 Klafurić withDinamo Zagreb in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1972-07-26)26 July 1972 (age 53) | ||
| Place of birth | Zagreb,SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Široki Brijeg (manager) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2009–2012 | Croatia Women | ||
| 2012–2015 | Dinamo Zagreb (youth) | ||
| 2017 | Gorica | ||
| 2018 | Legia Warsaw | ||
| 2019 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | ||
| 2020 | Ethnikos Achna | ||
| 2021 | Slaven Belupo | ||
| 2022–2023 | Budapest Honvéd | ||
| 2023–2024 | Velež Mostar | ||
| 2024 | TSC | ||
| 2024– | Široki Brijeg | ||
Dean Klafurić (born 26 July 1972) is a Croatian professionalfootball manager who is the manager ofBosnian Premier League clubŠiroki Brijeg.
Klafurić started working as afootball manager in Udarnik in 2005[citation needed]. He accepted the place of manager of theCroatia women's national team in 2009.[1] In 2012, Klafurić was sacked as manager.[2] He then started working in theDinamo Zagreb Academy.[3]
On 16 April 2018, Klafurić took over the caretaker manager role at Polish clubLegia Warsaw after compatriotRomeo Jozak got fired.[4][5] Klafurić would go on to win the domestic cup and a domestic league title double.[6] On 4 June 2018, he was appointed as the manager of Legia Warsaw, before getting sacked on 1 August 2018.[7]
Klafurić later worked as manager ofHrvatski Dragovoljac,[8] Cypriot sideEthnikos Achna andSlaven Belupo.
On 24 October 2022, Klafurić was appointed manager ofNemzeti Bajnokság I clubBudapest Honvéd.[9] He managed his first Budapest Honvéd match againstFehérvár, losing 1–0 at theBozsik Aréna on 29 October 2022.[10]
On 30 August 2023,Bosnian Premier League sideVelež Mostar appointed Klafurić as manager on a two-year deal.[11] His first match in charge was a 4–2 away win againstIgman Konjic on 16 September 2023.[12]
Klafurić suffered his first defeat as Velež manager againstBorac Banja Luka on 1 October 2023.[13] In his first everMostar derby, Klafurić's side were defeated byZrinjski on 18 October 2023.[14] He led the club to a 3–0 home win against Zrinjski on 13 November 2023, Velež's first derby win in three years.[15] He finished theseason with Velež in third place, qualifying for the2024–25 UEFA Conference League first qualifying round.[16]
On 17 June 2024, it was announced by Velež that Klafurić had surprisingly left the club by mutual consent.[17]
On 1 July 2024, Klafurić was announced as manager ofSerbian SuperLiga clubTSC.[18] The club had qualified for theUEFA Europa League play-off by finishing third in the national league in theprevious season.[19]
TSC was drawn to play againstMaccabi Tel Aviv in the play-off in August, and went on to lose 8–1 on aggregate, to drop down to the2024–25 UEFA Conference League. However, following a string of poor results, which saw him win only two games in the opening five league matches of the season, Klafurić resigned on 30 August 2024.[20]
Klafurić returned to the Bosnian Premier League in December 2024, having been revealed as manager ofŠiroki Brijeg on 20 December.[21] His first match in charge was a 1–0 home win againstGOŠK Gabela in aBosnian Cup game on 8 February 2025.[22]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Gorica | 1 July 2017 | 12 September 2017 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 083.33 |
| Legia Warsaw | 16 April 2018 | 1 August 2018 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 073.33 |
| Ethnikos Achna | 1 January 2020 | 27 October 2020 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 031.82 |
| Slaven Belupo | 1 July 2021 | 27 August 2021 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 014.29 |
| Budapest Honvéd | 24 October 2022 | 28 May 2023 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 022.73 |
| Velež Mostar | 30 August 2023 | 17 June 2024 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 050.00 |
| TSC | 29 June 2024 | 30 August 2024 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 028.57 |
| Široki Brijeg | 20 December 2024 | Present | 39 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 043.59 |
| Total | 150 | 64 | 30 | 56 | 042.67 | ||
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