Zoran Marić

Zoran Marić
Personal information
Full name Zoran Marić
Date of birth (1960-02-21) 21 February 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth Boka, FPR Yugoslavia
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Novi Sad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1979 Novi Sad 33 (4)
1979–1987 Vojvodina 212 (44)
1987–1991 Celta 88 (15)
1991–1993 Compostela 54 (8)
Total 387 (71)
International career
1983 Yugoslavia 2 (0)
Managerial career
1999 Compostela
2001 Compostela
2005–2006 Vojvodina
2009 Vojvodina
2010 Borac Banja Luka
2011–2012 Serbia U19
2012 Spartak Subotica
2013–2014 Proleter Novi Sad
2014–2015 Vojvodina
2016 Novi Pazar
2019–2020 Krupa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zoran Marić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Mapић; born 21 February 1960) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player.

Club career

Born in Boka, SFR Yugoslavia, Marić represented local clubs Novi Sad and Vojvodina in his country. In January 1988, aged almost 29, he was allowed to leave the Iron Curtain nation and move to Spain, where he would remain until his retirement five years later, with Galician clubs Celta[1] and Compostela.[2]

Marić competed in La Liga with Celta and Compostela, amassing totals of 71 matches and 13 goals, before finishing his playing career in 1993.

International career

Marić earned two caps for Yugoslavia, both in 1983. He made his debut on 30 March in a 2–0 friendly win against Romania.

Managerial career

Marić became a manager in 1999, notably working with former sides Compostela[3] and Vojvodina.[4] On 19 May 2010, he won the 2009–10 Bosnian Cup while in charge of Bosnian Premier League club Borac Banja Luka,[5] who he led from January to August 2010.

After Borac, he worked as the head coach of the Serbia U19 national team from 2011 to 2012, then managed Spartak Subotica, Proleter Novi Sad, Vojvodina again and Novi Pazar.

On 21 June 2019, Marić became the new manager of, at the time, First League of RS club Krupa.[6] On 8 May 2020, the 2019–20 First League of RS season ended abruptly due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina and by default, Krupa, led by Marić, were crowned league champions and got promoted back to the Bosnian Premier League.[7] On 15 September 2020, he left Krupa due to poor results.[8]

Personal life

Marić's son, Goran, was also a footballer and a striker. He too spent many years working in Spain, mainly with Celta B.[9]

Honours

Manager

Borac Banja Luka[5]

Krupa

References

  1. ^ "Zoran Maric" (in Spanish). Yo Jugué en el Celta. 25 August 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  2. ^ Conde, Jaime (12 August 2014). "Maric: "Le recomendaré que vaya a comer marisco y que tenga cuidado con el vino"" [Maric: "I will recommend that he tries the seafood and watches out for the wine"]. Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  3. ^ "El Compostela pierde a una de sus jóvenes promesas" [Compostela lose one of their young prospects]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 18 October 2000. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Predstavljen novi šef stručnog štaba Vojvodine" [Presentation of Vojvodina's new head coach]. Blic (in Serbian). 10 March 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  5. ^ a b "El Borac logra la Copa" [Borac get Cup] (in Spanish). UEFA. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  6. ^ ""Džimi" Marić novi trener Krupe" (in Bosnian). mondo.ba. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  7. ^ A. Pašić (8 May 2020). "FSRS prekinuo sva takmičenja" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  8. ^ E.B. (15 September 2020). "Zoran Marić više nije trener Krupe: Popularni Džimi osvojio samo četiri boda iz sedam utakmica" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  9. ^ Bacariz, Marcos L. (11 June 2013). "Goran Maric: "Luis Enrique no se casa con nadie"" [Goran Maric: "Luis Enrique does not have protegés"] (in Spanish). Moi Celeste. Retrieved 28 June 2013.