Lazo Džepina

Lazo Džepina
Personal information
Full name Lazo Nikola Džepina
Date of birth (1966-10-27) October 27, 1966
Place of birth Knin, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1990 Dinara Knin
1990–1995 Rad Beograd
1996–2000 Borac Banja Luka
2005 Hamilton Thunder
Teams managed
2010 Dinara Knin
2010–2011 Brantford Galaxy
2011– SC Waterloo Region
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Lazo Džepina (born October 27, 1966) is a Croatian former footballer, manager, and businessman. He is currently the manager, and part owner of SC Waterloo Region of the Canadian Soccer League.

Career

Džepina began his career with his hometown club NK Dinara.[1] In 1990, he signed with Rad Beograd of the First League of FR Yugoslavia, and played with FK Borac Banja Luka where he won the Republika Srpska Cup.[2] In 2005, he went abroad to Canada to play with the Hamilton Thunder of the Canadian Professional Soccer League.[3] After his retirement from competitive football he managed NK Dinara in 2010.[4] In 2010, he returned to Canada to manage Brantford Galaxy of the Canadian Soccer League.[5] During his tenure with Brantford he won the CSL Championship by defeating Hamilton Croatia by a score of 3-0.[6] In 2011, he was dismissed as head coach after a string of poor performances.[7] In 2012, he was involved in forming SC Waterloo Region as an expansion franchise, and was appointed head coach.[8] In 2013, he won his second CSL Championship after Waterloo defeated Kingston FC by a score of 3-1.[9]

References

  1. ↑ kistanje@moje-kistanje.net. "Sport". golubickodknina.com. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  2. ↑ "Lazo Džepina prigrlio titulu". Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  3. ↑ "Canadian Professional Soccer League - Clubs". 2005-12-25. Archived from the original on 2005-12-25. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  4. ↑ "Devet pogodaka Marka Perića, sedam Ivana Šarlije - Zadarski list". www.zadarskilist.hr. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  5. ↑ Smiley, Brian. "Lazo is in charge". Brantford Expositor. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  6. ↑ O'Leary, Ed. "Galaxy title out of this world". Brantford Expositor. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  7. ↑ Smiley, Brian. "Galaxy show coach red card". Brantford Expositor. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  8. ↑ "SC Waterloo Region joins Canadian Soccer League first division | Metro News". Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  9. ↑ Adamson, Stan. "November 3, 2013 CSL--Result of Division 1 and 2 Finals (from CSL website)".
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