Dean Računica

Dean Računica
Personal information
Date of birth	5 December 1969
Place of birth	Šibenik, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	West Bromwich Albion (assistant)
Youth career
1978–1986	Šibenik
Senior career*
National team‡
Teams managed
2004–2010	Hajduk Split (assistant)
2010–2011	Uskok
2012–2014	Junak Sinj
2015	Dunajská Streda (assistant)
2017–2018	Melbourne Knights (assistant)
2018–2019	Al-Ittihad (scout)
2019–	West Bromwich Albion (assistant)
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2006; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 December 2006

Dean Računica (born 5 December 1969) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, and is currently working as the assistant manager of English club West Bromwich Albion.

Playing career

Računica began his career in his hometown Šibenik, where at the age of 18 became a regular first team player. Then was played for Hajduk Split in the Croatian Prva HNL, then later for Austria Salzburg, for Hajduk again, then for Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion in Israel and for Chongqing Lifan in China. In 2002 Računica was returned to Hajduk Split, but was ended career due to heart problems.[1] Immediately after the end of his career, Računica has won from Hajduk's fans the Heart of Hajduk Award for 2003–04 season.

International career

For Croatia national football team, Računica played two games, against Mexico in Zagreb in 1992, where he scored one goal, and against Slovakia in Bratislava in 1994.

International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 October 1992	Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia	Mexico	2–0	3–0	Friendly

Managerial career

After ending his career with Hajduk Split in 2004, Računica spent the next six seasons as an assistant coach of the same club. He then took the head job at lower league side Uskok Klis in 2010. In 2012, he took over Junak Sinj and in 2015 became the assistant coach of Slovak side Dunajská Streda, under the coaching staff of Aljoša Asanović. In 2017, Računica took up a job in Australia, becoming the assistant coach to Aljoša Asanović at Melbourne Knights.[2]

Since June 2019 he works as assistant to Slaven Bilic at English club West Bromwich Albion alongside Danilo Butorović

References

Kuzmanić, Dražen (29 January 2004). "MOJE SRCE KUCA ZA HAJDUKA". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 December 2014.
"Asanovic and Racunica commit to Knights for 2018". Melbourne Knights FC. Retrieved 7 October 2017.

Awards
Preceded by Darijo Srna	Heart of Hajduk Award 2004	Succeeded by Vladimir Balić

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[1] Kuzmanić, Dražen (29 January 2004). "MOJE SRCE KUCA ZA HAJDUKA". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 December 2014.

[Asanovic_and_Racunica_commit_to_Knights_for_2018-2] "Asanovic and Racunica commit to Knights for 2018". Melbourne Knights FC. Retrieved 7 October 2017.