Edin Terzić

For the Yugoslav skier, see Edin Terzić (alpine skier).

Edin Terzić
Edin Terzić as Borussia Dortmund coach in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-10-30) 30 October 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Menden, West Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 FC Iserlohn 46/49 30 (1)
2004–2006 Westfalia Herne 30 (3)
2006–2007 SG Wattenscheid 09 33 (2)
2007–2008 Westfalia Herne 34 (8)
2008–2010 BV Cloppenburg 31 (7)
2010–2013 Borussia Dröschede 26 (7)
Total 188 (23)
Managerial career
2020–2021 Borussia Dortmund
2022–2024 Borussia Dortmund
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edin Terzić (pronounced [êdiːn těrziːtɕ]; born 30 October 1982) is a German-Croatian professional football coach and former player, who was most recently the head coach of Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.[2]

After a playing career as a forward in the lower leagues of German football, Terzić worked as a scout and youth assistant coach at Borussia Dortmund. Following spells as an assistant to Slaven Bilić, he obtained a UEFA Pro Licence in 2018. He returned to Dortmund as head coach in 2020, winning the DFB-Pokal in 2021 and reaching the UEFA Champions League final in 2024.

Early years and personal life

Terzić was born on 30 October 1982 in Menden, West Germany, to a working-class family that immigrated from Yugoslavia.[3] His Bosniak father hails from Doganovci, Bosnia and Herzegovina and his Croat mother hails from Osijek, Croatia[4][5] and he holds Croatian citizenship.[6][7] His older brother Alen also works as a scout for Borussia Dortmund and served as caretaker manager of Borussia Dortmund II during the 2019–20 Regionalliga West season.[8]

Terzić is an alumnus of Ruhr University Bochum where he studied Sports Science.[3] He played at the fourth level of leagues in Germany during his playing career.[3] With SC Westfalia Herne, he won the Westphalia Cup in 2006, scoring twice in a 6–4 final win over Delbrücker SC.[9]

Coaching career

Early career

Between 2010 and 2013, Terzić worked as a scout and assistant coach in the youth academy of Borussia Dortmund, reporting to first team manager Jürgen Klopp.[10][11]

Terzić was an assistant coach of Slaven Bilić at Beşiktaş between 2013 and 2015 and at West Ham United from 2015 to 2017.[12] His collaboration with Bilić started in 2012, when Terzić drafted and delivered a pre-game opponent analysis for Croatia's group stage match against the Republic of Ireland at Euro 2012.[3] Satisfied with the analysis, Bilić invited him to join him as assistant coach at Lokomotiv Moscow, however, the deal eventually fell through.[3] Bilić once again offered Terzić the position at Beşiktaş and Terzić accepted the offer after consulting with Borussia Dortmund.[3] He followed him to West Ham United in 2015, but left the club two years later when Bilić was sacked on 6 November 2017.[13]

Since 2018, Terzić has held UEFA Pro Licence qualification, after graduating from an 18-month long course of The Football Association in England. Fellow graduates included former Chelsea manager Graham Potter as well as former professional players Nicky Butt and Nemanja Vidić.[14]

Return to Dortmund

Terzić returned to Borussia Dortmund in 2018 as an assistant coach of the first team after the appointment of Lucien Favre as coach.[15] He took charge of the team along with his colleague Manfred Stefes for the 2018–19 encounter against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, as head coach Favre missed the match due to illness.[10][16] After Favre was sacked following a 5–1 loss against VfB Stuttgart in December 2020, Terzić was appointed interim manager until the end of the 2020–21 season.[17] On 13 May 2021, Terzić won the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal with a 4–1 victory over RB Leipzig.[18] He was succeeded on a permanent basis by Borussia Mönchengladbach manager Marco Rose.[19]

Instead of returning to his position as assistant manager for the 2021–22 season, Terzić moved to the newly created position as technical director.[20] After Rose left by mutual consent at the end of the season, Terzić was reappointed manager on a permanent basis, signing a contract until 2025.[21] In the 2022–23 Bundesliga, the team lost out on the league title on goal difference to Bayern Munich on the final day, following a shock 2–2 draw at home to Mainz 05.[22]

In 2023–24, Terzić led Borussia Dortmund to 5th place, earning direct qualification for the Champions League.[23] He also led the team to the Champions League final in the same season, beating Paris Saint-Germain 2–0 on aggregate in the semi-final.[24][25] In the final, his club lost 2–0 against Real Madrid.[26] He left Borussia Dortmund by his own request on 13 June 2024.[2]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 1 June 2024
Team From To Record Ref.
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Borussia Dortmund 13 December 2020 30 June 2021 32 20 4 8 74 42 +32 062.50 [27]
Borussia Dortmund 23 May 2022 13 June 2024 124 83 20 21 193 111 +82 066.94 [28]
Total 156 103 24 29 265 154 +111 066.03 —

Honours

Player

Westfalia Herne

Manager

Borussia Dortmund

References

  1. ^ "Edin Terzic official profile". bvb.de (in German). Borussia Dortmund. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Edin Terzic: Borussia Dortmund manager departs after asking to leave". BBC Sport. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Demirci, Anıl (20 February 2014). "Kulübedeki sarı çocuk: Edin Terzic" (in Turkish). Four Four Two. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  4. ^ Raack, Alex (18 December 2014). "Locker vom Rocker – Begegnung mit Slaven Bilic". 11 Freunde (in German). Retrieved 14 December 2020. Glücklicherweise hat Slaven Bilic einen Co-Trainer. Zwei sogar, aber einer von ihnen ist Edin Terzic, ein Deutscher mit kroatisch-bosnischen Wurzeln, 32, einst Fußballer bei Westfalia Herne, Wattenscheid 09 und Borussia Dortmund.
  5. ^ Miletić, Mladen (29 January 2021). "Oduševio je Nijemce, ima hrvatsko-bošnjačke korijene, a kaže: Srce je balkansko". Večernji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Edin Terzic". Borussia Dortmund (in German). Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  7. ^ Do. G. (14 December 2020). "Tko je njemačko-hrvatski trener koji je preuzeo Borussiju? Radio je s Bilićem i Kloppom, a zna se i tko će ga zamijeniti". Gol.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  8. ^ Otto, Daniel (21 May 2019). "Alen Terzic im Interview über die turbulente Rückrunde mit dem BVB II und seine Zukunft". Ruhr Nachrichten (in German). Archived from the original on 16 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  9. ^ a b Zaremba, Dennis (31 October 2023). "Als Westfalia Herne mit Edin Terzic den Westfalenpokal holte". Revier Sport (in German). Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  10. ^ a b "BVB-Co-Trainer Edin Terzic: Dieser Mann ersetzt den erkrankten Lucien Favre gegen Hoffenheim" (in German). goal.com. 9 February 2019. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019. ereits von 2010 bis 2013 arbeitete er für die Borussia, als er unter anderem als Scout für Jürgen Klopp arbeitete und zudem für mehrere Jugendmannschaften unter dem jetzigen HSV-Coach Hannes Wolf als Co-Trainer fungierte.
  11. ^ Özdem, Övünç (20 February 2014). "Beşiktaş'ta Dortmund Modeli" (in Turkish). Milliyet. DHA. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  12. ^ Hennecke, Thomas (14 May 2018). "Wird Terzic Favres Assistent?" (in German). Kicker. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019. Terzic stand bis 2013 als Jugendtrainer (U 16, U 17) und Scout für Jürgen Klopp auf der Gehaltsliste der Borussia, bevor er als Co-Trainer zu Besiktas Istanbul (2013 bis 2015) wechselte und anschließend Slaven Bilic bei West Ham United (bis November 2017) in der Premier League assistierte.
  13. ^ "West Ham sack manager Slaven Bilic". arabnews.com. Agence France-Presse. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019. Bilic's assistants Nikola Jurcevic, Edin Terzic, Julian Dicks and Miljenko Rak have also left the club with immediate effect.
  14. ^ "Pro Licence graduation sees Nicky Butt, David James and Nemanja Vidic complete course". The Football Association. 28 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  15. ^ "BVB wollte Wolf zum Favre-Assistenten machen". kicker (in German). 20 June 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  16. ^ "Tottenham v Dortmund background". UEFA. 21 January 2019. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019. Dortmund coach Lucien Favre missed the Hoffenheim match through illness, with assistants Manfred Stefes and Edin Terzic taking charge of the team.
  17. ^ Penfold, Chuck (14 December 2020). "Can Edin Terzic bring back heavy metal football?". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  18. ^ a b "Sancho & Haaland help Dortmund lift cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  19. ^ "Borussia Mönchengladbach's Marco Rose to join Borussia Dortmund next season". The Guardian. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  20. ^ "Edin Terzic named as technical director at Dortmund". The Times of India. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  21. ^ "Dortmund reappoint Edin Terzic as head coach". Deutsche Welle. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  22. ^ "Dortmund's title dreams in tatters after 'brutal' home draw to Mainz". Reuters. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  23. ^ "Borussia Dortmund 4-0 Darmstadt: Reus stars in farewell game". beIN Sports. 18 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  24. ^ Dominski, Michael (7 May 2024). "PSG vs Dortmund live updates: Bundesliga side into Champions League final after 2-0 aggregate victory". The Athletic.
  25. ^ "The Dortmund fan one game from status as an icon". BBC Sport. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  26. ^ "'We showed world we weren't simply here to play final'". BBC Sport. 1 June 2024.
  27. ^ "Borussia Dortmund Trainer". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  28. ^ "Edin Terzic verlässt Borussia Dortmund" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
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