Nenad Baćina

Nenad Baćina (born July 29, 1971) is a former Croatian footballer and football manager, who is an assistant manager of Kuala Lumpur City

Nenad Baćina
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-07-29) July 29, 1971
Place of birth Split, Croatia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Al-Fayha FC (Director of Academy)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1996 Primorac 53+ (3+)
1996–1999 Mladost 127 38 (1)
1999–2000 Belišće
2000–2005 SAFFC
Managerial career
2005–2008 NK Spinut Soccer Clinic (Academy coach)
2008 PDRM (Head coach advisor)
2009 Woodlands Wellington
2010–2011 NK Sloga Mravince (Academy head coach)
2012 Hougang United
2013 Tampines Rovers
2014 Johor Darul Ta'zim (Assistant manager)
2015 Johor Darul Ta'zim II
2016 Penang FA
2017–2019 Malaysia U19 (Assistant manager)
2020 PSM Makassar (Assistant manager)
2021–2022 Kuala Lumpur City (Assistant manager)
2022- Al-Fayha FC (Director of Academy)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Baćina was born in 1971 in Split, Croatia. As a professional football player he played with several Croatian First League clubs, NK Primorac, NK Mladost 127, NK Belišće, between 1989 and 1999.

Between 2000 and 2005 he played at the Singaporean S-League club Singapore Armed Forces Football Club (SAFFC), and he won two S-League Championships in 2000 and 2002. For three seasons he was the team captain.

During his professional football playing career he graduated at the University of Split as a professor of Physical Education and Sport Science.

Manager career

In 2005, he started his coaching career as the youth development coach at the NK Spinut Soccer Clinic in Croatia.

Three years later, 2008, he joined Malaysian Super League club PDRM FC as the Head Coach Advisor and Technical Consultant during Malaysian Cup competition. PDRM FC reached the Malaysia Cup quarterfinals.

In 2009, Baćina was appointed as the head coach of Woodlands Wellington FC in Singapore professional S-League.[1]

From February 2010 till June 2011 he was the senior team head coach assistant and head coach of Football Academy at NK Sloga in Croatia.

In December 2011 he was appointed the head coach of FC Hougang United in the Singapore professional S-League.[2][3] [4]

In December 2012 he was appointed as the head coach of Tampines Rovers Football Club, defending champion of the Singapore S-League. he was relieved from his job in May 2013 after perceived failure in the AFC Cup, although the club were leading the S.League at the time of his dismissal.[5]

Bacina was named as assistant manager of Malaysian club Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. in March 2014, assisting his compatriot Bojan Hodak.[6] May 2015 Bacina is appointed as the manager of Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. Nenad Baćina holds a UEFA PRO Coaching License.

In 2016, Baćina was appointed as the team manager and head coach of Penang FA.

In August 2017 Baćina was appointed as the assistant manager of Malaysia national under-19 football team.

In February 2020 he was appointed as the assistant manager of PSM Makassar, again assisting his compatriot Bojan Hodak.

In April 2021 Baćina returns to Malaysia Super League as assistant manager of Kuala Lumpur F.C. With Kuala Lumpur City, he was crowned as Malaysia Cup 2021 Champion and AFC Cup 2022 Runner up.

In December 2022, Baćina was appointed as director of Academy of Saudi Arabian team Al-Fayha FC Al-Fayha FC.

References
  1. "Woodlands hold Tampines to 2-2 draw in S.League". Today. 27 February 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  2. Bacina, Nenad. "head coach". The New Paper. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  3. Bacina, Nenad. "head coach". Hougang United Football clun. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25.
  4. Bacina, Nenad. "head coach". Archived from the original on January 26, 2013.
  5. "S League News | Bacina replaced by Tay as Tampines boss | FOX SPORTS". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
  6. "Bacina excited about new role at JDT II | Goal.com". www.goal.com.

6. https://web.archive.org/web/20131025053025/http://kallangroar.com/news/exclusive-interviews/coffee-with-nenad-bacina-part-one/

7. https://web.archive.org/web/20130928164320/http://kallangroar.com/news/exclusive-interviews/coffee-with-ex-tampines-rovers-coach-nenad-bacina-part-2-final/

8.http://www.dalmacijanews.com/Nogomet/View/tabid/89/ID/109205/Nenad-Bacina-je-hit-trener-u-Singapuru-Najteze-se-dokazati-u-svojoj-sredini.aspx

9.http://www.foxsportsasia.com/editorial/news/detail/item886958/2012-S-League-Team-of-the-Season/

10. https://web.archive.org/web/20170930121027/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/sleague-old-boys-nenad-bacina-croat-a-soft-spot-singapore

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