Želimir Terkeš (born 8 January 1981) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian retired

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striker who last played for

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. He previously played for NK Zadar, NK Zagreb, HNK Čapljina, HŠK Zrinjski Mostar, NK Inter Zaprešić, Chongqing Lifan and

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Club career

Terkeš started his career in the youth ranks of his hometown club HNK Čapljina before moving the youth ranks of the

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n club NK Zagreb. Unable to win a place in the first team, he returned to his home country, and after playing a year and a half for Zrinjski Mostar and featuring in the Bosnia and Herzegovina U-21 team, he secured a transfer back to

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, signing for NK Inter Zaprešić. Unable to get into a scoring form, he moved in the summer of 2004 to NK Zadar, but was relegated at the end of the season. Impressing in the

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, he helped his club get back to the top flight after two seasons. The 2007–2008 season was his most impressive by far. He was the top scorer of the league in the end with 21 goals, three goals ahead of the

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's Radomir Đalović and four ahead of the Hajduk Split player Nikola Kalinić, also accumulating 7 assists, having a run of ten goals and three assists in six games (rounds 24–29) as well. He remained in Zadar, however, but after having surgery, he struggled to regain his previous form. Somewhat plagued by injuries, he scored 14 goals in 66 games in the next two and a half seasons. In March 2011, he secured a transfer to the

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side Chongqing Lifan and in his last match for NK Zadar before that, a 1–0 home win against

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, he scored the winning goal. He signed for

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side

in December 2013 after a successful trial. On 28 February 2014, Terkeš joined Indonesia Super League team

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for one season contract.

International career

His games secured him interest from foreign clubs and got him a call-up for the

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, for which he made his debut on 1 June 2008 in the 1–0 friendly win against

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. It remained his sole international appearance.

Managerial career

He was named manager of HNK Zadar in January 2021, succeeding Josip Butić.Želimir Terkeš novi trener HNK Zadar, Blatnjak pomoćnik
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