Goran Djuricin

Goran Djuricin
Djuricin in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-10-16) 16 October 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1985–1987 PSV Wien
1987–1990 SV Hütteldorf
1990–1991 Rapid Wien
1991 PSV Wien
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1997 Austria Wien 10 (1)
1997–1999 SK Vorwärts Steyr
1999–2001 Würnitz
2001–2005 St. Andrä-Wördern
2005–2006 Kapellerfeld
2006–2007 SV Donau
Managerial career
2002–2005 Rapid Wien U18
2006–2007 SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 II
2009–2010 IC Favoriten
2010–2011 Mannsdorf
2012 Neuaigen
2012–2016 ASK Ebreichsdorf
2017–2018 Rapid Wien
2019 FC Blau-Weiß Linz
2020 Grasshoppers
2022–2023 SV Stripfing/Weiden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Goran Djuricin (Serbian: Goran Đuričin; born 16 October 1974) is an Austrian football manager, coach and former player.

Djuricin played professionally as a forward and is best remembered for his six years with Austria Wien. As a manager, his highest-profile roles were with Rapid Wien, FC Blau-Weiß Linz and Grasshoppers. He is the father of Austrian international forward Marco Djuricin.

Playing career

A forward, Djuricin joined Austrian Bundesliga side Austria Wien in 1991 and made 15 appearances and scored one goal before departing in 1997.[1][2] The high points of his time with Austria Wien were a late substitute appearance in the 1994 Austrian Supercup (which was lost 2–1 to Austria Salzburg) and two 1994–95 European Cup Winners' Cup appearances versus NK Branik Maribor.[3][4] He dropped into lower-league football and played for SK Vorwärts Steyr, Würnitz, St. Andrä-Wördern, Kapellerfeld and SV Donau before retiring in 2007.[2]

Management career

Djuricin has had a long career as a manager and assistant manager at club and international level.[2][1][5] He held assistant manager positions with the Austrian U18, U19 and U20 international teams between 2008 and 2011 and was involved at the 2011 U20 World Cup.[6] He managed ASK Ebreichsdorf between 2012 and 2016 and won the 1. Niederösterreichische Landesliga championship in the 2014–15 season,[7] to clinch promotion to the Regionalliga Ost.[8]

Djuricin returned to Austrian Bundesliga club Rapid Wien for the third time of his career in November 2016, as assistant manager to Damir Canadi.[9] On 9 April 2017, he succeeded Canadi as the club's manager.[10] Djuricin was sacked on 30 September 2018 and had to wait until April 2019 for his next role,[11] when was appointed manager of Second League club FC Blau-Weiß Linz on a two-year contract.[12][13] A run of one win from nine league games prior to the 2019–20 winter break led to Djuricin's sacking in December 2019.[14]

On 9 February 2020, Djuricin was announced as manager of Swiss Challenge League club Grasshoppers until 30 May 2020.[15][16] He won one of two league matches before the season was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16] On 15 May and with the Swiss Challenge League having yet failed to resume, it was announced that Djuricin's contract would not be renewed.[16] In December 2021, Djuricin was appointed as assistant to new manager Andreas Heraf at 3. Liga club Türkgücü München and continued in the role until the club's insolvency late in the season.[17][18]

Following a period coaching and advising SV Gerasdorf/Stammersdorf (whom he had also served between his Grasshoppers and Türkgücü München roles),[19][20] Djuricin signed a one-year contract to manage Austrian Regionalliga East club SV Stripfing/Weiden in May 2022.[21][22] Despite winning the division championship, concerns over partner club Austria Wien foisting young players on the club led to his departure at the end of the 2022–23 season.[23]

Personal life

Djuricin's son, Marco Djuricin, is an Austrian international footballer.[24] He is of Serbian and Croatian descent.[25]

Honours

ASK Ebreichsdorf

SV Stripfing/Weiden

References

  1. ^ a b c Goran Djuricin at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b c "Austria Wien Archiv – Die Online Statistik". www.austria-archiv.at. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  3. ^ "SV Austria Salzburg – Austria Wien 2:1 (Supercup 1994, Final)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Goran Djuricin » Cup Winners Cup 1994/1995". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Goran Djuricin". Fanreport.com – Amateurfußball in Deutschland und Österreich. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Fan & Media Guide FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Summary – Landesliga – Austria – Results, fixtures, tables and news". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Goran Djuricin ist neuer Trainer in Ebreichsdorf – News – 2. Landesliga Ost – Niederösterreich". Fanreport.com – Amateurfußball in Deutschland und Österreich. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Das neue Trainerteam um Damir Canadi steht fest!". SK Rapid. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Trainer-Entscheidung bei Rapid gefallen". Spox (in German). 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Goran Djuricin: Rapid Vienna sack manager before Rangers Europa League tie". BBC Sport. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Djuricin neuer Trainer von Blau Weiß Linz". Der Standard (in Austrian German). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Blau Weiß Linz trennt sich von Trainer Goran Djuricin". sport.ORF.at (in German). 6 December 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Blau-Weiß Linz: Aus für Trainer Djuricin und den Vorstand". kurier.at (in German). 6 December 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Goran Djuricin Appointed New GC Head Coach". Grasshopper Club Zurich. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  16. ^ a b c "Keine Vertragsverlängerung Mit Trainer Djuricin". Grasshopper Club Zürich (in German). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  17. ^ "Andreas Heraf und Goran Djuricin übernehmen Türkgücü München". kurier.at (in German). 27 December 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  18. ^ "Ex-Rapid-Coach Goran Djuricin heuert in Stripfing an". www.spox.com (in German). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  19. ^ "Marco und Gogo Djuricin beim SV Gerasdorf: Vater-Sohn Derby beim Ehrenankick". MeinBezirk.at (in German). 22 September 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  20. ^ "Ex-Rapid-Trainer Djuricin ist doppelt gefragt". Kronen Zeitung (in German). 18 May 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  21. ^ "Fix! Ex-Rapid-Coach Goran Djuricin hat neuen Job". www.laola1.at (in German). Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  22. ^ "Nach fixierter Kooperation: Goran Djuricin verlässt Stripfing". www.laola1.at (in German). Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  23. ^ a b Eßmeister, Mathias (24 May 2023). "Djuricin: "Tue mir Stripfing nicht mehr an"". noe.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  24. ^ "Papa Djuricin über Herthas Super-Bubi". 25 August 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  25. ^ "Herthas Youngster: Marco Djuricin: Instinkt für die große Bühne – Hertha – Sport". Der Tagesspiegel Online. Retrieved 12 September 2015.