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Darije Kalezić Personal information Date of birth November 1, 1969 Place of birth Pfäffikon, Switzerland Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Playing position Defender Club information Current club Zulte Waregem (head coach) Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1987–1994 FK Velež Mostar ? (?) 1994–1995 FC Den Bosch 19 (0) 1995–2002 RKC Waalwijk 118 (3) 2002–2003 FK Velež Mostar 27 (0) 2003–2004 AGOVV Apeldoorn 32 (1) 2004–2006 De Graafschap 24 (1) Total 220 (5) Teams managed 2009–2011 De Graafschap 2011– Zulte Waregem * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Darije Kalezić (born November 1, 1969 in Pfäffikon, Switzerland) is a Bosnian football manager and former player currently serving as head coach of Belgian Pro League club Zulte Waregem. He also holds Swiss passport.
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Playing career
Kalezić spent all his career between his native country of Bosnia, where he played for FK Velež Mostar, and the Netherlands as player for FC Den Bosch, RKC Waalwijk, AGOVV Apeldoorn, De Graafschap. He retired in 2006.
Coaching career
After retirement from football as a player, Kalezić accepted to stay at De Graafschap as a reserve/youth team coach from 2006 to 2008, and later on being promoted as assistant.[1]
On February 25, 2009 he was appointed interim manager of De Graafschap after previous manager Henk van Stee was dismissed due to poor results. Even though the team relegated at the end of the season, Kalezić was confirmed as head coach for the new season, in which he led the promptly bounce back into the Eredivisie by claiming the 2009–10 Eerste Divisie title.[1] He saved the team from relegation in 2010–11, leaving the club at the end of the season. On June 2011 he was announced as new head coach of Belgian Pro League club Zulte Waregem.
Personal life
Kalezić's father is from Montenegro and his mother is from Sanski Most, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2] His parents were working in Switzerland when he was born, but they moved back to Mostar when Darije was a little boy.[2]
Honours
As a coach
With De Graafschap:
- Eerste Divisie: 2010
References
- ^ a b (in Dutch) Seizoengids 2010/2011. Voetbal International. August 2010. p. 78.
- ^ a b http://san.ba/index.php?id=15451
External links
- (German) Profile at transfermarkt.de
De Graafschap – managers IJssennagger (1954–55) · Huber (1955) · Poulus (1955–59) · Engel (1959) · Jones (1960–62) · Teunissen (1962–67) · Zonderland (1967–71) · van Lingen (1971) · de Visser (1971–74) · Teunissen (1974–76) · Polak (a.i.) (1976) · Dorjee (1976–77) · Ellens (1977–78) · van de Meent (1978–80) · Ruijgrok (1980–83) · Popovics (1983–85) · van Brussel (1985–87) · Verbeek (1987–89) · Stehouwer (1989) · Zweers (1989) · Kistemaker (1989–93) · Versleijen (1993–94) · Körver (1994–95) · van Doorneveld (1995) · Korbach (1995–98) · van Doorneveld (1998–99) · Thijssen (1999) · Morales (1999) · McDonald (1999–2000) · Koolhof (a.i.) (2000) · Marsman (2000–01) · Koolhof (2001–02) · Bosz (2002–03) · Adelaar (2003–04) · Kruys (2004–05) · Ulderink (a.i.) (2005) · de Jonge (2005–08) · van Stee (2008–09) · Kalezić (2009–11) · Ulderink (2011–)
S.V. Zulte Waregem – current squad 1 Bossut · 2 Minne · 3 Colpaert · 4 De Fauw · 5 Maréval · 6 Sterckx · 7 Habibou · 8 Hamalainen · 9 Chevalier · 10 Trajkovski · 11 Milunović · 12 Matton · 15 Vandenbroucke · 16 Skúlason · 17 Sivakov · 18 Hadzić · 19 Rossini · 20 Van Der Haegen · 21 Maazou · 22 Muyters · 23 Verstraete · 24 D'Haene · 25 Otte · 26 Naessens · 27 Dachelet · 28 Delaplace · 29 Serwy · Manager: Kalezić
Mario Been · 
Marc Brys · Jan Ceulemans · 
Christoph Daum · Ariël Jacobs · Chris Janssens · 
Darije Kalezić · Peter Maes · Jacky Mathijssen · Bob Peeters · 
Trond Sollied · José Riga · Franky Van der Elst · Ronny Van Geneugden · Hein Vanhaezebrouck · Dennis van WijkCategories:- Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers
- FK Velež Mostar players
- FC Den Bosch players
- RKC Waalwijk players
- AGOVV Apeldoorn players
- De Graafschap players
- Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers
- De Graafschap managers
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Bosnia and Herzegovina football biography stubs
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