Nedžad Žerić (born 6 August 1972) is a Bosnian retired football player, who currently is football manager of Kozara Gradiška. Besides Bosnia and Herzegovina, he has played in Israel.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nedžad Žerić | ||
| Date of birth | (1972-08-06) 6 August 1972 (age 49) | ||
| Place of birth | Prijedor, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Kozara Gradiška (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1996 | Travnik | 29 | (6) |
| 1996–1998 | Jedinstvo Bihać | 59 | (3) |
| 1998–1999 | Tzafririm Holon | 30 | (1) |
| 2001–2003 | Jedinstvo Bihać | 61 | (12) |
| 2004–2006 | Travnik | 55 | (10) |
| 2006–2007 | Jedinstvo Bihać | 23 | (2) |
| 2009–2012 | Rudar Prijedor | 85 | (9) |
| National team | |||
| 1997 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012–2013 | Rudar Prijedor (assistant) | ||
| 2016 | Podgrmeč | ||
| 2017 | Jedinstvo Bihać | ||
| 2018–2019 | Rudar Prijedor | ||
| 2019– | Kozara Gradiška | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He was captain of Rudar Prijedor for four seasons and had a three-year spell in Israel.[2]
Žerić made his debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a September 1997 World Cup qualification match away against Croatia and has earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was a November 1997 friendly match away against Tunisia.[3]
In September 2015, Žerić earned his UEFA coaching license, the second former Rudar Prijedor player to do so after Željko Buvač.[4]
He was expected to take over managerial duties from Igor Janković at Kozara Gradiška in 2019[5] after earlier leading the charges at Jedinstvo Bihać, Rudar Prijedor and Podgrmeč, where he had succeeded Alen Mešanović in February 2016.[6] He only lasted two months at Podgrmeč, though.[7] He replaced Selam Tulić at Jedinstvo in January 2017,[8] but left the club after saving them from relegation in June 2017.[9]
He had worked as an assistant to head coach Velimir Stojnić at Rudar and temporarily took over when Stojnić was sacked in March 2013.[10]