Edin Ćurić | |
Birth Date: | 22 August 1962 |
Birth Place: | Sarajevo, FPR Yugoslavia |
Position: | Midfielder |
Currentclub: | Željezničar (youth school director) |
Youthyears1: | –1980 |
Youthclubs1: | Željezničar |
Years1: | 1980–1989 |
Years2: | 1990 |
Years3: | 1991 |
Years4: | 1992–1995 |
Clubs1: | Željezničar |
Clubs2: | Las Palmas |
Clubs3: | Željezničar |
Clubs4: | Portimonense |
Caps1: | 189 |
Goals1: | 38 |
Caps2: | 32 |
Goals2: | 6 |
Caps3: | 3 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Caps4: | 40 |
Goals4: | 2 |
Totalcaps: | 264 |
Totalgoals: | 46 |
Nationalyears1: | 1987 |
Nationalteam1: | Yugoslavia |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 2014–2015 |
Managerclubs1: | Willem II U19 |
Manageryears2: | 2015 |
Managerclubs2: | Baronie |
Edin Ćurić (born 22 August 1962) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is the director of the youth school of Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar.
Ćurić began his football career at hometown club Željezničar. He had played for the club's youth squads before finally making his senior debut in the 1980–81 season, under the guidance of manager Ivica Osim. Ćurić stayed at Željezničar for ten seasons, before leaving for Spanish club Las Palmas. In 1992, he moved to Portugal and spent three seasons playing for Portimonense.
Ćurić played one match for the Yugoslavia national team on 29 August 1987 against the Soviet Union, in which he came on as a late substitute for Dragan Stojković.[1]
Ćurić worked as a manager at Willem II U19 and Baronie's second team in the Netherlands. He was appointed manager of Baronie's first team in July 2015, but was sacked only five months later in December.[2]
On 4 July 2022, Ćurić's hometown club Željezničar announced he was named as the club's new director of its youth school.[3]