Danilo Butorović (born 25 July 1984) is a Croatian football coach.

Coaching career

Butorović played football until the age of 17, when he suffered a bike accident which kept him out of action for several months. During this period he decided to focus on a coaching career rather than a playing one. He began studying to become a coach and earned his UEFA Pro licence and coaching badges from the Croatian FA. Butorović began his coaching career as manager of Croatian club

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. Taking charge in 2016, during a time when the club was going through liquidation and were reformed. At the beginning of his first season Orijent were bottom of the fourth tier of Croatian football however by the time he departed the club two seasons later, they were competing for promotion to the second tier (something they have now achieved). Butorović left Orijent for the position of assistant manager at

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. He had been brought over by

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, who he had a relationship with dating back to when he went to Bilić's West Ham training camp whilst he was serving as manager of the club. Butorović left Al-Ittihad along with Bilić and his assistants after a disappointing start to the season. In June 2019, Butorović was appointed Assistant Head Coach of English club

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again working as assistant to manager

, along with fellow assistant

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who both served as assistants to Bilić at

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Butorović, Danilo 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Rijeka Croatian football managers HNK Orijent managers Association football coaches Beijing Guoan F.C. non-playing staff West Bromwich Albion F.C. non-playing staff Watford F.C. non-playing staff Croatian expatriate sportspeople in England Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia