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Nick Robert Dasovic (born December 5, 1968) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He is currently an assistant coach for Detroit City FC.
He began his career with Croatian club HNK Segesta in 1988, followed by short stints at NK Dinamo Zagreb and NK Zagreb. He moved back to his homeland in 1991, playing first for North York Rockets, then the newly formed Montreal Impact in 1993. In 1995, he joined Vancouver 86ers before returning to Europe briefly to play for Stade Briochin. Another period with Vancouver 86ers in 1996 was followed by a short stint in Sweden with Trelleborgs FF. He finished his playing career with Scottish club St Johnstone, with whom he spent six years and made over 100 league appearances. He won promotion to the Scottish top flight in his first season in Perth.
Dasovic represented the Canada men's national soccer team on 63 occasions between 1992 and 2004, scoring twice.
His coaching career began with Whitecaps FC in 2006. He became manager of TFC Academy in 2008, a role he balanced briefly with a stint as manager of the Canada under-23s. In 2010, he was named interim manager of Toronto FC. The following year, he was installed as manager of the Canada under-20s, a role in which he remained for two years.
In 2019, he re-joined the Vancouver Whitecaps FC organization, first with the Vancouver Whitecaps U23 team, and then again as manager of the Whitecaps FC Academy U-19s.
He was announced as the new assistant coach for Detroit City FC of the USL Championship under head coach Danny Dichio on August 20, 2024.
He began playing in Canada professionally with the North York Rockets, of the former Canadian Soccer League, for whom he played the 1991 and 1992 seasons. Dasovic played the 1993 and 1994 seasons in the American Professional Soccer League with the Montreal Impact.
Dasovic played for Stade Briochin in the French Championnat National in 1995 and for Swedish Allsvenskan side Trelleborgs FF in 1996.Nick Dasovic at playerhistry.com
His final international game was a January 2004 friendly match against Barbados.
| 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
On May 6, 2008, Dasovic joined MLS club Toronto FC as TFC Academy head coach and second assistant to the first team. He became first assistant when manager John Carver left the club in 2009 and was replaced by his understudy Chris Cummins as interim coach. In September 2010, he became interim head coach of Toronto FC after the firing of Preki, a position he held until January 2011 when Aron Winter became the head coach. On December 2, 2011, Dasovic was named head coach of Canada U20 national team.[3] - Canada Soccer Association
Dasovic was hired as an assistant coach by the San Jose Earthquakes on June 18, 2013. Dasovic was relieved of coaching duties at San Jose along with head coach Mark Watson on October 15, 2014.
Dasovic received his UEFA Pro Licence from the Scottish Football Association in 2012.
Dasovic coached the U-15 team at Burnaby FC in 2017. In July 2018, Dasovic was hired as an assistant manager for Simon Fraser University Men's Soccer team. Canada Soccer Hall of Famer Nick Dasovic joins men’s soccer staff, athletics.sfu.ca, July 4, 2018
On January 18, 2019, Dasovic joined the technical staff of Vancouver Whitecaps and was named head coach of the newly formed U-23 development squad. Whitecaps FC add Nick Dasovic to technical staff as U-23 development squad head coach, whitecapsfc.com, January 18, 2019
In January 2021, Vancouver reorganized their Academy staff and Dasovic became the manager for the Whitecaps FC Academy U-19 team.
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