Tomaž Petrovič | |
Fullname: | Tomaž Petrovič |
Birth Date: | 1979 4, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Brežice, SFR Yugoslavia[1] |
Manageryears1: | 2010–2011 |
Manageryears2: | 2011–2012 |
Manageryears3: | 2014–2017 |
Managerclubs3: | Krško |
Manageryears4: | 2017 |
Managerclubs4: | Celje |
Manageryears5: | 2018–2019 |
Managerclubs5: | Slovenia U15/U16 |
Manageryears6: | 2020 |
Managerclubs6: | Slovenia U17 |
Manageryears7: | 2021–2022 |
Managerclubs7: | Maribor U19 |
Tomaž Petrovič (born 17 April 1979) is a Slovenian football manager.
Petrovič began his coaching career at Olimpija in 2002, coaching various youth selections.[2] In 2006 he joined the newly founded Bravo, where he was director of the academy and youth coach.[2] [3] In 2010, he coached the under-14 selection at the Nike Premier Cup.[4] The same year, he took over the club's senior team, which competed in the Slovenian fourth division in the 2010–11 season.[5]
In June 2011, Petrovič took charge of the Slovenian Second League side Interblock.[6] After one season, he returned to Bravo where he coached the under-18 side.[7] He left Bravo in 2013 after a series of poor results.[3]
Petrovič was the manager of Krško between January 2014 and March 2017.[8] On 12 June 2017, he was appointed manager of Celje.[9] He left the team on 29 August 2017 and was replaced by Dušan Kosič.[10]
Between 2018 and 2020, Petrovič coached various youth selections of the Slovenian national team, including the under-16s and under-17s.[11]
On 3 June 2021, Petrovič was appointed as the head coach of Maribor's under-19 side.[12] He was sacked on 16 October 2022 after a poor start of the season as Maribor were sitting in tenth place in the under-19 league.[13]