Denijal Pirić

Denijal Pirić (Bosnian pronunciation: [pǐːritɕ]; born 27 September 1946) is a former Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player.

Denijal Pirić
Personal information
Date of birth (1946-09-27) 27 September 1946
Place of birth Živinice, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Slaven Živinice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1972 Dinamo Zagreb 135 (10)
1972–1977 FK Sarajevo 68 (6)
National team
1969–1970 Yugoslavia 6 (1)
Teams managed
1986–1988 FK Sarajevo
1996 FK Sarajevo
2000–2001 FK Sarajevo
2003 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19
2008 Bosnia and Herzegovina (interim)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Club

Born in the small mining town of Živinice, he started playing football at local side Slaven. Former Slaven coach Vlatko Konjevod then lured him to Dinamo Zagreb and played 8 years for the club. He then joined FK Sarajevo.[1] With Dinamo he won three domestic cups and the 1967 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, beating Don Revie's Leeds United in the final. He played over 350 matches for Dinamo in all competitions.[2]

International

He made his debut for Yugoslavia in an April 1969 World Cup qualification match away against Spain and has earned a total of 6 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a November 1970 friendly match against West Germany.[3]

Managerial career

At the time a youth team coach, Pirić was given a caretaker role of Bosnia and Herzegovina national team to take charge of a home friendly match against Azerbaijan in Zenica, Zenica-Doboj Canton on 1 June 2008 after quick sacking of Meho Kodro. Most players for this match were assembled from the Bosnian League.[4]

Pirić worked as a technical director of Bosnian national teams until his retirement in November 2017.[5]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 6 March 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
PWDLWin %
Bosnia and Hercegovina U-19 1 July 2003 11 November 2003 3 0 0 3 000.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina 18 May 2008 30 June 2008 1 1 0 0 100.00
Total 4 1 0 3 025.00

References
  1. Profile - GNK Dinamo(in Croatian)
  2. Profile - Reprezentacija (in Serbian)
  3. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  4. "Kodro fired as Bosnia-Herzegovina boss". UEFA.com. 17 May 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
  5. "Konkursi se raspisuju i padaju, a Darko Ljubojević primljen u NSBiH". 6 November 2017.
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