb and had opportunity to spread his knowledge on 35. AEFCA-e congress in Zagreb which gathered many famous coaches.[3]

On 22 April 2018 he took over the caretaker manager role[4] in Legia Warsaw after Romeo Jozak got fired[5] He won with the team the domestic cup and a domestic league title double.[6] On 4 June 2018, he was appointed as the head coach of Legia Warsaw.[7].He was sacked as Legia manager on 1 August 2018.

On 26 June 2019 Klafurić started to work as a manager in NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac.[8] On 25 July 2019 after a change of the board, he released his contract.

Budapest Honvéd

On 24 October 2022, he was appointed as the new coach of Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Budapest Honvéd FC.[9] He debuted with a 1-0 defeat at the Bozsik Aréna against Fehérvár FC on 29 October 2022.[10]

Honours

Legia Warsaw

References
  1. "Klafurić: "Ovo je fenomenalna stvar"". Hrsport.net. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. "'Cure trpe predrasude, ali žive nogomet, baš ih je gušt voditi'". 24sata.hr. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. "Započeo kongres nogometnih trenera". Hrvatska radiotelevizija. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  4. "Ekstraklasa. Dean Klafurić nowym trenerem Legii Warszawa Piłka nożna". Sport.pl. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  5. "Ekstraklasa. Romeo Jozak zwolniony, czyli krótka lekcja myślenia o tu i teraz Piłka nożna". Sport.pl. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  6. "Dean Klafuric sięgnął z Legią po dublet. Asystent bez doświadczenia od początku wierzył w sukces". Sport.dziennik.pl. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  7. "Dean Klafurić trenerem Legii". Legia.com. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  8. "Dean Klafurić novi trener Hrvatskog dragovoljca". Sportnews.hr. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  9. nemzetisport.hu (24 October 2022). "Honvéd: Dean Klafuric veszi át a csapat irányítását – hivatalos - N". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  10. "Honvéd vs. Fehervar - 29 October 2022 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 November 2022.


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