Dragan Tadić

Dragan Tadić
Personal information
Date of birth	12 February 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Rijeka, Croatia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Grobničan
	Rijeka
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–1995	Rijeka
1991	→ Koper (loan)
1991–1992	→ Primorje (loan)
1995	Istra
1995–1997	Segesta
1997–2003	Harelbeke
2003–2007	Rijeka
2007	Zadar
2007–2008	Novalja
2008–2010	Istra 1961
2010–2011	Novalja
Managerial career
2012–2013	Rijeka (assistant)
2014	Slaven Belupo (assistant)
2014–2015	Opatija
2015–2020	Mesaimeer (assistant)
2021–2022	Rijeka II
2022	Hrvatski Dragovoljac
2022	Rijeka
2023–2024	Al-Bukiryah (assistant)
2024	Al-Bukiryah
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:51, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Dragan Tadić (born 12 February 1973) is a Croatian retired football midfielder and manager.

Club career

He spent the peak years of his career playing for various clubs in Croatia’s Prva HNL, including close to 200 official games for HNK Rijeka.^[1] He played the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup with Segesta where they lost in the final to Danish club Silkeborg IF.^[2] Abroad he played in Belgium with KRC Harelbeke.

Managerial career

He started his career working as an assistant to Elvis Scoria at Rijeka and Slaven Belupo. Tadić replaced Davor Mladina at the helm at Hrvatski Dragovoljac in January 2022^[3] and was dismissed as manager of Rijeka in August 2022 after only 4 league games.^[4]

On 9 February 2024, Tadić was appointed as manager of Saudi First Division club Al-Bukiryah following the sacking of Darko Nović.^[5] He was the assistant of Nović at Al-Bukiryah. On 1 April 2024, Tadić was sacked after a 3–1 defeat to Al-Najma.^[6]

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Croatia			League		Croatian Cup		Super Cup		Europe		Total
1992–93	NK Rijeka	Prva HNL	16	1	2	1	–	–	–	–	18	2
1993–94			26	1	7	2	–	–	–	–	33	3
1994–95			29	2	6	0	–	–	–	–	35	2
1995–96	NK Istra		4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	0
1995–96	HNK Segesta		33	3	4	0	–	–	–	–	37	3
1996–97	HNK Segesta		27	3	2	0	–	–	8	1	37	4
Belgian			League		Belgian Cup		Super Cup		Europe		Total
1997–98	Harelbeke	First Division A	21	1	2	0	–	–	–	–	23	0
1998–99	Harelbeke	First Division A	14	0	1	0	–	–	2	0	17	0
Croatia			League		Croatian Cup		Super Cup		Europe		Total
2003–04	HNK Rijeka	Prva HNL	17	1	2	1	–	–	–	–	20	2
2004–05			27	2	8	1	–	–	2	0	37	3
2005–06			32	0	6	0	1	0	2	0	41	0
2006–07			13	2	–	–	1	0	–	–	14	2
2006–07	NK Zadar	Druga HNL	13	0	2	0	–	–	1	0	17	0
2007–08	NK Zadar	Prva HNL	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0
2007–08	NK Novalja	3. HNL - West	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	1	1
2008–09	NK Istra 1961	Druga HNL	29	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	30	0
2009–10	NK Istra 1961	Prva HNL	15	0	2	0	–	–	–	–	30	0
2010–11	NK Novalja	3. HNL - West	16	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	16	3
Total	Rijeka		160	9	46	6	2	0	4	0	212	15
	Career		334	16	31	5	3	0	17	1	400	23

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Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure
Club	From	To	Record
Club	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Rijeka II	1 July 2021	11 January 2022	16	6	8	2	0	0	+0	037.50
NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac	12 January 2022	31 May 2022	16	3	3	10	0	0	+0	018.75
Rijeka	20 June 2022	17 August 2022	6	1	1	4	0	0	+0	016.67
Al-Bukiryah	9 February 2024	1 April 2024	7	3	0	4	0	0	+0	042.86
Total			45	13	12	20	0	0	+0	028.89

Honours

Rijeka

Croatian Cup: 2004–05, 2005–06

Zadar

2.HNL Promotion: 2006–07

Istra 1961

2.HNL: 2008–09

References

^ Croatian Football Statistics
^ Segesta
^ [1] - Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian)
^ Germanijak doznaje: Dragan Tadić više nije trener Rijeke! - Germanijak (in Croatian)
^ "إدارة #نادي_البكيرية تقرر إعفاء المدرب الصربي داركو نوفيتش وتكلف مساعد المدرب الكرواتي تاديك دراجان".
^ "الوطني خليل المصري مدرباً لـ #البكيرية".
^ "Dragan Tadić statistics in Prva HNL". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 15 October 2018.

External links

Dragan Tadić at Soccerway.com
Dragan Tadić at WorldFootball.net
Dragan Tadić at kicker (in German)
Dragan Tadić at Croatian Football Statistics (archived) (in Croatian)

[1] Croatian Football Statistics

[2] Segesta

[3] [1] - Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian)

[4] Germanijak doznaje: Dragan Tadić više nije trener Rijeke! - Germanijak (in Croatian)

[5] "إدارة #نادي_البكيرية تقرر إعفاء المدرب الصربي داركو نوفيتش وتكلف مساعد المدرب الكرواتي تاديك دراجان".

[6] "الوطني خليل المصري مدرباً لـ #البكيرية".

[7] "Dragan Tadić statistics in Prva HNL". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 15 October 2018.

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