Oliver Bogatinov
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 September 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Jesenice, SFR Yugoslavia[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Koper (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1999 | Triglav Kranj | ||
| 1999–2002 | Celje | 63 | (19) |
| 2002–2005 | Koper | 50 | (10) |
| 2005–2008 | Izola | 39 | (14) |
| 2008 | Bonifika | 11 | (6) |
| International career | |||
| 1998 | Slovenia U20 | 4 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2008 | Izola | ||
| 2012–2013 | Mura 05 | ||
| 2017–2019 | Aluminij | ||
| 2022–2024 | Radomlje | ||
| 2024– | Koper | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Oliver Bogatinov (born 26 September 1978) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player.[2] He is the current manager of Slovenian PrvaLiga club Koper.
Playing career
[edit]Born in Jesenice to parents of Macedonian descent, Bogatinov started his football career with Triglav Kranj.[3] He was the top scorer of the 1997–98 Slovenian Second League with 32 goals as his team earned promotion to the Slovenian top division.[4] Bogatinov spent the next seven seasons playing in the Slovenian top tier, making a total of 130 appearances for Triglav, Celje and Koper.[5] He retired from professional football at the age of 26 due to injuries and focused on coaching career, although he still played semi-professional football in the Slovenian lower divisions for Izola and Bonifika.[3]
Managerial career
[edit]Bogatinov started his managerial career at Koper, where he was the coach of various youth selections.[3] He was then a player/manager at third division side Izola, before becoming the assistant manager of Nedžad Okčić at Koper, when the team won its first ever top division title in 2009–10.[3] Bogatinov was also the coach of Koper's under-17 team, with whom he won the national under-17 league.[3]
In August 2012, before the Europa League play-off match against Lazio, Bogatinov took charge of Slovenian top division club Mura 05.[6] Between 2013 and 2015, Bogatinov was working as the youth coach at Saudi club Al-Hilal SFC, his first club abroad.[3] In 2015, he was the assistant of Marijan Pušnik at Olimpija Ljubljana.[3] In December 2017, he took charge of Slovenian top division side Aluminij.[7]
In March 2020, Bogatinov was appointed sports director of Slovenian team Maribor, replacing Zlatko Zahovič.[8][9] He left the position in February 2021 along with head coach Mauro Camoranesi.[10] Bogatinov was then appointed sports director of Koper, before returning to coaching in December 2022 when he was appointed as manager of Radomlje.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Oliver Bogatinov". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Na voljo vse, tudi Bielsa" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g Viškovič, Rok (29 December 2018). "Idealist med nogometaši, ki sanja doktorsko izobrazbo" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ Raj, Primož (28 April 2017). "V Veržeju dvoboj dna lestvice, oslabljeni Triglav gosti Ptujčane". Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "Oliver Bogatinov – Nogometna zveza Slovenije". nzs.si (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "Mura z novim trenerjem nad Lazio". Slovenske novice (in Slovenian). 22 August 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "Oliver Bogatinov novi trener Aluminija". Delo (in Slovenian). 29 December 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "Oliver BOGATINOV vrača udarec ZLATKU ZAHOVIĆU: "Nisem NEUMEN! Lahko mi očitajo, da nisem bil na LUNI ..."". Ekipa24.si (in Slovenian). 18 May 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Oliver Bogatinov, športni direktor NK Maribor: Po kavč trenerjih dobivamo še kavč igralce in klube". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). 18 May 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ M. R. (23 February 2021). "Maribor odpustil Bogatinova in Camoranesija, novi športni direktor Šuler" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "Bogatinov se vrača na trenersko klop" (in Slovenian). Siol. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
External links
[edit]- Oliver Bogatinov at NZS (in Slovene)
- Oliver Bogatinov at Soccerway.com
- Oliver Bogatinov at WorldFootball.net
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Jesenice, Jesenice
- Slovenian people of Macedonian descent
- Men's association football forwards
- Slovenian men's footballers
- Slovenia men's youth international footballers
- NK Triglav Kranj players
- NK Celje players
- FC Koper players
- MNK Izola players
- Slovenian Second League players
- Slovenian PrvaLiga players
- Slovenian football managers
- ND Mura 05 managers
- NK Aluminij managers
- NK Radomlje managers
- FC Koper managers
- Slovenian PrvaLiga managers
- Al-Hilal SFC non-playing staff
- Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia