Dragan Tadić

Not to be confused with Dragan Tadić (Serbian footballer).
Dragan Tadić
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-02-12) 12 February 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Rijeka, Croatia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Grobničan
Rijeka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1995 Rijeka 71 (4)
1991 → Koper (loan)
1991–1992 → Primorje (loan)
1995 Istra 4 (0)
1995–1997 Segesta 60 (6)
1997–2003 Harelbeke 35 (1)
2003–2007 Rijeka 89 (5)
2007 Zadar 15 (2)
2007–2008 Novalja
2008–2010 Istra 1961 44 (0)
2010–2011 Novalja 16 (3)
Managerial career
2012–2013 Rijeka (assistant)
2014 Slaven Belupo (assistant)
2014–2015 Opatija
2015–2020 Mesaimeer (assistant)
2021–2022 Rijeka II
2022 Hrvatski Dragovoljac
2022 Rijeka
2023–2024 Al-Bukiryah (assistant)
2024 Al-Bukiryah
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:51, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Dragan Tadić (born 12 February 1973) is a Croatian retired football midfielder and manager.

Club career

He spent the peak years of his career playing for various clubs in Croatia’s Prva HNL, including close to 200 official games for HNK Rijeka.[1] He played the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup with Segesta where they lost in the final to Danish club Silkeborg IF.[2] Abroad he played in Belgium with KRC Harelbeke.

Managerial career

He started his career working as an assistant to Elvis Scoria at Rijeka and Slaven Belupo. Tadić replaced Davor Mladina at the helm at Hrvatski Dragovoljac in January 2022[3] and was dismissed as manager of Rijeka in August 2022 after only 4 league games.[4]

On 9 February 2024, Tadić was appointed as manager of Saudi First Division club Al-Bukiryah following the sacking of Darko Nović.[5] He was the assistant of Nović at Al-Bukiryah. On 1 April 2024, Tadić was sacked after a 3–1 defeat to Al-Najma.[6]

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Croatia League Croatian Cup Super Cup Europe Total
1992–93 NK Rijeka Prva HNL 16 1 2 1 – – – – 18 2
1993–94 26 1 7 2 – – – – 33 3
1994–95 29 2 6 0 – – – – 35 2
1995–96 NK Istra 4 0 – – – – – – 4 0
HNK Segesta 33 3 4 0 – – – – 37 3
1996–97 27 3 2 0 – – 8 1 37 4
Belgian League Belgian Cup Super Cup Europe Total
1997–98 Harelbeke First Division A 21 1 2 0 – – – – 23 0
1998–99 14 0 1 0 – – 2 0 17 0
Croatia League Croatian Cup Super Cup Europe Total
2003–04 HNK Rijeka Prva HNL 17 1 2 1 – – – – 20 2
2004–05 27 2 8 1 – – 2 0 37 3
2005–06 32 0 6 0 1 0 2 0 41 0
2006–07 13 2 – – 1 0 – – 14 2
NK Zadar Druga HNL 13 0 2 0 – – 1 0 17 0
2007–08 Prva HNL 2 0 – – – – – – 2 0
NK Novalja 3. HNL - West – – 1 1 – – – – 1 1
2008–09 NK Istra 1961 Druga HNL 29 0 1 0 – – – – 30 0
2009–10 Prva HNL 15 0 2 0 – – – – 30 0
2010–11 NK Novalja 3. HNL - West 16 3 0 0 – – – – 16 3
Total Rijeka 160 9 46 6 2 0 4 0 212 15
Career 334 16 31 5 3 0 17 1 400 23

[7]

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure
Club From To Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Rijeka II 1 July 2021 11 January 2022 16 6 8 2 0 0 +0 037.50
NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac 12 January 2022 31 May 2022 16 3 3 10 0 0 +0 018.75
Rijeka 20 June 2022 17 August 2022 6 1 1 4 0 0 +0 016.67
Al-Bukiryah 9 February 2024 1 April 2024 7 3 0 4 0 0 +0 042.86
Total 45 13 12 20 0 0 +0 028.89

Honours

Rijeka
Zadar
Istra 1961

References

  1. ^ Croatian Football Statistics
  2. ^ Segesta
  3. ^ [1] - Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian)
  4. ^ Germanijak doznaje: Dragan Tadić više nije trener Rijeke! - Germanijak (in Croatian)
  5. ^ "إدارة #نادي_البكيرية تقرر إعفاء المدرب الصربي داركو نوفيتش وتكلف مساعد المدرب الكرواتي تاديك دراجان".
  6. ^ "الوطني خليل المصري مدرباً لـ #البكيرية".
  7. ^ "Dragan Tadić statistics in Prva HNL". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 15 October 2018.