Jerko Leko

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Jerko Leko
Leko with Dinamo Zagreb in 2013
Personal information
Full name Jerko Leko
Date of birth (1980-04-09) 9 April 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Jarun (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Dinamo Zagreb 45 (5)
2002–2006 Dynamo Kyiv 61 (7)
2002–2006Dynamo-2 Kyiv 2 (0)
2006–2010 Monaco 85 (4)
2010–2011 Bucaspor 30 (2)
2011–2014 Dinamo Zagreb 63 (5)
2014–2016
Lokomotiva
55 (4)
Total 339 (27)
International career
1999 Croatia U19 2 (0)
2000 Croatia U20 3 (0)
2001 Croatia U21 1 (0)
2002–2009 Croatia 59 (2)
Managerial career
2017–2021
Lokomotiva
(U19)
2021 Hrvatski Dragovoljac
2021
Lokomotiva
2021– Jarun
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jerko Leko (born 9 April 1980) is a Croatian professional

Druga HNL club Jarun. He primarily played as a central midfielder, but could also operate as a right one, or more defensively, as a right-back
.

Club career

Leko's career began with

Dynamo Kyiv in 2002 for €5.5 million (then a club record).[1] In his first season in Ukraine, Dynamo won the double
, with Leko playing 18 times.

In February 2006, it was announced that Leko would be leaving Dynamo Kyiv, having turned down a new contract offer. He subsequently signed for French side AS Monaco on a free transfer on 4 June 2006.

In July 2009,

Wolverhampton Wanderers as they would not meet his wage demands of £30,000 per week (approx. $49,000) net. On 18 June 2010, Bucaspor signed Leko to a two-year deal on a free transfer from Monaco.[3]
On 25 May, it was confirmed that Leko signed a two-year deal with Dinamo Zagreb.

In August 2014 he moved to

NK Lokomotiva on loan.[4] In 2015, he permanently joined Lokomotiva for the last season of his professional career.[1]

International career

Leko made his

the final stage's
squad, but only played 22 minutes during the tournament.

Selected to represent the nation in the

Australia. He was also part of the final squad for Euro 2008
.

At the tournament quarter-final clash between Croatia and

friendly match in 2009 against Qatar.[5]

International goals

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 29 March 2003 Maksimir, Zagreb  Belgium
4 – 0
4 – 0
UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
2 1 February 2006 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong  Hong Kong
2 – 0
4 – 0
2006 Carlsberg Cup

Managerial career

Leko started his managerial career by succeeding

Lokomotiva's U19s in the summer of 2017, leading them through 2017–18 UEFA Youth League.[6] They were, however, eliminated by Željezničar in the second round.[7]

On 5 January 2021, he succeeded

Prva HNL.[10] He had his managerial debut on 22 January in a home 3–0 defeat to Osijek.[11] He achieved his first career victory on 30 January, beating Hajduk Split 1–0 away.[12] He was sacked on 13 March, after a 1–0 defeat to Istra 1961.[13]

In July, 2021, Leko was named the manager of

Managerial statistics

As of 26 September 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 5 January 2021 9 January 2021 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Lokomotiva
9 January 2021 13 March 2021 11 2 2 7 5 19 −14 018.18
Jarun 9 July 2021 present 7 3 3 1 14 9 +5 042.86
Career totals 18 5 5 8 19 28 −9 027.78

Honours

Player

Dinamo Zagreb

Dynamo Kyiv

References

  1. ^ a b "POSLJEDNJA POLUSEZONA U BOGATOJ KARIJERI Odlazi ikona HNL-a koja je upisala 436 utakmica, 36 golova i rekordan 151 žuti karton!". jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 16 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  2. ^ The Times
  3. ^ Jerko Leko İzmir’de Archived 19 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Leko moved to Lokomotiva on a loan
  5. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  6. ^ Tironi, Hrvoje (26 September 2017). "Lokomotiva otvara juniorsku Ligu prvaka" (in Croatian). Goal. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  7. ^ Tironi, Hrvoje (22 November 2017). "Željezničar U19 v Lokomotiva Zagreb U19 izvještaj, 22. 11. 2017., UEFA Youth League" (in Croatian). Goal. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Prvo mjesto nije dovoljno: Jerko Leko mijenja Perkovića na klupi Hrvatskog dragovoljca". Telesport (in Croatian). Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Jerko Leko novi trener prve momčadi – NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac". NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac (in Croatian). 5 January 2021. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Jerko Leko novi je trener Lokomotive!". NK Lokomotiva (in Croatian). 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  11. ^ Jurišić, Predrag; Mršnik, Patrik (22 January 2021). "Video: Pogledajte kako je Bjeličin Osijek protutnjao Kranjčevićevom! Nova sjajna predstava Miereza". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  12. ^ Ničota, Tomo (1 February 2021). "Srušili su Hajduk, a sada žele i Dinamo sa Sammirom na Maksimiru: 'Zadnjih dana se stvarno trudi!'". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  13. ^ Jurišić, Predrag (13 March 2021). "Leko više nije trener Lokomotive! Klub je uzdrman nakon novog nokauta, a raspored do kraja je grozan". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Jerko Leko postao novi trener drugoligaša NK Jaruna". vecernji.hr (in Croatian). 6 July 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.

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