Sergej Jakirović (pronounced [sěrɡej jakǐːroʋitɕ];[2][3] born 23 December 1976) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Bosnian Premier League club Zrinjski Mostar.
![]() Jakirović in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1976-12-23) 23 December 1976 (age 45) | ||
Place of birth | Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia[1] | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back / Defensive midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Zrinjski Mostar (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Neretva | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1996 | Neretva | 24 | (3) |
1996–1998 | RNK Split | ||
1998–1999 | Spartak Trnava | 20 | (2) |
1999–2000 | Istra | 10 | (0) |
2000–2002 | Korotan Prevalje | 51 | (8) |
2002–2004 | Kamen Ingrad | 47 | (5) |
2004–2005 | NK Zagreb | 30 | (6) |
2005–2007 | CSKA Sofia | 32 | (3) |
2007 | FC Superfund | 1 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Rijeka | 21 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Austria Kärnten | 0 | (0) |
2008 | → Austria Kärnten II | 10 | (0) |
2009 | → Spittal/Drau (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2009 | → Austria Kärnten II | 11 | (0) |
2010 | Lučko | 11 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Sesvete | 31 | (5) |
2011 | Sloga Gredelj Zagreb | ||
2011–2013 | Dugo Selo | 49 | (17) |
2013–2015 | Sesvete | 22 | (2) |
2015–2016 | Matija Gubec | ||
National team | |||
2005–2006 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2017–2018 | Sesvete | ||
2018–2020 | Gorica | ||
2020 | Maribor | ||
2020– | Zrinjski Mostar | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jakirović played in the Croatian Prva HNL for Neretva, Istra, Kamen Ingrad, NK Zagreb and Rijeka.[4]
Jakirović made his debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in an August 2005 friendly match away against Estonia and has earned a total of 5 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a February 2006 friendly against Japan.[5]
Between 2017 and 2018, Jakirović managed Sesvete in the Croatian second division.
On 20 June 2018, Jakirović was appointed manager of Prva HNL club Gorica,[6] which he led to fifth place in the 2018–19 league season.[7] On 24 February 2020, following a 6–0 loss to Hajduk Split, he was sacked by the club.[8]
On 23 April 2020, Jakirović was named new manager of Slovenian PrvaLiga club Maribor, replacing Darko Milanič.[9] He was sacked on 29 August 2020 after getting eliminated by the semi-professional Northern Irish team Coleraine in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.[10]
On 28 December 2020, Jakirović became the new manager of Bosnian Premier League club Zrinjski Mostar, signing a three-and-a-half year contract with the club.[11]
In his first game in charge, Zrinjski beat Krupa in a league match on 27 February 2021.[12] He oversaw his first loss as Zrinjski manager in a Bosnian Cup game against Sarajevo, played on 10 March 2021.[13]
On 20 January 2022, Jakirović signed a two-and-a-half year contract extension until 2024.[14] After beating Radnik Bijeljina on 19 March 2022, Zrinjski broke the all-time Bosnian Premier League record with 13 consecutive victories, overpassing the previous record of 12 victories set by Željezničar in the 2011–12 season.[15] On 16 April 2022, he managed Zrinjski to a 4–0 win against Sarajevo, clinching the club's record seventh league title seven rounds before the end of the season.[16]
After getting eliminated from the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round by Moldovan club Sheriff Tiraspol, Jakirović led Zrinjski to the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round, where they got eliminated by Slovak club Slovan Bratislava following a penalty shoot-out, missing out on a chance to play in the group stage.[17]
Born in Mostar, Jakirović has both Bosnian and Croatian citizenship.[18]
Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
Sesvete | 5 June 2017[20] | 18 June 2018[21] | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 050.00 | |||
Gorica | 20 June 2018[6] | 24 February 2020[22] | 63 | 28 | 15 | 20 | 044.44 | |||
Maribor | 23 April 2020[23] | 29 August 2020[24] | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 069.23 | |||
Zrinjski Mostar | 28 December 2020[25] | Present | 76 | 51 | 15 | 10 | 067.11 | |||
Total | 188 | 106 | 37 | 45 | 056.38 |
Spartak Trnava
CSKA Sofia
Zrinjski Mostar
Sèrgej
Jakírović
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