Denis Velić
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 7 October 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Sweden | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
–2000 | Torstorp IF | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2005 | Östers IF | 88 | (12) |
2006–2010 | Syrianska FC | 81 | (6) |
2011–2016 | Östers IF | 160 | (33) |
2017 | Åryds IK | ||
Managerial career | |||
2017–2019 | Östers IF (U21) | ||
2017–2019 | Östers IF (assistant) | ||
2019–2021 | Östers IF | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Denis Velić (born 7 October 1982) is a Swedish football manager and a former player.[1]
Career
[edit]Coaching career and post-retirement
[edit]In January 2014, Velić began working as a project manager for integration projects within Växjö Municipality. In August 2015, he was hired by OnePartnerGroup as a salesman and later customer manager.[2]
Retiring at the end of 2016, Velić was hired as assistant coach of Thomas Askebrand at his last club Östers IF and also head coach of the club's U21 team.[3] Beside his duties at Östers, he also played a season with Swedish amateur club, Åryds IK, in 2017 together with his former teammate Patrik Bojent.[4]
On 29 July 2019, he was appointed interim head coach of Östers after Christian Järdler was fired.[5] Velić avoided relegation from Superettan and was rewarded with a permanent two-year contract with an option for one further year on 22 November 2019.[6] He left Öster at the end of the 2021 season.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Denis Velić". Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
- ^ Denis Velic´ förstärker OnePartnerGroup Växjö, mynewsdesk.com, 21 August 2015
- ^ Velic ny assisterande tränare för Öster!‚ ostersif.se, 8 December 2016
- ^ Åryds IK - Denis Velic spelar i Åryds IK 2017. Denis som är ..., facebook.com, 22 February 2017
- ^ Officiellt: Denis Velic tar över Östers IF, fotbolltransfers.com, 29 July 2019
- ^ Denis Velic ny tränare för Östers IF!, ostersif.se, 22 November 2019
- ^ "Östers IF presenterar ny sportslig organisation" (Press release) (in Swedish). Östers IF. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
External links
[edit]- Denis Velić at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- 1982 births
- Östers IF players
- Syrianska FC players
- Allsvenskan players
- Superettan players
- Swedish people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
- Swedish men's footballers
- Living people
- Men's association football midfielders
- Swedish football managers
- Östers IF managers
- Östers IF non-playing staff
- 21st-century Swedish sportsmen
- Swedish football midfielder stubs