The management of FC Shakhtar presented the new head coach. Bosnian Marino Pusic became him, the club’s press service reports.
“The contract with the mentor is designed until the end of the season-2025/26”, – is indicated in the message.
Pušić was born August 18, 1971 in Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina). At the professional level played for Dutch “De Grafshap” (1989-1990, 1992-1993) and “Gow Ahead Eagles” (1990), Serbian “Crvena Zvezda” (1990-1991), Bosnian “Velež” (1991-1992), “Reden” (1993-1994), German “Cologne” (1994-1995), Belgian “Eupen” (1995-1996), Dutch “Babberich” (1996-2000) and “De Trefers” (2000-2001). After finishing his career as a soccer player he played for futsal teams.
He started his coaching path also in futsal, then worked as a mentor at Vitesse Academy (2010-2013), assistant head coach at NAC Breda (2013-2014), Inter (Azerbaijan, 2015), Twente (2015-2018), was head coach of Twente (2018-2019), assistant head coach at AZ Alkmaar (2019-2021) and Feyenoord (2021-2023).
As head coach he won the Eerste Divisie (2019), as assistant head coach he won the Dutch Championship (2023).
