Damir Burić (footballer)

Damir Burić
Burić as manager of Admira Wacker in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-07-07) 7 July 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Al-Arabi (manager)
Youth career
0000–1984 GOŠK Dubrovnik
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1988 RNK Split
1988–1992 Waldhof Mannheim 57 (2)
1992–1999 SC Freiburg 121 (9)
1999–2000 Borussia Mönchengladbach 13 (0)
Managerial career
2004–2007 Freiburg II (assistant)
2005–2011 Freiburg (assistant)
2011–2012 Bayer Leverkusen (assistant)
2013–2014 Werder Bremen (assistant)
2015–2016 Hajduk Split
2017 Admira Wacker
2017–2019 Greuther Fürth
2019 Hajduk Split
2020–2021 Admira Wacker
2022–2023 Al-Riyadh
2023–2024 Ohod
2024– Al-Arabi
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Damir Burić (born 7 July 1964), popularly known as Šolta, is a Croatian professional football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Saudi club Al-Arabi.

While playing in Croatia, he got the nickname "Šolta" after the island of Šolta, because roots of his family are from that island.

Playing career

Burić started off his career at GOŠK Dubrovnik, before signing with hometown club RNK Split, where he stayed until 1988, when he went to Germany and became the new player of SV Waldhof Mannheim. He stayed there for four years, until 1992, playing over 50 league games for the club. In the summer od 1992, Burić signed with, back then, 2. Bundesliga club SC Freiburg. In the 1992–93 season, he won the 2. Bundesliga with Freiburg and got qualified to the Bundesliga. He stayed at the club until 1999 (making over 100 league appearances in the process), before going to Borussia Mönchengladbach. He played for the club for one season, until the end of the 1999–00 2. Bundesliga season, after which he decided to end his playing career in July 2000 at the age of 36.[1]

Managerial career

Burić worked in Germany as assistant coach of Freiburg II, Freiburg, Bayer Leverkusen and Werder Bremen.

On 29 May 2015, he was appointed manager of Prva HNL club Hajduk Split. On 2 June 2016, Burić was sacked after underperforming in the league. In January 2017, he was appointed manager of Austrian Bundesliga club Admira Wacker.

On 9 September 2017, he moved to 2. Bundesliga club SpVgg Greuther Fürth.[2] Almost two and a half years after being given the Greuther Fürth job, Burić got sacked on 4 February 2019, because of the poor results.[3]

On 20 July 2019 following the departure of Siniša Oreščanin, he was hired to be Hajduk Split manager for the second time in his career.[4] On 19 December 2019, he was sacked.[5]

On 22 September 2020, he returned to Admira Wacker.[6]

On 18 September 2022, Burić was appointed as manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Riyadh.[7] He led the club to promotion to the Saudi Professional League for the first time since 2005.[8] On 30 September 2023, Burić was appointed as manager of Saudi First Division club Ohod.[9] On 4 October 2024, was appointed as manager of Al-Arabi.[10]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 1 June 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
P W D L Win %
Hajduk Split Croatia 29 May 2015 2 June 2016 49 24 11 14 048.98
Admira Wacker Austria 3 January 2017 9 September 2017 26 11 5 10 042.31
Greuther Fürth Germany 9 September 2017 4 February 2019 51 16 15 20 031.37
Hajduk Split Croatia 20 July 2019 19 December 2019 21 11 5 5 052.38
Admira Wacker Austria 22 September 2020 26 April 2021 26 5 6 15 019.23
Al-Riyadh Saudi Arabia 18 September 2022 1 June 2023 29 17 6 6 058.62
Ohod Saudi Arabia 30 September 2023 1 June 2024 28 6 14 8 021.43
Al-Arabi Saudi Arabia 4 October 2024 0 0 0 0 !—
Total 230 90 62 78 039.13

Honours

Player

Freiburg

References

  1. ^ "Buric, Damir" (in German). Kicker.de. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Buric wird Cheftrainer" (in German). greuther-fuerth.de. 9 September 2017. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  3. ^ "„Müssen für eine Veränderung sorgen"". greuther-fuerth.de. 4 February 2019.
  4. ^ "TRENER DAMIR BURIĆ PONOVNO S NAMA" (in Croatian). HNK Hajduk Split. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Damir Burić više nije trener Hajduka" (in Croatian). HNK Hajduk Split. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  6. ^ "WILLKOMMEN ZURÜCK! DAMIR BURIC NEUER TRAINER DES FC FLYERALARM ADMIRA" (in German). Admira Wacker. 22 September 2020.
  7. ^ "بوريتش يخلف أرسوف في الرياض".
  8. ^ "بعد 18 عاما.. «مدرسة الوسطى» بين الكبار".
  9. ^ "دامير بوريتش مدرباً لأحد".
  10. ^ "أنهت إدارة النادي بقيادة الأستاذ "أمين الملاح" إجراءات التعاقد مع المدرب الكرواتي السيّد "دامير بوريتش"".