Goran Djuricin ( sr, Goran Đuričin; born 16 October 1974) is an Austrian

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coach and former player, who is manager of SV Stripfing/Weiden. Djuricin played professionally as a

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and is best remembered for his six years with

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. As a manager, his highest-profile roles were with SK Rapid Wien,

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and

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. He is the father of

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international forward Marco Djuricin.

Club career

, Djuricin joined

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in 1991 and made 15 appearances and scored one goal before departing in 1997. The high points of his time with Austria Wien were a late substitute appearance in the 1994

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(which was lost 2–1 to

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) and two 1994–95 European Cup Winners' Cup appearances versus

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. He dropped into lower-league football and played for

SK Vorwärts Steyr SK Vorwärts Steyr is an Austrian association football club based in Steyr. It was founded in 1919. They play at the Vorwärts Stadium. Currently the club has about 300 members. Is one of the oldest football clubs in Upper Austria. In 1999 the c ...

, Würnitz, St. Andrä-Wördern, Kapellerfeld and SV Donau before retiring in 2007.

Management career

Djuricin has had a long career as a manager and assistant manager at club and international level. He held assistant manager positions with the Austrian U18, U19 and

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international teams between 2008 and 2011 and was involved at the 2011 U20 World Cup. He managed ASK Ebreichsdorf between 2012 and 2016 and won the Landesliga Niederösterreich title in the 2014–15 season, to clinch promotion to the Regionalliga Ost. He returned to Austrian Bundesliga club SK Rapid Wien for the third time of his career in November 2016, as assistant manager to

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. On 9 April 2017, Djuricin succeeded Canadi as the club's manager. He was sacked on 30 September 2018, and was appointed manager of Second League club

in April 2019 on a two-year contract. A run of one win from 9 league games prior to the 2019–20 winter break led to Djuricin's sacking in December 2019. On 9 February 2020, Djuricin was announced as manager of

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club

until 30 May 2020. He won one of two league matches before the season was halted due to the

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. On 15 May and with the Swiss Challenge League having yet failed to resume, it was announced that Djuricin's contract would not be renewed. In December 2021, Djuricin was appointed as assistant to new manager

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club

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and continued in the role until the club's insolvency late in the season. Following a period coaching and advising SV Gerasdorf/Stammersdorf (whom he had also served between his Grasshoppers and Türkgücü München roles), Djuricin was appointed manager of

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club SV Stripfing/Weiden in May 2022.

Personal life

Djuricin's son, Marco Djuricin, is an

international footballer. He is of

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n and

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n descent.

Honours

ASK Ebreichsdorf * Landesliga Niederösterreich: 2014–15

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Djuricin, Goran 1974 births Living people Footballers from Vienna Austrian footballers Association football forwards SK Rapid Wien players FK Austria Wien players SK Vorwärts Steyr players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Austrian people of Serbian descent Austrian people of Croatian descent SK Rapid Wien managers Austrian Football Bundesliga managers Austrian football managers Grasshopper Club Zürich managers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Austrian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Switzerland