Denis Velić (born 7 October 1982) is a

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manager and a former player.

Career

Coaching career and post-retirement

In January 2014, Velić began working as a project manager for integration projects within

Växjö Municipality Växjö Municipality () is a municipality in Kronoberg County in southern Sweden, where Växjö is the seat. The municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the ''City of Växjö'' with the surrounding municipalities. The number of or ...

. In August 2015, he was hired by OnePartnerGroup as a salesman and later customer manager. Retiring at the end of 2016, Velić was hired as assistant coach of

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at his last club

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and also head coach of the club's U21 team. Beside his duties at Östers, he also played a season with Swedish amateur club, Åryds IK, in 2017 together with his former teammate Patrik Bojent. On 29 July 2019, he was appointed interim head coach of Östers after

Christian Järdler Christian Järdler (born 3 June 1982) is a Swedish manager or Örebro SK and former footballer. Career Starting his career in Ängelholms FF, he then moved at the age of 17 to Helsingborgs IF, after being on trial at Halmstads BK. During the mi ...

was fired. Velić avoided relegation from

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and was rewarded with a permanent two-year contract with an option for one further year on 22 November 2019. He left Öster at the end of the 2021 season.

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* 1982 births Östers IF players Syrianska FC players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Swedish people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Swedish men's footballers Living people Men's association football midfielders Swedish football managers Östers IF managers Östers IF non-playing staff 21st-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub