Boro Primorac
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Full name | Boro Primorac | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 5 December 1954 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Mostar, FPR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) |
Defender | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1972–1978 | Velež Mostar | 133 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
1978–1983 | Hajduk Split | 157 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
1983–1986 | Lille | 107 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
1986–1990 | Cannes | 111 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 508 | (61) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1976–1980 | Yugoslavia | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
1990–1992 | Cannes | ||||||||||||||||
1992–1993 | Valenciennes | ||||||||||||||||
1994 | Guinea | ||||||||||||||||
1994–1997 | Nagoya Grampus (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
1997–2018 | Arsenal (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Hajduk Split | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Boro Primorac (pronounced
Playing career
Club
Primorac featured as a centre half with Yugoslavian clubs
International
Primorac played at the senior level for
Managerial career
After his playing days came to an end, Primorac went on to manage French clubs AS Cannes and Valenciennes.[5][6] He then worked under Frenchman
On 4 November 2020, Primorac was appointed manager of Croatian club Hajduk Split, which was his first job as a head coach after 26 years.[7] He was intended to be a caretaker, but after 7 points won in 3 matches he had extended the contract to the end of the year. However, Hajduk lost all of its three matches until the end of December and Primorac's contract was not extended again, so he was replaced by Paolo Tramezzani in January 2021.
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 20 December 2020
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Cannes | 1 July 1990 | 30 June 1992 | 89 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 31.46 |
Valenciennes | 29 August 1992 | 30 June 1993 | 39 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 25.64 |
Guinea | 1 January 1994 | 30 July 1994 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20.00 |
Hajduk Split | 4 November 2020 | 18 January 2021 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33.33 |
Total | 139 | 41 | 45 | 53 | 29.5 |
Personal life
Primorac is an ethnic Herzegovinian Croat.[8] He is reportedly fluent in eight languages; his native Bosnian and Croatian, French, English, Japanese, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. His son Jure Primorac is also a professional footballer.[6]
Honours
Player
International
Yugoslavia
References
- ^ a b c "Boro Primorac". Arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
- ^ a b "Bosanci mogu igrati u Engleskoj". San. 27 February 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ a b "Mediterranean Games 1979 (Split, Yugoslavia)". RSSSF.com.
- ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ "France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF.com.
- ^ a b Wheatley, Chris (15 March 2017). "Who is Arsene Wenger's right-hand man Boro Primorac?". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "BORO PRIMORAC VODIT ĆE PRVU MOMČAD HAJDUKA U NAREDNOM RAZDOBLJU". Hajduk (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ Wenger: The Legend[permanent dead link]
External links
- Boro Primorac at National-Football-Teams.com
- Boro Primorac at Reprezentacija.rs(in Serbian)
- Boro Primorac at Arsenal.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 November 2017)