Roy Ferenčina

Roy Ferenčina
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-06-04) 4 June 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Slaven Belupo (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000 Dinamo Zagreb
0000 Trešnjevka
1993–1996 Inker Zaprešić 89 (1)
1996–1997 Marsonia 26 (1)
1997 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 7 (1)
1997–2005 Slaven Belupo 172 (11)
Total 289 (14)
Managerial career
2006–2007 Slaven Belupo (assistant)
2008 Lokomotiva (U19)
2009 Lokomotiva (assistant)
2009–2010 Lokomotiva
2011–2013 Slaven Belupo
2013–2014 Vinogradar
2014 Shkëndija
2014–2015 Hrvatski Dragovoljac
2016 Vinogradar
2019 Hrvatski Dragovoljac
2019–2020 Pyramids (assistant)
2021–2022 Kustošija
2022–2023 Dinamo Zagreb (assistant)
2023– Slaven Belupo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roy Ferenčina (born 4 June 1970) is a Croatian American football manager and former player. He currently works as manager of Croatian Football League club Slaven Belupo.

Playing career

Ferenčina spent his entire career playing for Croatian clubs and he had spells at Dinamo Zagreb, Trešnjevka, Inker Zaprešić, Marsonia and Hrvatski Dragovoljac before coming to Slaven Belupo in 1997.[1] Ferenčina is mainly remembered for his time at Slaven, where he spent the last 8 years of his playing career, appearing in a total of 172 matches and scoring 11 goals for the club.[1] Ferenčina retired from football in February 2005 after a fallout with Slaven manager Branko Karačić during the club's winter break friendly game at the Andrija Anković Memorial Tournament.[1]

Managerial career

In the 2006–07 season Ferenčina worked at Slaven Belupo as assistant manager to Elvis Scoria. In January 2008 he was appointed manager of NK Lokomotiva youth team. He then served as assistant manager at Lokomotiva for three months in early 2009, before being appointed as the club's manager in April 2009, replacing Željko Pakasin.[2] Led by Ferenčina, the club gained promotion to Prva HNL first time in their history at the end of the 2008–09 season, and then went on to finish 8th in the 2009–10 Prva HNL.

Personal life

His brother Damir was also a footballer.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Čičin-Mašansker, Ivo (12 February 2005). "Ferenčina napušta nogomet" (PDF). Vjesnik (in Croatian). p. 24. Retrieved 3 August 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Pakasin brzo izgorio na Kajzerici, Ferenčina novi trener Lokomotive". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  3. ^ Roy Ferenčina at Playerhistory.