Dražen Besek

Dražen Besek

Personal information
Date of birth	10 March 1963 (1963-03-10) (age 48)
Place of birth	Varaždin, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Shanghai Shenhua
Youth career
	Varteks
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1982–1984	Varteks	31	(2)
1984–1985	Olimpija Ljubljana	17	(2)
1985–1991	Dinamo Zagreb	130	(17)
1991–1993	Stade de Vallauris
1993	Ikast FS	17	(1)
1996–1997	Casino Salzburg
1998–1999	Varteks	11	(0)
Teams managed
1998–1999	Varteks (player-manager)
2000	NK Čakovec
2001–2002	Slaven Belupo
2002–2003	Varteks
2004–2005	Zagłębie Lubin
2007	Drava Ptuj
2007–2009	Varteks
2010	Shanghai Shenhua (assistant)
2011	China U-23 (assistant)
2011–	Shanghai Shenhua
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Dražen Besek (born 10 March 1963) is a retired Croatian professional football midfielder who played for several clubs in Croatia and Europe. He is currently the head coach of Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua.

Club career

Besek played for NK Dinamo Zagreb in the Yugoslav First League. Later he joined French Stade de Vallauris, Danish Ikast FS (now called FC Midtjylland) and Austrian SV Casino Salzburg (now called FC Red Bull Salzburg).

Coaching career

Besek is currently an assistant coach for Shanghai Shenhua in China. Prior to this, he was the head coach for Croatian side Varteks Varazdin, his hometown team.^[1] He has also led NK Čakovec and Zagłębie Lubin.^[2] He was appointed as the head coach of Shanghai Shenhua to replace Xi Zhikang on 10 August 2011.^[3]

References

1. ^ Drazen Besek.
2. ^ Dražen Besek
3. ^ 申花快讯：克罗地亚人拜塞克出任申花新主帅.

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Persondata
Name	Besek, Drazen
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	10 March 1963
Place of birth	Varaždin, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death