Boro Primorac (; born 5 December 1954) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former Football player who most recently managed Croatian First Football League club Hajduk Split.
Playing career
Club
Primorac featured as a centre half with Yugoslavian clubs Velež Mostar and
Hajduk Split, as well as for French teams
Lille OSC and
AS Cannes.
International
Primorac played at the senior level for Yugoslavia whom he captained in the late 1970s.
He made his debut for them in a February 1976
friendly match away against Tunisia and has earned a total of 14 caps, scoring no goals. Primorac went on to be triumphant as Yugoslavia won the gold medal in football at the 1979 Mediterranean Games. He also was a part of the Yugoslavian squad which got to the semi-finals of the 1980 Summer Olympics. All together Primorac was capped a sum of 18 times for Yugoslavia.
His final international was a November 1980 World Cup qualification match against Italy.
Managerial career
After his playing days came to an end, Primorac went on to manage French clubs
AS Cannes and
Valenciennes FC.
He then worked under Frenchman Arsène Wenger at Grampus Eight in Japan before joining him at
Arsenal Stadium in March 1997. He then served under Wenger within the role of assistant coach at Arsenal.
On 4 November 2020, Primorac was appointed manager of Croatian club Hajduk Split, which was his first job as a head coach after 26 years.
Managerial statistics
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| AS Cannes | 1 July 1990 | 30 June 1992
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| Valenciennes FC | 29 August 1992 | 30 June 1993
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| Guinea | 1 January 1994 | 30 July 1994
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| Hajduk Split | 4 November 2020 | 18 January 2021
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Personal life
Primorac is an ethnic
Bosnian Croat.
[ Wenger: The Legend] He is reportedly fluent in nine languages; his native
Bosnian language and Croatian,
French language,
English language, Japanese,
German language,
Spanish language, Portuguese and
Italian language. His son
Jure Primorac is also a professional footballer.
Honours
Player
International
Yugoslavia
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Mediterranean Games: 1979
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