Marino Pušić (born 18 August 1971) is a Croatian retired footballer. He will join Feyenoord as an assistant manager in the season 2021-2022. He got fired as assistant manager of AZ Alkmaar because of this announcement. As a player and a manager he also was active in futsal.[1]
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Marino Pušić | ||
| Date of birth | (1971-08-18) 18 August 1971 (age 51) | ||
| Place of birth |
Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FK Velež Mostar | |||
| Red Star Belgrade | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1990 | De Graafschap | 0 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | Red Star Belgrade | 0 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Velež Mostar | ||
| 1992–1993 | De Graafschap | 0 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Rheden | ||
| 1994–1995 | 1. FC Köln II | ||
| 1995–1996 | Eupen | 6 | (0) |
| 1996–2000 | Babberich | ||
| Doc Shop (Futsal) | |||
| LZV (Futsal) | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| LZV (Futsal) | |||
| 2007–2008 | FC Blok/Carrillion Boys (Futsal) | ||
| 2009–2010 | Leekster Eagles (Futsal) | ||
| 2010–2013 | Vitesse/AGOVV (youth) | ||
| 2013–2014 | NAC Breda (assistant) | ||
| 2015 | Inter Baku (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2018 | FC Twente (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | FC Twente | ||
| 2019–2021 | AZ Alkmaar (assistant) | ||
| 2021– | Feyenoord (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
As a player, Pušić played for De Graafschap, VV Rheden, 1. FC Köln II, and KAS Eupen.[2]
He was part of the Red Star Belgrade squad that won the 1990–91 European Cup, but was still you young to feature in any of their games. After fleeing the Yugoslav Wars for Holland he rejected a move to Croatia Zagreb in 1999 when he played for Dutch Hoofdklasse side Babberich.[3] Pušić later became a club legend at Babberich, when he scored both goals in the 1996 Dutch Amateur Cup final against SHO in De Kuip.[4]
Pušić was a trainer in the Vitesse/AGOVV Football Academy and assistant-manager with NAC Breda, Inter Baku en FC Twente.[5]
On 18 October 2017, he was appointed interim manager at FC Twente after his predecessor René Hake was forced to leave.[6] On 29 October 2017, Gertjan Verbeek was presented as the new manager, after which Pušić fell back in his role as assistant manager. On 26 March 2018, he was promoted to the interim manager position again, as Verbeek was fired.[7] As interim head coach, Pušić failed to save FC Twente's season and finished last in the Eredivisie,[8] thus relegating to the Eerste Divisie. As of the 2018–19 season, Pušić was promoted to head coach.
After finishing in first place and becoming the champions of the Eerste Divisie, and thus securing promotion back to the Eredivisie, Pušić was sacked on 7 May 2019.[9] He was then recruited to become the assistant manager for AZ Alkmaar in May 2019.[10]
In January 2021, Feyenoord announced to have signed Pušić as assistant-manager, starting in the summer of 2021. As manager Arne Slot was previously sent away by AZ Alkmaar for negotiating with Feyenoord, Pušić was sent away by AZ Alkmaar as well.[11]
Rinus Michels Award | |
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| Eerste Divisie | |
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FC Twente – managers | |
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