Dino Skender
Croatian football manager (born 1983) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dino Skender (born 10 December 1983) is a Croatian professional football manager who is the manager of Latvian club Liepāja. Besides Croatia, he has also managed in Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1][2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 December 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Liepāja (manager) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2017–2019 | Osijek II | ||
| 2019 | Osijek | ||
| 2020–2021 | Olimpija Ljubljana | ||
| 2021–2022 | Olimpija Ljubljana | ||
| 2023–2024 | Široki Brijeg | ||
| 2025– | Liepāja | ||
Managerial career
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Perspective
Skender started his managerial career at the age of 33, as manager of the second team of Osijek in the Croatian Third League.[3] On 30 March 2019, following the departure of Zoran Zekić, he was appointed manager of the first team.[4] Skender was sacked by Osijek on 21 September 2019.[5]
On 19 June 2020, Skender became manager of Slovenian PrvaLiga side Olimpija Ljubljana.[6] After finishing second in the first part of the 2020–21 season, he was sacked on 8 January 2021 along with all of his staff members.[7] He was again appointed as manager of Olimpija on 12 October 2021, replacing Savo Milošević.[8] However, on 20 March 2022, he was sacked again without finishing the season, after a 1–1 home draw against Domžale.[9]
On 30 December 2023, Skender was announced as the new manager of Bosnian Premier League club Široki Brijeg.[10] He debuted as manager in the Bosnian Cup second round on 11 February 2024, qualifying to the quarter-finals after a penalty shoot-out, following a 2–2 draw against Stupčanica Olovo.[11] Following two more league victories against Sarajevo and Željezničar, Skender suffered his first defeat as Široki Brijeg manager on 2 March 2024, losing 1–0 away from home to Igman Konjic.[12] He led the side to the cup semi-finals, where they were knocked out 5–2 on aggregate by Borac Banja Luka.[13] On 12 May 2024, it was announced by Široki Brijeg that Skender had left the club by mutual consent, after the team's disappointing league campaign.[14]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 11 May 2024[15]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Osijek II | 19 January 2017 | 29 March 2019 | 62 | 37 | 10 | 15 | 59.68 |
| Osijek | 30 March 2019 | 21 September 2019 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 45.45 |
| Olimpija Ljubljana | 19 June 2020 | 8 January 2021 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 50.00 |
| 12 October 2021 | 20 March 2022 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 41.18 | |
| Široki Brijeg | 30 December 2023 | 12 May 2024 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 38.89 |
| Total | 149 | 76 | 29 | 44 | 51.01 | ||
Honours
Osijek II
- Croatian Third League – East: 2017–18[16]
References
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