Marino Pušić

Marino Pušić (born 18 August 1971) is a Croatian retired footballer and current assistant manager of AZ Alkmaar.

Marino Pušić
Personal information
Full name Marino Pušić
Date of birth (1971-08-18) 18 August 1971
Place of birth Mostar, Yugoslavia
Club information
Current team
 AZ Alkmaar
Youth career
FK Velež Mostar
Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1990 De Graafschap
1993–1994 VV Rheden
1994–1995 1. FC Köln II
1995–1996 KAS Eupen
1996–2000 SV Babberich
Doc Shop (Futsal)
LZV (Futsal)
Teams managed
LZV (Futsal)
2007–2008 FC Blok/Carrillion Boys (Futsal)
2009–2010 Leekster Eagles (Futsal)
2010–2013 Vitesse/AGOVV (youth)
2013–2014 NAC Breda (assistant)
2015 Inter Baku (assistant)
2015–2018 FC Twente (assistant)
2018–2019 FC Twente
2019– AZ Alkmaar(assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

As a player, Pusic played for De Graafschap, VV Rheden, 1. FC Köln II, and KAS Eupen.[1] As a player and a manager he also was active in futsal.[2] Pusic was a trainer in the Vitesse/AGOVV Football Academy and assistant-manager with NAC Breda, Inter Baku en FC Twente.[3]

On 18 October 2017, he was appointed interim manager at FC Twente after his predecessor René Hake was forced to leave.[4] On 29 October 2017, Gertjan Verbeek was presented as the new manager, after which Pusic fell back in his role as assistant manager. On 26 March 2018, he was promoted to the interim manager position again, as Verbeek was fired.[5]. As interim head coach, Pusic failed to save FC Twente's season and finished last in the Eredivisie[6], thus relegating to the Eerste Divisie. As of the 2018-2019 season, Pusic was promoted to head coach.

After finishing in first place and becoming the champions of the Eerste Divisie, and thus securing promotion back to the Eredivisie, Pusic was sacked on 7 May 2019.[7]. He was then recruited to become the assistant manager for AZ Alkmaar in May 2019.[8]

Honours
FC Twente

References
  1. "Marino Pusic Futsal Profile". Futsal Planet (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  2. "Marino Pusic Futsal Profile". Futsal Planet (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  3. "Marino Pusic Manager Profile". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  4. "Hake weg als trainer FC Twente". AD (in Dutch). 18 October 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  5. "Gertjan Verbeek ontslagen als trainer van FC Twente". AD (in Dutch). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  6. "Drama compleet: FC Twente degradeert voor het eerst sinds 35 jaar". Tubantia (in Dutch). 29 April 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  7. "Marino Pusic weg als trainer bij FC Twente: 'Heb van jullie genoten, good goan!'". AD.nl (in Dutch). 7 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  8. "AZ trekt Pusic aan". www.az.nl. Retrieved 2 August 2019.


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