Denijal Pirić

Denijal Pirić (Bosnian pronunciation: [pǐːritɕ]; born 27 September 1946) is a Bosnian former football manager and player.

Denijal Pirić
Personal information
Date of birth (1946-09-27) 27 September 1946
Place of birth Živinice, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Slaven Živinice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1972 Dinamo Zagreb 135 (10)
1972–1977 Sarajevo 68 (6)
Total 203 (16)
International career
1969–1970 Yugoslavia 6 (1)
Managerial career
1986–1988 Sarajevo
1995–1996 Sarajevo
2000–2001 Sarajevo
2003 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19
2008 Bosnia and Herzegovina (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in the small mining town of Živinice, Pirić started playing football at local side Slaven. Former Slaven manager Vlatko Konjevod then lured him to Dinamo Zagreb and played 8 years for the club. Pirić then joined Sarajevo.[1] With Dinamo, he won two domestic cups and the 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, beating Don Revie's Leeds United in the final. He played over 350 matches for Dinamo in all competitions.[2]

International career

Pirić made his debut for Yugoslavia in an April 1969 World Cup qualification match away against Spain and has earned a total of 6 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a November 1970 friendly game against West Germany.[3]

Managerial career

At the time a youth team coach, Pirić was given a caretaker role of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team to take charge of a home friendly game against Azerbaijan in Zenica on 1 June 2008 after the sacking of Meho Kodro. Most players for this match were assembled from the Bosnian Premier League.[4]

Pirić worked as a technical director of the Bosnian national teams until his retirement in November 2017.[5]

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
PWDLWin %
Bosnia and Hercegovina U-19 1 July 2003 11 November 2003 3 0 0 3 000.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina 18 May 2008 30 June 2008 1 1 0 0 100.00
Total 4 1 0 3 025.00

Honours

Player

Dinamo Zagreb

References

  1. Profile - GNK Dinamo(in Croatian)
  2. Profile - Reprezentacija (in Serbian)
  3. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  4. "Kodro fired as Bosnia-Herzegovina boss". UEFA.com. 17 May 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
  5. "Konkursi se raspisuju i padaju, a Darko Ljubojević primljen u NSBiH". 6 November 2017.
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