Fausto Budicin (born 1 May 1981) is a Croatian professional
football
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manager
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and former
player
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who was most recently manager of
Croatian First Football League club
Rijeka
Managerial career
On 27 March 2019, Budicin was appointed new manager at
Croatian Third Football League
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club
Orijent 1919. His first success at Orijent bench came at the end of the season; Orijent gained promotion to the second-tier
Druga HNL finishing third in the 2018–19 Treća HNL West season.
In the club's inaugural
second league season, Budicin led the squad to finishing in third at the league table in March 2020, when the championship was postponed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia
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NK Croatia Zmijavci
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, that finished in second in the league championship, did not ask for a license to play in the
First League, so Orijent took their place in the
relegation play-offs
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for a higher tier, in which
Istra 1961 was more successful.
After Orijent failed to gain promotion to the first tier, Budicin was named head coach of Istra 1961 on 26 August 2020, succeeding
Ivan Prelec
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Managerial career
He started as a manager in 2006, with only 19 years. He led the youth team of Dinamo Zagreb in 2014 ...
, whose contract expired and was not renewed. However he has been sacked on 11 February 2021. Budicin was named manager of Rijeka in June 2022, only to be replaced by
Serse Cosmi
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Career
Early career
Cosmi was born in 1958 in Ponte San Giovanni, a Perugia ''frazione''. His father, a cycling fan, called him Serse after Faust ...
after two months.
Rijeka predstavlja novog trenera
- HRT Sport
Career statistics
Managerial statistics
Honours
Player
Istra
* Druga HNL (South): 2001–02
Olimpija Ljubljana
*Slovenian Cup
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: 2002–03
Rijeka
* Croatian Cup: 2005–06
Individual
*Most appearances in Derby della Učka
Manager
Orijent 1919
*Treća HNL
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(West) third-place promotion: 2018–19
References
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1981 births
Living people
Footballers from Pula
Croatian people of Italian descent
Men's association football defenders
Croatian footballers
Croatia men's youth international footballers
Croatia men's under-21 international footballers
NK Istra players
NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players
ASKÖ Pasching players
HNK Rijeka players
NK Istra 1961 players
HNK Rijeka II players
Croatian Football League players
Slovenian PrvaLiga players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Second Football League (Croatia) players
Croatian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Slovenia
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
Expatriate footballers in Austria
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Croatian football managers
HNK Orijent managers
NK Istra 1961 managers
HNK Rijeka managers
HNK Rijeka non-playing staff