Marino Pušić

Marino Pušić (born 18 August 1971) is a Croatian retired footballer working as head manager of Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk. As a player and a manager he was also active in futsal.[1]

Marino Pušić
Personal information
Full name Marino Pušić
Date of birth (1971-08-18) 18 August 1971
Place of birth Mostar,
SR Bosnia and Herzegovina,
SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Shakhtar Donetsk (manager)
Youth career
FK Velež Mostar
Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1990 De Graafschap 0 (0)
1990–1991 Red Star Belgrade 0 (0)
1991–1992 Velež Mostar
1992–1993 De Graafschap 0 (0)
1993–1994 Rheden
1994–1995 1. FC Köln II
1995–1996 Eupen 6 (0)
1996–2000 Babberich
Doc Shop (Futsal)
LZV (Futsal)
Managerial career
LZV (Futsal)
2007–2008 FC Blok/Carrillion Boys (Futsal)
2009–2010 Leekster Eagles (Futsal)
2010–2013 Vitesse/AGOVV (youth)
2013–2014 NAC Breda (assistant)
2015 Inter Baku (assistant)
2015–2018 FC Twente (assistant)
2018–2019 FC Twente
2019–2021 AZ Alkmaar (assistant)
2021–2023 Feyenoord (assistant)
2023– Shakhtar Donetsk
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Club

As a player, Pušić played for De Graafschap, VV Rheden, 1. FC Köln II, and KAS Eupen.[2]

He was part of the Red Star Belgrade squad that won the 1990–91 European Cup, but was still too young to feature in any of their games. After fleeing the Yugoslav Wars for the Netherlands he rejected a move to Croatia Zagreb in 1999 when he played for Dutch Hoofdklasse side Babberich.[3] Pušić later became a club legend at Babberich, when he scored both goals in the 1996 Dutch Amateur Cup final against SHO in De Kuip.[4]

Managerial career

Pušić was a trainer in the Vitesse/AGOVV Football Academy and assistant-manager with NAC Breda, Inter Baku en FC Twente.[5]

On 18 October 2017, he was appointed interim manager at FC Twente after his predecessor René Hake was forced to leave.[6] On 29 October 2017, Gertjan Verbeek was presented as the new manager, after which Pušić fell back in his role as assistant manager. On 26 March 2018, he was promoted to the interim manager position again, as Verbeek was fired.[7] As interim head coach, Pušić failed to save FC Twente's season and finished last in the Eredivisie,[8] thus relegating to the Eerste Divisie. As of the 2018–19 season, Pušić was promoted to head coach.

After finishing in first place and becoming the champions of the Eerste Divisie, and thus securing promotion back to the Eredivisie, Pušić was sacked on 7 May 2019.[9] He was then recruited to become the assistant manager for AZ Alkmaar in May 2019.[10]

In January 2021, Feyenoord announced to have signed Pušić as assistant-manager, starting in the summer of 2021. As manager Arne Slot was previously sent away by AZ Alkmaar for negotiating with Feyenoord, Pušić was sent away by AZ Alkmaar as well.[11]

On 24 October 2023, Pušić left Feyenoord to become the new head coach of Ukraine club Shakhtar Donetsk.[12]

Honours

Manager

FC Twente

Assistant manager

Feyenoord

References
  1. "Marino Pusic Futsal Profile". Futsal Planet (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  2. "Marino Pusic Futsal Profile". Futsal Planet (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  3. Geen Champions League - Trouw (in Dutch)
  4. Geschiedenis - Topvoetbal - SV Babberich (in Dutch)
  5. "Marino Pusic Manager Profile". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  6. "Hake weg als trainer FC Twente". AD (in Dutch). 18 October 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  7. "Gertjan Verbeek ontslagen als trainer van FC Twente". AD (in Dutch). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  8. "Drama compleet: FC Twente degradeert voor het eerst sinds 35 jaar". Tubantia (in Dutch). 29 April 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  9. "Marino Pusic weg als trainer bij FC Twente: 'Heb van jullie genoten, good goan!'". AD.nl (in Dutch). 7 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  10. "AZ trekt Pusic aan". www.az.nl. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  11. "Pusic volgt Slot naar Feyenoord en moet weg bij AZ". www.nos.nl. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  12. "Bevestiging: Pusic op eigen benen verder bij Shakhtar Donetsk" [Confirmation: Pusic to stand on his own legs at Shakhtar Donetsk]. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  13. "Feyenoord verslaat Go Ahead en is na zes jaar weer kampioen van Nederland" [Feyenoord beats Go Ahead and is champions of the Netherlands after six years] (in Dutch). 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
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