Jasminko Velić (born 1 September 1965) is a Bosnian professional
football
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manager
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and former player.
In the 2006-2007 season, Velić was hired as a scouter for
Panathinaikos, but after the sacking of
Hans Backe
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He has coached clubs in Sweden, Norway, Greece ...
, he was appointed as head coach for three games, from 15 September to 6 October, winning two of them and earning one draw. The next season, Velić was appointed technical director of
Panathinaikos. In the 2007-2009 period Velić worked as a technical manager next to head coaches
José Peseiro and
Henk ten Cate
Hendrik Willem ten Cate (born 9 December 1954) is a Dutch football coach and former player.
In the 2005–06 season, he was assistant to Frank Rijkaard at Barcelona when the team won the UEFA Champions League and La Liga titles. He then serve ...
, helping the club to make its return to the
UEFA Champions League Group stages
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. During these two years, the club managed to reach its highest position ever in
the UEFA club rankings (19th).
Career
Playing career
Velić was born in
Sarajevo
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and played for
Sarajevo
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club
Željezničar before moving to
Greece
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in 1992. Velic was one of the youngest players ever in the history of Sarajevo to make a debut in the Yugoslavian Football League at the age of 18. He spent three seasons at
OFI where he was part of the most successful OFI team ever, becoming one of the best foreign players to play for the club. He then spent one season (1995-1996) at
Kastoria
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. He then moved to
Portugal
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and played for two seasons for
Estrela Amadora (1996-1998). He then moved to Spain before ending his career at
CD Leganés
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(1998-1999).
Coaching career
Velić began his coaching career as assistant manager to
Fernando Santos. Their collaboration began at
AEK Athens
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Establishe ...
in the 2001-2002 season, and continued at
Panathinaikos (2002-2003) and
Sporting CP
Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries, (2003-2004), before they returned for a second spell at
AEK Athens
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Establishe ...
(2004-2005).
In the 2006-2007 season, Velić was hired as a scouter for
Panathinaikos, but after the sacking of
Hans Backe
Hans Roland "Hasse" Backe (; born 14 February 1952) is a Swedish football manager and former player who most recently led Finland's national team. Prior to this he managed the New York Red Bulls.
He has coached clubs in Sweden, Norway, Greece ...
, he managed the Club as a head coach for three games (15/9/2006 to 6/10/2006 - 2 wins, 1 draw). The next season, Velić was appointed technical director of
Panathinaikos. In the 2007-2009 period, with Velić as a technical coach next to head coaches
José Peseiro and
Henk ten Cate
Hendrik Willem ten Cate (born 9 December 1954) is a Dutch football coach and former player.
In the 2005–06 season, he was assistant to Frank Rijkaard at Barcelona when the team won the UEFA Champions League and La Liga titles. He then serve ...
club made its return to the Champions League group stages. During these two years, the club managed to reach its highest position ever in the UEFA team rankings (19th).
In March 2013, Velić replaced
Georgios Paraschos
Georgios Paraschos (; born 23 August 1952) is a Greek professional football manager and former player.
Club career
Paraschos began his career from the youth academy of PAOK in 1967. He became a professional player in 1971 and played with the Ka ...
as manager for
Levadiakos
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. During his spell, he helped the club remain in the top flight of Greek football.
In January 2015, he was appointed head coach of
Football League
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side
Episkopi. From January onward, Velić helped the club recover an 8 point deficit to enter the relegation play-offs, where the club played to remain in the
Division.
On August 5, 2015, Velić was appointed head coach of fellow
Cretan
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Football League
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club
Ergotelis
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. He left in October, due to the club's poor financial situation, which left no room for transfers aligned to his instructions, as well as
Ergotelis
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' rough start (1−1−2) during its
2015–16 Football League campaign.
In June 2019, Velić and
Episkopi reached an agreement for his return to the club, aiming at bringing Episkopi to the highest tiers of Greek football. During the 2019-20 season, Velic led Episkopi to promotion with an undefeated league record, recording 11 wins, 5 draws, and 0 losses. Episkopi was the only Greek club to end the season undefeated. The following season, in 2020/21, Velic led Episkopi to a 2nd position league finish in the Greek Football League, resulting to a second consecutive promotion. Velic became one of the only head coaches in Greek football history to achieve multiple league promotions.
Managerial statistics
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References
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1965 births
Living people
Footballers from Mostar
Men's association football midfielders
Yugoslav men's footballers
Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers
FK Sarajevo players
FK Željezničar Sarajevo players
OFI Crete F.C. players
Kastoria 1980 F.C. players
C.F. Estrela da Amadora players
CD Leganés players
Yugoslav First League players
Super League Greece players
Football League (Greece) players
Primeira Liga players
Segunda División players
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers
Panathinaikos F.C. managers
Panathinaikos F.C. non-playing staff
AEK Athens F.C. non-playing staff
Levadiakos F.C. managers
Episkopi F.C. managers
Ergotelis F.C. managers
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Greece