Velimir Zajec

Quick Facts

Full Name	Velimir Zajec
Occupation	Croatian Football Manager
Date Of Birth	Feb 12, 1956(1956-02-12)
Age	68
Birthplace	Zagreb
Country	Croatia
Horoscope	Aquarius

Velimir Zajec Biography

Velimir Zajec is one of the most popular and richest Croatian football manager who was born on February 12, 1956 in Zagreb, Croatia. Velimir Zajec (born 12 February 1956) is an Croatian professional manager of football as well as a former footballer who played for Dinamo Zagreb.

In the latter part of the month of October, 1998 Zajec was appointed to replace Zlatko Kranjcar as the manager of Dinamo Zagreb (then known as Croatia Zagreb) in the wake of Kranjcar’s poor performance in his time in the UEFA Champions League group stage in which the team achieved a single point from three games (drawing against Ajax in their home stadium, but losing to Olympiacos as well as Porto at the stadium). The team’s performance during the UEFA Champions League improved under Zajec and they were able to remain undefeated throughout the remaining three group games and beat Porto as well as Ajax and draw with Olympiacos. Dinamo however failed to make it to the quarterfinals after placing second within their groups just behind Olympiacos (at at the moment, just first-place finishers and two of the best second-place finishers were allowed to progress).

On 25 May 2010, Zajec was appointed new coach at Dinamo Zagreb, returning to the club as coach after 11 years. However, Zajec was sacked on 9 August 2010, after leading Dinamo in just 8 competitive matches, winning the 2010 Croatian Supercup, exiting the 2010–11 Champions League in the third qualifying round, and picking up four points in the first three matches in the 2010–11 Prva HNL.

Following his retirement, he served 2 years (1989-1991) in the role of Director of Football for his the former team Dinamo Zagreb before returning to Panathinaikos to oversee their academy. In the midst of this the club promoted him to head coach of the team. After a time, he was promoted again came back to Zagreb and was this time the head coach. He then moved again in Panathinaikos in 2002. He was then promoted to the Director of Football.

Velimir Zajec Net Worth

Velimir Zajec is one of the richest Croatian Football Manager from Croatia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Velimir Zajec 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Zajec started his career with Dinamo Zagreb in 1974, at the age of 18. After 10 years at Dinamo Zagreb, he assisted them win two domestic cup victories, in addition to their league championship, the club’s first championship in the span of 24 years. Between 1979 and 1984 he was named The Yugoslav Footballer of Year.

Zajec has won the 36 caps of international football for Yugoslavia and also captained them during both the 1982 World Cup and the 1984 European Championship.

In 2004, he moved to English club Portsmouth to take up a position as executive director. He took over as temporary team manager following the resignation of Harry Redknapp in November 2004 and was confirmed as the new manager on 21 December 2004. Five months later, he reverted to his intended director’s role, following the arrival of Alain Perrin. He resigned from his position at Fratton Park on 10 October 2005 due to personal reasons.

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Facts & Trivia

Velimir Ranked on the list of most popular Croatian football manager. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Croatia. Velimir Zajec celebrates birthday on February 12 of every year.