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Ognjen Zaric

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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

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

Life and career

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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 attended university. He studied law. He has been nicknamed "Ogi". He has three children.[3]

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.[4]


References

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  1. ^ a b "Teslićanin u stručnom štabu Bazela | MeridianSportBH". April 9, 2021.
  2. ^ "Rosenheim-Coach Zaric: Das Verlieren will er nie lernen". merkur.de.
  3. ^ "Zaric: "I know that Rahmen's footsteps are big"". bluewin.ch.
  4. ^ ""Meine Familie spürt, dass ich jetzt Cheftrainer bin"". blick.ch.
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