Robert Prosinečki
Croatian football player and manager (born 1969) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Prosinečki (Croatian pronunciation: [rǒbert prosinětʃkiː];[1][2] born 12 January 1969) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of the Montenegro national team.
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Date of birth | (1969-01-12) 12 January 1969 (age 55) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Schwenningen, West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Montenegro (manager) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1974–1980 | Stuttgarter Kickers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1980–1986 | Dinamo Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986–1987 | Dinamo Zagreb | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987–1991 | Red Star Belgrade | 117 | (25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1995 | Real Madrid | 55 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1995 | → Oviedo (loan) | 30 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–1996 | Barcelona | 19 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Sevilla | 20 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2000 | Croatia Zagreb | 50 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Standard Liège | 21 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Portsmouth | 33 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 23 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | NK Zagreb | 26 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | Savski Marof | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 404 | (84) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987 | Yugoslavia U20 | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1991 | Yugoslavia | 15 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–2002 | Croatia | 49 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2010 | Croatia (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Red Star Belgrade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Kayserispor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Azerbaijan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Kayserispor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Denizlispor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Olimpija Ljubljana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Rudeš | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | Montenegro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Early in his career, he was part of the Red Star Belgrade team that won three Yugoslav First League titles and the European Cup in 1991. Prosinečki spent several years in Spain with rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona, as well as Oviedo and Sevilla. Later in his career, he won three Croatian league titles with Dinamo Zagreb, and also played in Belgium, England and Slovenia.
Internationally, Prosinečki was voted best player as Yugoslavia won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship, and came runner-up with the under-21 team at the 1990 European Championship. He was also voted Best Young Player at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He earned 49 caps for Croatia between 1994 and 2002, playing at UEFA Euro 1996 and the World Cups of 1998 and 2002, helping the team to third place in 1998.
After retiring from active football, Prosinečki worked as assistant manager of the Croatia national team between 2006 and 2010, before being appointed manager of Red Star Belgrade in December 2010. He left in 2012 for Turkish club Kayserispor two months later. Internationally, Prosinečki worked as head coach of the Azerbaijan national team from 2014 to 2017 and of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2018 to 2019. He then once again managed Kayserispor, Denizlispor, Olimpija Ljubljana and Rudeš.