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).
Italian coach Roberto De Zerbi will become the head coach of Football Club Shakhtar for the next two seasons, the club’s official website reported on Tuesday.
“On May 25, the Italian specialist arrived in Kyiv and met with the Shakhtar president Rinat Akhmetov. During his two-day visit, Roberto De Zerbi will get acquainted with the infrastructure in the capital of Ukraine – the Miners’ training complex in Sviatoshyno and the NSC Olimpiysky where the team play their home matches,” the message reads.
The Italian became the 34th head coach in the history of Shakhtar.
Roberto De Zerbi was born in Brescia on June 6, 1979
He started his player career in the Milan youth team. He also played for Monza (1998), Padova (1998-2000), Avellino (2000-2001; 2008-2009), Lecco (2001-2002), Foggia (2002-2004), Arezzo (2004-2005), Catania (2005-2006), Napoli (2006-2008; 2009-2010), Brescia (2008), Romanian CFR Cluj (2010-2012) and Trento (2013).
His worked as a coach in such football clubs as Darfo Boario (2013-2014), Foggia (2014–2016), Palermo (2016), Benevento (2017-2018), and Sassuolo (2018-2021).
