Dragan Skočić
![]() Skočić in 2020 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 3 September 1968 | ||
Place of birth | Rijeka, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tractor (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987–1991 | Rijeka | 20 | (2) |
1991–1993 | Las Palmas | 41 | (6) |
1993–1996 | Compostela | 12 | (0) |
1996 | Rijeka | 2 | (0) |
2001–2004 | Novalja | ||
2004 | Al-Ittihad Kalba | ||
Managerial career | |||
2005–2006 | Rijeka | ||
2007–2008 | Interblock | ||
2009–2010 | Al-Arabi | ||
2011 | Al Nassr | ||
2012 | Rijeka | ||
2013–2014 | Malavan | ||
2014–2016 | Foolad | ||
2018 | Khooneh be Khooneh | ||
2019–2020 | Sanat Naft | ||
2020–2022 | Iran | ||
2023–2024 | Croatia U21 | ||
2024– | Tractor | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dragan Skočić (born 3 September 1968) is a Croatian professional football coach and former player who is the manager of Iranian club Tractor.
Skočić played as a midfielder in Croatia, Spain and the UAE for Rijeka, Las Palmas, Compostela, Novalja and Al-Ittihad Kalba.
Playing career
[edit]Skočić, a midfielder, played professional club football in Croatia for Rijeka and NK Novalja,[1] in Spain for Las Palmas and Compostela,[2][3][4] and in the UAE for Al-Ittihad Kalba.[5] He was the first player from the Croatian football league who went abroad to play professionally.[6]
Coaching career
[edit]Early career
[edit]After his playing career, Skočić went on to complete the Football Academy at the Croatian Football Academy and the Coach Education and Training Department at the Zagreb Faculty of Kinesiology, receiving an UEFA-PRO Coach diploma and a Professional Bachelor of the Coaching Profession.[7][non-primary source needed]
Rijeka
[edit]He became manager of his hometown club, Rijeka, in 2005. Skočić secured one trophy for the club, winning the Croatian Cup for the 2005–06 season.[8]
Interblock Ljubljana
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In 2007, he became the head coach of the Slovenian club Interblock Ljubljana, while the club was in a difficult situation on the league scale. Only two years after the club was founded and under the management of Skočić, the club achieved outstanding results in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. Not only did they manage to stay in the first league, but they also won two trophies in the 2007–08 season, the Slovenian Cup[9] and a Super Cup.[10]
Al Arabi
[edit]Skočić took a year long sabbatical from coaching following his time at Interblock,[11] and in the 2009–10 season, he took over the management of the Al-Arabi club in Kuwait. Under his leadership as head coach, the club played in two finals, the Crown Prince Cup and the Federation Cup. Also under Skočić, Al-Arabi played in the AFC Cup quarter-finals.[12]
Al Nassr
[edit]Following Kuwait, in the 2010–11 season, Skočić was engaged by the Al Nassr football club from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, one of the most prominent football clubs in the Arab world. Under Skočić, Al Nassr qualified for the third round of the AFC Champions League, after having played a successful season of competitions within the group. On 25 May 2011, he was sacked after a disappointing 4–1 loss to 2010 AFC Champions League finalists Zob Ahan, and was replaced by Portuguese boss Eurico Gomes.[13]
Return to Rijeka
[edit]In March 2012 Skočić returned to take over the management of his hometown club Rijeka by replacing Ivo Ištuk as head coach, and became the third coach to take charge of the club in the 2011–12 Prva HNL season.[14] Skočić inherited a defensively frail side that was 2 points off the relegation zone and was tasked with saving the team from relegation.[15] Upon a 2-0 defeat to Cibalia, the club fell to the 12th place in the league.[16] After just 43 days in charge,[17] Skočić was relieved of his position, following a series of poor results, and was replaced by his assistant, Mladen Ivančić.[18][19][20]
Malavan
[edit]On 26 May 2013, Skočić was announced as head coach of Malavan for the upcoming season. He signed a two-year contract with the club.[21] He led the club to the seventh place, their best league finish since 2005.[22]
Foolad
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On 23 May 2014, Skočić was named as new head coach of Iran Pro League title-holders Foolad,[23] on a one-year contract, replacing Hossein Faraki who resigned on the following day.[24] In May 2015, Skočić received the award for coach of the month and signed a two-year contract extension to keep him at the club until July 2017.[25] In November 2015 after poor scores with the club, Skočić was linked with the vacant head coach position at Sepahan F.C. but the job went to his compatriot, Igor Štimac.[26] After an unsuccessful transfer to Sepahan, he remained as Foolad's head coach according to his contract.[27][28] He left the club on 1 June 2016.[29]
Khooneh be Khooneh Babol
[edit]On 16 January 2018 he became manager of F.C. Khooneh be Khooneh (Rayka Babol) replacing formerly resigned Javad Nekounam.[30] He soon went on a streak by getting 13 points out of his first 5 games and also leading the second tier team into Hazfi Cup's final.[31][32]
Sanat Naft
[edit]In July 2019 he became manager of Sanat Naft.[33]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Esteghlal_FC_vs_Sanat_Naft_Abadan_FC%2C_5_November_2019_-_006.jpg/220px-Esteghlal_FC_vs_Sanat_Naft_Abadan_FC%2C_5_November_2019_-_006.jpg)
Iran national team
[edit]On 6 February 2020, Skočić was named head coach of the Iran national team.[34] He managed to take Iran to the 2022 World Cup as the winner of Group A by scoring 25 points out of 10 matches in the third round of the World Cup qualifiers and set the best performance of the Iran national football team in the World Cup qualifiers.[35][36]
He was replaced as the Iranian national team manager on 7 September 2022.[37]
Croatia national under-21 team
[edit]On 14 April 2023, Dragan Skočić was appointed as the manager of the Croatia national under-21 team.[38][39]
Tractor
[edit]In July 2024 he became manager of Iranian club Tractor.[40][41]
Career statistics
[edit]Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Yugoslavia | League | Yugoslav Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
1987–88 | Rijeka | Yugoslav First League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | - | - | 0 | 0 |
1988–89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | - | - | 0 | 0 | ||
1989–90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||
1990–91 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | – | - | - | 23 | 2 | ||
Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Supercopa de España | Europe | Total | |||||||
1991–92 | Las Palmas | Segunda División | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | - | - | 7 | 0 |
1992–93 | Segunda División B | 34 | 6 | - | - | – | – | - | - | 34 | 6 | |
1993–94 | SD Compostela | Segunda División | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | - | - | 9 | 0 |
1994–95 | La Liga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | - | - | 2 | 0 | |
1995–96 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | - | - | 3 | 0 | ||
Croatia | League | Croatian Cup | Super Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
1995–96 | Rijeka | Prva HNL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | - | - | 3 | 0 |
Total | 75 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 8 |
Managerial statistics
[edit]Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
HNK Rijeka | 1 October 2005 | 30 September 2006 | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 55.56 |
NK Interblock | 3 March 2007 | 1 June 2008 | 49 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 40.82 |
Al-Arabi SC | 1 August 2009 | 30 June 2010 | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 63.89 |
Al-Nassr FC | 11 January 2011 | 26 May 2011 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 44.44 |
HNK Rijeka | 19 March 2012 | 30 April 2012 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14.29 |
Malavan | 28 May 2013 | 19 April 2014 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 44.83 |
Foolad | 23 May 2014 | 30 June 2016 | 69 | 27 | 18 | 24 | 39.13 |
Khooneh be Khooneh | 17 January 2018 | 12 October 2018 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 47.83 |
Sanat Naft | 2 July 2019 | 3 February 2020 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 52.63 |
Iran | 6 February 2020 | 7 September 2022 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 83.33 |
Total | 304 | 148 | 68 | 88 | 48.68 |
Honours
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Skocic_rijeka.jpg/220px-Skocic_rijeka.jpg)
Player
[edit]- Las Palmas
- Compostela
Manager
[edit]- Rijeka[46]
- Interblock Ljubljana[46]
- Khoone be Khoone
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External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Dragan Skočić at Soccerway.com
- Dragan Skočić at WorldFootball.net
- Dragan Skočić at BDFutbol
- Dragan Skočić at FBref.com
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Rijeka
- Men's association football midfielders
- Yugoslav men's footballers
- Croatian men's footballers
- HNK Rijeka players
- UD Las Palmas players
- SD Compostela footballers
- NK Novalja players
- Kalba FC players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- La Liga players
- Croatian Football League players
- UAE Pro League players
- Croatian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Croatian football managers
- HNK Rijeka managers
- NK IB 1975 Ljubljana managers
- Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) managers
- Al Nassr FC managers
- Malavan F.C. managers
- Foolad F.C. managers
- Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. managers
- Iran national football team managers
- Kuwait Premier League managers
- Saudi Pro League managers
- Persian Gulf Pro League managers
- Croatian expatriate football managers
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- Expatriate football managers in Slovenia
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
- Expatriate football managers in Kuwait
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Iran
- Expatriate football managers in Iran
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia
- Tractor S.C. managers