Dean Klafurić

Dean Klafurić
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-07-26) 26 July 1972
Place of birth Zagreb, Croatia
Club information
Current team
 Al Nassr (assistant coach)
Teams managed
Years Team
2005 – 2006 NK Udarnik 3rd Division player-coach
2007 NK Radnik 3rd Division assistant coach
2008 NK Polet 3rd Division coach
2009 – 2012 Croatian Women's national team head coach
2011 – 2012 NK Vrbovec 3rd Division coach
2012 – 2013 GNK Dinamo Zagreb U19 assistant coach
2013 – 2014 GNK Dinamo Zagreb U16 coach
2013 Croatian national team U20 assistant coach
2014 – present GNK Dinamo Zagreb U15 coach
2014 GNK Dinamo Zagreb U19 coach
2015 Croatia national team U15 assistant coach
2016– Al Nassr (assistant coach)

Dean Klafurić (born 26 July 1972) is an assistant coach in Al-Nassr FC. He is a former manager/head coach of Croatia women's national football team.[1][2] In a playing career he played for many clubs in Croatia and Austria.

Klafuric started to work as a coach in NK Udarnik in 2005 but public gets more familiar with him when he accepted place of head coach of Women's national football team in 2009. Under his management, Women's national football team went up on a higher level. With enthusiasm all around the team, media covered more of its actions and matches. [3] He gathered players from all around the world and intensified competition. To prove all these statements, a legendary ex-Yugoslav player Ivanka Perić "Piksi" told once that: "Football was her life, and she was given the opportunity to live it. She played in a national team, clubs, on all positions, tasted the big tournaments. And wished them well too, especially when she heard about Dean's plans, she didn't hesitate but jumped on his train too." [4] He also surrounded himself with other experts who volunteered to act during his tenure. In 2012. he was relieved from the coaching position.

After that his methods were recognised by head of GNK Dinamo and in 2012 he started working with young teams in football school at GNK Dinamo Zagreb and had opportunity to spread his knowledge on 35. AEFCA-e congress in Zagreb which gathered many famous coaches.[5] He achieved many outstanding results which led him to A team assistant coach.

References

  1. ↑ "Osječanke otkazale nastup za reprezentaciju, Klafurić krpa sastav". Glas Slavonije. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.hrsport.net/mobile/analize/449132/nogomet-reprezentacija/odlazak-deana-klafurica-odraz-je-rezultata-a-ne-pokazivanja-misica-novog-vodstva-hns-a/
  3. ↑ http://www.hrsport.net/vijesti/437583/nogomet-reprezentacija/klafuric-ovo-je-fenomenalna-stvar/
  4. ↑ http://www.24sata.hr/nogomet/cure-trpe-predrasude-ali-zive-nogomet-bas-ih-je-gust-voditi-259938/
  5. ↑ http://sport.hrt.hr/265278/zapoceo-kongres-nogometnih-trenera


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