Aljoša Asanović
Personal information | |||||||||||
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Date of birth | 14 December 1965 | ||||||||||
Place of birth | Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||
–1984 | Hajduk Split | ||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
1984 | Split | ||||||||||
1984–1990 | Hajduk Split | 139 | (36) | ||||||||
1990–1991 | Metz | 35 | (13) | ||||||||
1991–1992 | Cannes | 28 | (7) | ||||||||
1992–1994 | Montpellier | 43 | (10) | ||||||||
1994–1996 | Hajduk Split | 33 | (8) | ||||||||
1995–1996 | → Valladolid (loan) | 8 | (1) | ||||||||
1996–1997 | Derby County | 38 | (5) | ||||||||
1997–1998 |
Napoli | 15 | (0) | ||||||||
1998–2000 | Panathinaikos | 44 | (9) | ||||||||
2000–2001 | Austria Wien | 0 | (0) | ||||||||
2001 |
Sydney United | 4 | (1) | ||||||||
2001–2002 | Toronto Croatia | ||||||||||
2002 | Hajduk Split | 1 | (0) | ||||||||
Total | 388 | (90) | |||||||||
International career | |||||||||||
1987–1988 | Yugoslavia | 3 | (0) | ||||||||
1990–2000 | Croatia | 62 | (3) | ||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||
2006–2012 | Croatia (assistant) | ||||||||||
2012–2013 |
Lokomotiv Moscow (assistant) | ||||||||||
2015–2017 | Dunajská Streda (technical director) | ||||||||||
2017–2018 | Melbourne Knights | ||||||||||
2018–2019 | Al-Ittihad (assistant) | ||||||||||
2019–2021 | Croatia (diaspora instructor) | ||||||||||
2021–2022 | Zambia (technical director) | ||||||||||
2022 | Zambia | ||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Aljoša Asanović (born 14 December 1965) is a Croatian football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He was regarded as one of the best players in the Yugoslav First League, emerging as one of five top scorers during the 1989–90 season with 14 goals.
Asanović is best known for his great performance in the mid-to-late 1990s when he played for
Club career
Early Days
Born in
French Clubs
He spent one season with Metz, during which he made total of 35 appearances and scored 13 goals.
In the summer of 1991, he moved to another French club, Cannes, where he also spent only one season.
At the beginning of the 1992/93 season, he was signed by his third club in France: Montpellier. He appeared in total of 43 matches and scored ten goals in the process. He stayed with the club for two seasons, until the summer of 1994.
Hajduk Split
After four seasons in France, he was summoned by his native club Hajduk Split in 1994. The club signed Asanović and several other important players such as
In the summer of 1995, he was loaned to Spanish La Liga team Real Valladolid.
Derby County
In July 1996, Asanović was signed by Premier League club Derby County, where he played alongside his former Hajduk teammate Igor Štimac. He spent one and a half seasons with Derby County and appeared in 38 domestic league matches.
At the start of the 1997–98 season, with the 1998 FIFA World Cup looming in the summer, he was not a regular in the Derby side and decided to leave the club in December 1997 in order to find his form for the summer tournament in France.
Napoli
In the winter of 1997, Asanović changed clubs again. After playing for several clubs in Croatia, France, Spain and England, he moved to his fifth different professional football league. This time he moved to Italy, as he signed with
Panathinaikos
After some impressive performances at 1998 FIFA World Cup, he signed with Panathinaikos in Greece. In two seasons with Panathinaikos, he appeared in 44 league matches, scoring nine goals.
Late career
In 2000, he moved to
International career
Asanović was one of the best players for the
Asanović participated in the
His last international match was a 28 May 2000 friendly against France. In total he was
Management career
In 2006, he became assistant manager of the Croatia national team. He held this role from 2006 until 2012, working alongside Slaven Bilić, who was the head coach. He departed when Bilić was replaced by Igor Štimac.
After his departure from the national team, Asanović took up another assistant role, this time in Russia, following Slaven Bilić to Lokomotiv Moscow. Asanović departed the club at the end of the season.
In 2015, Asanović became the new technical director of
In October 2017, Asanović took up a job in Australia, becoming the head coach of National Premier Leagues Victoria side Melbourne Knights.[3]
In October 2018, Asanović took up an assistant coach role with a Saudi Arabian premier league side Al-Ittihad until 2019.
Asanović was the Director and Diaspora instructor for the Croatian Football Federation from 2019 to June 2021 before being appointed Technical Director for the Zambia National Football Team, a role he held till December 2021.
He was appointed as head coach of the Zambian national team in January 2022.[4]
Personal life
Asanović's son Antonio, who was born in France while he was playing for Cannes, is also a footballer.[5]
Career statistics
International goals
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 17 October 1990 | Maksimir, Zagreb | United States | 1 – 0
|
2 – 1 |
Friendly |
2–3 | 8 June 1997 | Olympic, Tokyo
|
Japan | 1 – 3
|
3 – 4 | Friendly |
2 – 3
|
Managerial statistics
As of 23 September 2022.
Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
Melbourne Knights | 2017 | 2018 | — | |||||||
Zambia | 2022 | 2022 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 36.36 |
Note: win or lose by penalty shoot-out is counted as the draw in time.
Honours
Player
Hajduk Split
- Croatian First League: 1994–95
- Croatian Cup: 1995
- Croatian Super Cup: 1994
- Yugoslav Cup: 1987, 1991
Montpellier
- 1992
Individual
Manager
Zambia
Orders
References
- ^ "Toronto Croatia Hit Hard For Using Ineligible Players – Forfeit games, heavy fines in CPSL shakeup". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. CPSL press release. 31 July 2001. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ Mamrud, Roberto (24 November 2003). "Aljosa Asanovic – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
- ^ "Asanovic and Racunica commit to Knights for 2018". Melbourne Knights FC. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Zambia appoint Asanovic as head coach" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Asanović je pred potpisom ugovora za francuskog prvoligaša Valenciennes". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 2 November 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "ODLUKU KOJOM SE ODLIKUJU REDOM DANICE HRVATSKE S LIKOM FRANJE BUČARA" (in Croatian). hrvatska.poslovniforum.hr.
- ^ "PREDSJEDNIK TUDJMAN ODLIKOVAO HRVATSKU NOGOMETNU REPREZENTACIJU" (in Croatian). hrt.hr. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016.
External links
- Aljoša Asanović at the Croatian Football Federation
- Aljoša Asanović – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Aljoša Asanović at National-Football-Teams.com
- Aljoša Asanović at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)