Dražen Besek

Dražen Besek (born 10 March 1963) is a Croatian football coach and a former professional football midfield player. As a player he spent most of his career playing for Croatian teams Varteks and Dinamo Zagreb before moving abroad and appearing for clubs in France, Denmark and Austria. After his playing career ended he went into management, and had several coaching spells at his hometown football club Varteks, before moving abroad again and joining Polish side Zagłębie Lubin, Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua and many others.

Dražen Besek
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-03-10) 10 March 1963
Place of birth Varaždin, Croatia
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980.–1984. Varteks 31 (2)
1984.–1985. Olimpija Ljubljana 17 (2)
1985.–1991. Dinamo Zagreb 130 (17)
1991.–1992. Stade de Vallauris
1992.–1993. Ikast FS 17 (1)
1994.–1996. Varteks 53 (5)
1996.–1997. Casino Salzburg 11 (0)
1997.–1999. Varteks 33 (2)
Managerial career
1998.–2000. Varteks (player-manager)
2000.–2001. Čakovec
2001.–2002. Slaven Belupo
2002.–2003. Varteks
2003.–2005. Zagłębie Lubin
2006.–2007. Drava Ptuj
2007.–2009. Varteks
2010.–2011. Shanghai Shenhua (assistant)
2011. China U23 (assistant)
2011.–2012. Shanghai Shenhua
2012.–2013. NK Zagreb
2013.–2014. Hunan Billows
2014.–2015. Wuhan Zall
2015. Tianjin Songjiang
2015. Osijek
2015.–2016. Birkirkara FC
2018.–2020. Shanghai Shenhua (adviser)
2022.–2023. Maghreb de Fès (general manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
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