Dino Skender | |
Birth Date: | 10 December 1983 |
Birth Place: | Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Manageryears1: | 2017–2019 |
Manageryears2: | 2019 |
Manageryears3: | 2020–2021 |
Manageryears4: | 2021–2022 |
Manageryears5: | 2023–2024 |
Managerclubs1: | Osijek II |
Managerclubs2: | Osijek |
Managerclubs3: | Olimpija Ljubljana |
Managerclubs4: | Olimpija Ljubljana |
Managerclubs5: | Široki Brijeg |
Dino Skender (born 10 December 1983) is a Croatian professional football manager. Besides Croatia, he has also managed in Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] [2]
Skender started his managerial career at the age of 33, as manager of the second team of Osijek in the Croatian Third League.[3] On 30 March 2019, following the departure of Zoran Zekić, he was appointed manager of the first team.[4] Skender was sacked by Osijek on 21 September 2019.[5]
On 19 June 2020, Skender became manager of Slovenian PrvaLiga side Olimpija Ljubljana.[6] After finishing second in the first part of the 2020–21 season, he was sacked on 8 January 2021 along with all of his staff members.[7] He was again appointed as manager of Olimpija on 12 October 2021, replacing Savo Milošević.[8] However, on 20 March 2022, he was sacked again without finishing the season, after a 1–1 home draw against Domžale.[9]
On 30 December 2023, Skender was announced as the new manager of Bosnian Premier League club Široki Brijeg.[10] He debuted as manager in the Bosnian Cup second round on 11 February 2024, qualifying to the quarter-finals after a penalty shoot-out, following a 2–2 draw against Stupčanica Olovo.[11] Following two more league victories against Sarajevo and Željezničar, Skender suffered his first defeat as Široki Brijeg manager on 2 March 2024, losing 1–0 away from home to Igman Konjic.[12] He led the side to the cup semi-finals, where they were knocked out 5–2 on aggregate by Borac Banja Luka.[13] On 12 May 2024, it was announced by Široki Brijeg that Skender had left the club by mutual consent, after the team's disappointing league campaign.[14]
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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Osijek II | 19 January 2017 | 29 March 2019 | |||||
Osijek | 30 March 2019 | 21 September 2019 | |||||
Olimpija Ljubljana | 19 June 2020 | 8 January 2021 | |||||
12 October 2021 | 20 March 2022 | ||||||
Široki Brijeg | 30 December 2023 | 12 May 2024 | |||||
Total |
Osijek II
2017–18[16]