Oliver Bogatinov

Oliver Bogatinov (born 26 September 1978) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player.[2] Since December 2022, he is the manager of Slovenian PrvaLiga side Radomlje.

Oliver Bogatinov
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-09-26) 26 September 1978
Place of birth Jesenice, SFR Yugoslavia[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Radomlje (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1999 Triglav Kranj
1999–2002 Celje 63 (19)
2002–2005 Koper 50 (10)
2005–2008 Izola 39 (14)
2008 Bonifika 11 (6)
International career
1998 Slovenia U20 4 (1)
Managerial career
2006–2008 Izola
2012–2013 Mura 05
2017–2019 Aluminij
2022– Radomlje
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Jesenice to parents of Macedonian descent, Bogatinov started his football career with Triglav Kranj.[3] He was the top scorer of the 1997–98 Slovenian Second League with 32 goals as his team earned promotion to the Slovenian top division.[4] Bogatinov spent the next seven seasons playing in the Slovenian top tier, making a total of 130 appearances for Triglav, Celje and Koper.[5] He retired from professional football at the age of 26 due to injuries and focused on coaching career, although he still played semi-professional football in the Slovenian lower divisions for Izola and Bonifika.[3]

Managerial career

Bogatinov started his managerial career at Koper, where he was the coach of various youth selections.[3] He was then a player/manager at third division side Izola, before becoming the assistant manager of Nedžad Okčić at Koper, when the team won its first ever top division title in 2009–10.[3] Bogatinov was also the coach of Koper's under-17 team, with whom he won the national under-17 league.[3]

In August 2012, before the Europa League play-off match against Lazio, Bogatinov took charge of Slovenian top division club Mura 05.[6] Between 2013 and 2015, Bogatinov was working as the youth coach at Saudi club Al-Hilal SFC, his first club abroad.[3] In 2015, he was the assistant of Marijan Pušnik at Olimpija Ljubljana.[3] In December 2017, he took charge of Slovenian top division side Aluminij.[7]

In March 2020, Bogatinov was appointed sports director of Slovenian team Maribor, replacing Zlatko Zahovič.[8][9] He left the position in February 2021 along with head coach Mauro Camoranesi.[10] Bogatinov was then appointed sports director of Koper, before returning to coaching in December 2022 when he was appointed as manager of Radomlje.[11]

References
  1. "Oliver Bogatinov". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  2. "Na voljo vse, tudi Bielsa" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  3. Viškovič, Rok (29 December 2018). "Idealist med nogometaši, ki sanja doktorsko izobrazbo" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  4. Raj, Primož (28 April 2017). "V Veržeju dvoboj dna lestvice, oslabljeni Triglav gosti Ptujčane". Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  5. "Oliver Bogatinov – Nogometna zveza Slovenije". nzs.si (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  6. "Mura z novim trenerjem nad Lazio". Slovenske novice (in Slovenian). 22 August 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  7. "Oliver Bogatinov novi trener Aluminija". Delo (in Slovenian). 29 December 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  8. "Oliver BOGATINOV vrača udarec ZLATKU ZAHOVIĆU: "Nisem NEUMEN! Lahko mi očitajo, da nisem bil na LUNI ..."". Ekipa24.si (in Slovenian). 18 May 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  9. "Oliver Bogatinov, športni direktor NK Maribor: Po kavč trenerjih dobivamo še kavč igralce in klube". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). 18 May 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  10. M. R. (23 February 2021). "Maribor odpustil Bogatinova in Camoranesija, novi športni direktor Šuler" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  11. "Bogatinov se vrača na trenersko klop" (in Slovenian). Siol. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
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