Denis Ćorić (born 10 December 1977) is a Bosnian professional

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and former

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. He was most recently the manager of

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club Željezničar.

Playing career

Born in

Mostar Mostar () is a city and the administrative centre of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina. Mostar is situated on the Neretva Riv ...

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, Ćorić started his youth career at hometown club Velež. He played at the senior level for

Široki Brijeg Široki Brijeg () is a city and the regional capital of West Herzegovina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. the town itself had a population of 6,149 and the municipality of 28,929. Name ...

Zrinjski Mostar Zrinjski Mostar is a sports association from the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was formed in 1905. Member clubs *Football: **HŠK Zrinjski Mostar *Basketball: **HKK Zrinjski Mostar (men's) ** ŽKK Zrinjski Mostar (women's) *H ...

, Brotnjo and

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, finishing his career at the age of 32 following numerous problems with injuries.

Managerial career

Široki Brijeg

Upon his retirement from playing, Ćorić started working as a coach in former club

's youth ranks. He was appointed

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of the senior team in October 2016, getting replaced by

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in January 2017. After Macedonian manager Goce Sedloski's resignation, Ćorić was appointed manager on a permanent basis on 27 July 2019. His first match back in charge was a 2–2 away draw with Sloboda Tuzla on the same day of his appointment. On 15 September 2019, Ćorić resigned as manager following a five game winless run, culminating with a 3–1 home defeat to

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Posušje

On 12 June 2020, Ćorić was appointed manager of newly promoted First League of FBiH club

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. His debut was a 1–0 away win over TOŠK Tešanj on 9 August 2020. Ćorić managed to finish the

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with Posušje in first place, earning promotion to the

. On 12 September 2021, he resigned after the team won only one of their eight opening games in the Premier League.

GOŠK Gabela

On 4 May 2022, Ćorić was announced as the new manager at GOŠK Gabela. He finished the 2021–22 First League of FBiH season with GOŠK in second place, two points short of winning the title and earning promotion. Off the back of that disappointment, Ćorić led GOŠK to the First League of FBiH title, his second overall, in the following season and promoted the club back to the Bosnian Premier League. GOŠK opened the

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season with a 4–1 home defeat to Tuzla City on 30 July 2023. They recorded their first league win over Zvijezda 09 on 12 August 2023. Following a series of poor results, Ćorić left GOŠK by mutual consent on 6 November 2023.

Return to Posušje

On 2 January 2024, Ćorić was appointed manager of Posušje for the second time. His first competitive game back in charge of the club was a 2–0 win against

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in the Bosnian Cup second round on 10 February 2024. He guided Posušje to a nine game unbeaten run in the league, before losing to

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on 24 April 2024. Ćorić finished the season with Posušje in fifth place, the club's highest ever finish in the Bosnian Premier League. On 24 May 2024, he was given the Bosnian Premier League Manager of the Season award for the 2023–24 season. Ćorić left the club by mutual consent on 6 June 2024, amidst interests from Željezničar.

Željezničar

On 12 June 2024, Ćorić signed a one-year deal to become Željezničar manager, with the option of extending for a further year. In his first competitive game in charge, on 3 August 2024, his side lost to his former club Široki Brijeg 1–0 in the league. He recorded his first win as Željezničar manager on 10 August, defeating Velež Mostar 2–1 away. Following elimination from the Bosnian Cup semi-finals by Široki Brijeg, Ćorić's side suffered a 5–0 defeat against

on 19 April 2025. This was Željezničar's biggest ever Bosnian Premier League defeat in history. Ćorić subsequently offered his resignation as manager, but that was rejected by the club's board. Despite securing Željezničar a place in the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League qualifiers, Ćorić was sacked as manager by the club on 19 May 2025, having suffered a defeat the previous day against Široki Brijeg.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Široki Brijeg *

: 2003–04

Manager

Posušje * First League of FBiH:

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GOŠK Gabela *First League of FBiH:

2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

Individual * Bosnian Premier League Manager of the Season: 2023–24

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Coric, Denis 1977 births Living people Footballers from Mostar Men's association football forwards Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers NK Široki Brijeg players HŠK Zrinjski Mostar players HNK Brotnjo players NK Neretva players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Second Football League (Croatia) players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers NK Široki Brijeg managers HŠK Posušje managers NK GOŠK Gabela managers FK Željezničar Sarajevo managers Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina managers