Fausto Budicin

Fausto Budicin
Personal information
Date of birth	1 May 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Pula, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1990–1999	Rovinj
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2002	Istra
2002–2005	Olimpija Ljubljana
2005	ASKÖ Pasching
2005–2011	Rijeka
2006–2007	→ Pula Staročeško (loan)
2011–2014	Istra 1961
2014–2016	Rijeka II
International career
2001	Croatia U20
2002	Croatia U21
Managerial career
2016–2019	Rijeka U15
2019–2020	Orijent 1919
2020–2021	Istra 1961
2022	Rijeka
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fausto Budicin (born 1 May 1981) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who was most recently manager of Croatian First Football League club Rijeka

Managerial career

On 27 March 2019, Budicin was appointed new manager at Croatian Third Football League club Orijent 1919.^[1] His first success at Orijent bench came at the end of the season; Orijent gained promotion to the second-tier Druga HNL finishing third in the 2018–19 Treća HNL West season.^[2]

In the club's inaugural second league season, Budicin led the squad to finish in third at the league table in March 2020, when the championship was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia. NK Croatia Zmijavci, which finished second in the league championship, did not ask for a license to play in the First League, so Orijent took their place in the relegation play-offs for a higher tier, in which Istra 1961 was more successful.^[3]

After Orijent failed to gain promotion to the first tier, Budicin was named head coach of Istra 1961 on 26 August 2020, succeeding Ivan Prelec, whose contract expired and was not renewed.^[4] However he has been sacked on 11 February 2021.^[5] Budicin was named manager of Rijeka in June 2022,^[6] only to be replaced by Serse Cosmi after two months.^[7]

Career 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
1999–2000	Istra	Prva HNL	0	0	–		–		–		0	0
2000–01		Druga HNL - South	–		–		–		–		–
2000–01		Druga HNL - South	–		–		–		–		–
Slovenia			League		Slovenian Cup		Super Cup		Europe		Total
2002–03	Olimpija Ljubljana	Slovenian PrvaLiga	23	1	6	0	–		–		29	1
2003–04			31	5	1	0	–		2	0	32	5
2004–05			16	1	2	0	–		–		18	1
Austria			League		ÖFB Cup		Super Cup		Europe		Total
2004–05	ASKÖ Pasching	Austrian Bundesliga	11	0	1	0	–		–		12	0
Croatia			League		Croatian Cup		Super Cup		Europe		Total
2005–06	Rijeka	Prva HNL	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	0
2006–07	Pula Staročeško		14	1	0	0	–		–		11	0
2006–07	Rijeka		13	2	2	0	–		–		15	2
2007–08			32	1	2	0	–		–		33	1
2008–09			25	3	4	0	–		2	0	31	3
2009–10			27	2	2	0	–		4	0	32	2
2010–11			30	2	4	0	–		–		34	2
2011–12	Istra 1961		14	0	1	0	–		–		15	0
2012–13			30	1	1	0	–		–		31	1
2013–14			31	1	4	0	–		–		35	1
2014–15	Rijeka		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2014–15	Rijeka II	Treća HNL - West	27	1	–		–		–		27	1
2015–16	Rijeka II	Treća HNL - West	26	1	–		–		–		26	0
Total	Croatia		265	15	21	0	1	0	6	0	293	15
	Slovenia		70	7	9	0	0	0	2	0	81	7
	Austria		11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
	Career total		346	22	31	0	1	0	8	0	386	22

^[8]

Managerial statistics

As of 5 September 2022

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Orijent 1919	27 March 2019	26 August 2020	22	10	7	5	27	26	+1	045.45
Istra 1961	26 August 2020	12 February 2021	18	4	4	10	1	2	−1	022.22
Rijeka	20 June 2022	5 September 2022	9	1	2	6	6	12	−6	011.11
Total			49	15	13	21	34	40	−6	030.61