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Ognjen Zaric (Serbian: Огњен Зарић, Ognjen Zarić; born 1 January 1989) is a Serbian football manager who most recently managed FC Winterthur.

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Ognjen Zaric
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-01-14) 14 January 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Teslić, Yugoslavia[1]
Managerial career
Years Team
2010–2014 FC Kufstein (youth)
2017–2018 SpVgg Unterhaching (youth)
2018–2019 TSV 1860 Rosenheim
2019–2020 FC Kufstein
2020–2023 FC Basel (youth)
2024 FC Winterthur
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Life and career

Zaric was born on 1 January 1989 in Teslić, which was then Yugoslavia. He moved with his family to Austria at the age of four. He holds Serbian and Austrian citizenship.[1] He grew up in Kufstein, Austria. He aspired to become a professional footballer as a child.[2] He began studying law but soon gave it up.[3] He has been nicknamed "Ogi". He has three children.[4]

Zaric started his managerial career at the age of twenty. In 2010, he was appointed as a youth manager of Austrian side FC Kufstein. After that, he worked as a youth manager at a German boarding school. In 2017, he was appointed as a youth manager of German side SpVgg Unterhaching. He helped the club achieve eighth place in the league. In 2018, he was appointed manager of German side TSV 1860 Rosenheim. In 2019, he was appointed manager of Austrian side FC Kufstein.

In 2020, he was appointed as a youth manager of Swiss side FC Basel. In 2024, he was appointed manager of Swiss side FC Winterthur. He previously served as assistant manager to Swiss manager Patrick Rahmen. At the age of thirty-five, he became the youngest manager in the Swiss top flight. He managed his first game for the club during a 1–0 win over St. Gallen.[5] Despite the strong start, Winterthur's performances during the first half of the season were inconsistent at best and at the winter break they found themselves at the bottom of the league. As a result Zaric was dismissed on 17 December 2024.[6]

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