Edin Terzić (; born 30 October 1982) is a German-Croatian professional football

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and former

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, who is currently the

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of German

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club

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Career

Early years

Terzić was born in 1982 in

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, West Germany to a working-class family that immigrated from

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. He is of paternal Bosniak and maternal Croatian descent and holds

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. Terzić played at the fourth level of professional leagues in Germany during his playing career. He is an alumnus of

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where he studied Sports Science.

Coaching career

Between 2010 and 2013, Terzić worked as a scout and assistant coach in the youth academy of Borussia Dortmund, reporting to then first team manager

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. His older brother Alen also works as a scout for Borussia Dortmund and served as caretaker manager of Borussia Dortmund II during the 2019–20 Regionalliga West season. Terzić was an assistant coach of

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at Beşiktaş between 2013 and 2015 and at

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from 2015 to 2017. His collaboration with Bilić started in 2012, when Terzić drafted and delivered a pre-game opponent analysis for

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's group stage match against

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. Satisfied with the analysis, Bilić offered him to join him as assistant coach at

Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...

, however, the deal eventually fell through. Bilić offered Terzić once again to join him at Beşiktaş and Terzić accepted the offer after consulting with Borussia Dortmund. He followed him to West Ham United in 2015, but left the club two years later when Bilić was sacked on 6 November 2017. Since 2018, Terzić has held

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qualification, after graduating from an 18-month long course of

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in England. Terzić returned to Borussia Dortmund in 2018 as an assistant coach of the first team after the appointment of

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as coach. He took charge of the team along with his colleague Manfred Stefes for the 2018–19 encounter against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, as head coach Favre missed the match due to illness. After Favre was sacked following a 5–1 loss against

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in December 2020, Terzić was appointed

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until the end of the 2020–21 season. On 13 May 2021, Terzić won the

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with

. He was succeeded on a permanent basis by Borussia Mönchengladbach manager Marco Rose. Instead of returning to his position as assistant manager for the 2021–22 season, Terzić moved to the newly created position as technical manager. After Borussia Dortmund and Rose mutually agreed to part ways after the season concluded, Terzić was reappointed manager on a permanent basis, signing a contract until 2025.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

Borussia Dortmund *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Terzic, Edin 1982 births Living people People from Menden (Sauerland) Sportspeople from Arnsberg (region) German footballers German football managers German people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent German people of Croatian descent Association football forwards SG Wattenscheid 09 players SC Westfalia Herne players BV Cloppenburg players Borussia Dortmund non-playing staff Borussia Dortmund managers Bundesliga managers West Ham United F.C. non-playing staff Association football coaches Croatian people of Bosniak descent Croatian footballers Croatian football managers Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia Association football scouts