Zdravko Logarusić

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Zdravko Logarusic
Personal information
Date of birth 15 February 1962[1]
Place of birth Croatia
Managerial career
Years Team
1988-1989 NK Croatia Malmo (player/youth coach)[2]
1990-1991 FC 08 Villingen (player/youth coach)[2]
1992-1995 Croatia Perth[2]
NK Marsonia
HNK Vukovar '91
2009-2010 King Faisal Babes
2010-2011 Ashanti Gold S.C.
2012-2013 Gor Mahia
2013-2014 Simba SC[3]
2015-2016 AFC Leopards
2016 G.D. Interclube
2017 Asante Kotoko S.C.

Zdravko Logarusic (born 15 February 1962 in Croatia) is a Croatian football manager who last managed Asante Kotoko in the Ghanaian Premier League. Overall, he has coached in 4 continents: Europe, Asia, Australia and North America and has more than 20 years of coaching experience.[4] He believes that a player's work rate is paramount rather than their skills and weaknesses.[5]

From 1999 to 2001, Logarusic studied did coaching courses and programs in order to get a UEFA Pro License.[2]

Manager Career

Gor Mahia

Chosen as Gor Mahia boss in 2012, he vowed to end the clubs 18-year wait to win the Premier League trophy.[6][7]

For winter 2012, Logarusic went to his native Croatia for a holiday and was expected to be back for the pre-season training before the new season.[8]However, in another holiday in the summer, the Croatian tactician went to Croatia again but stayed there much longer than expected (he was supposed to have been back by June 18)[9] without apprising the Gor Mahia board about the situation; he was relieved of his duties in June 2013 after he returned.[10] In defense , Logarusic protested that he did not have a work permit and lives in Nairobi on a tourist visa. Secondly, he raised issue about his evident lack of formal contract with the Nairobi-based team.[11] Female fans castigated the board for his dismissal shortly after as well.[12]

Simba

After leaving Kenya, he was offered a lucrative salary from Simba SC to coach them and took the offer. When he got Simba SC good results, the Tanzanian outfit bought him a house overlooking the beachfront.[13] Unfortunately, he could not speak Swahili which inhibited him from communicating fluently with the Tanzanian press.[13] Half a year later, his contract was terminated.[14] Logarusic demanded 3.6 million Tanzanian shillings from Simba SC as requital for the club unprocedurally cancelling his contract. Still, the club refused to pay him as they said the amount charged was too exorbitant and that he had made an erroneous claim.[15]

AFC Leopards and Asante Kotoko

Back in 2015, the well-traveled coach was selected as coach for AFC Leopards of the Kenyan Premier League.[16] Afterward, he parted ways with them when he sent a text message to them stating that he quit the club as 'he was forced to go back to Croatia because no one was taking care of his rent' and that he was 'evicted from his apartment'.[17]

A year later, ahead of the 2017 Ghanaian Premier League, he was appointed boss of Asante Kotoko which was the third time he managed in Ghana.[18] To incentivize him, the Ghanaian] side bestowed a new car on him a month into the new season.[19] As Asante Kotoko's manager, he invariably used the 3-5-2 formation which exasperated the fans.[20] Using that formation, he got them 10 points in 4 games and temporarily placed them second in the table.[5] Fired by Asante in April 2017[21][22] after winning five out of eleven games, Zdravko labelled the Kotoko management as 'liars'.[23]

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