Denijal Pirić

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Denijal Pirić
Personal information
Date of birth (1946-09-27) 27 September 1946 (age 77)
Place of birth Živinice, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Slaven Živinice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1972 Dinamo Zagreb 135 (10)
1972–1977 Sarajevo 68 (6)
Total 203 (16)
International career
1969–1970 Yugoslavia 6 (1)
Managerial career
1986–1988 Sarajevo
1995–1996 Sarajevo
2000–2001 Sarajevo
2003 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19
2008 Bosnia and Herzegovina (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Denijal Pirić (Bosnian pronunciation: [pǐːritɕ]; born 27 September 1946) is a Bosnian former professional football manager and player.

Club career[edit]

Born in the small mining town of Živinice, Pirić started playing football at local side Slaven. Former Slaven manager Vlatko Konjevod then lured him to Dinamo Zagreb and played 8 years for the club. Pirić then joined Sarajevo.[1] With Dinamo, he won two domestic cups and the 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, beating Don Revie's Leeds United in the final. He played over 350 matches for Dinamo in all competitions.[2]

International career[edit]

Pirić made his debut for Yugoslavia in an April 1969 World Cup qualification match away against Spain and has earned a total of 6 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a November 1970 friendly game against West Germany.[3]

Managerial career[edit]

At the time a youth team coach, Pirić was given a caretaker role of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team to take charge of a home friendly game against Azerbaijan in Zenica on 1 June 2008 after the sacking of Meho Kodro. Most players for this match were assembled from the Bosnian Premier League.[4]

Pirić worked as a technical director of the Bosnian national teams until his retirement in November 2017.[5]

Managerial statistics[edit]

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 1 July 2003 11 November 2003 3 0 0 3 000.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina 18 May 2008 30 June 2008 1 1 0 0 100.00
Total 4 1 0 3 025.00

Honours[edit]

Player[edit]

Dinamo Zagreb

References[edit]

  1. ^ Profile - GNK Dinamo(in Croatian)
  2. ^ Profile - Reprezentacija (in Serbian)
  3. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Kodro fired as Bosnia-Herzegovina boss". UEFA.com. 17 May 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
  5. ^ "Konkursi se raspisuju i padaju, a Darko Ljubojević primljen u NSBiH". 6 November 2017. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

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