Edin Ćurić

Edin Ćurić
Personal information
Date of birth (1962-08-22) 22 August 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth Sarajevo, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Željezničar (youth school director)
Youth career
–1980 Željezničar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1989 Željezničar 189 (38)
1990 Las Palmas 32 (6)
1991 Željezničar 3 (0)
1992–1995 Portimonense 40 (2)
Total 264 (46)
International career
1987 Yugoslavia 1 (0)
Managerial career
2014–2015 Willem II U19
2015 Baronie
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edin Ćurić (born 22 August 1962) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is the director of the youth school of Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar.

Club career

Ćurić began his football career at hometown club Željezničar. He had played for the club's youth squads before finally making his senior debut in the 1980–81 season, under the guidance of manager Ivica Osim. Ćurić stayed at Željezničar for ten seasons, before leaving for Spanish club Las Palmas. In 1992, he moved to Portugal and spent three seasons playing for Portimonense.

International career

Ćurić played one match for the Yugoslavia national team on 29 August 1987 against the Soviet Union, in which he came on as a late substitute for Dragan Stojković.[1]

Managerial career

Ćurić worked as a manager at Willem II U19 and Baronie's second team in the Netherlands. He was appointed manager of Baronie's first team in July 2015, but was sacked only five months later in December.[2]

On 4 July 2022, Ćurić's hometown club Željezničar announced he was named as the club's new director of its youth school.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  2. ^ Baronie ontslaat trainer Edin Curic vanwege slechte resultaten - BN De Stem (in Dutch)
  3. ^ N.K. (4 July 2022). "Legendarni Edin Ćurić novi direktor Željine omladinske škole: Velika čast i odgovornost" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 4 July 2022.