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Nenad Baćina (born July 29, 1971) is a
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n football manager and former player, Baćina holds a
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PRO Coaching License.


Club career

Baćina was born in 1971 in
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. As a professional football player he played with several Croatian First League clubs, including NK Primorac, NK Mladost 127, NK Belišće, between 1989 and 1999. Between 2000 and 2005 he played at the
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an S.League club, Singapore Armed Forces Football Club (SAFFC), and he won two S.League Championships in 2000 and 2002. For three seasons he was the team captain. During his professional football playing career he graduated at the University of Split as a professor of Physical Education and Sport Science.


Coaching career

In 2005, he returned to his native country Croatia to start his coaching career as the youth development coach at the NK Spinut Soccer Clinic.


PDRM FC

Three years later in 2008, Baćina joined Malaysian Super League club, PDRM as the head coach advisor and technical Consultant during 2008 Malaysian Cup competition. PDRM reached the Malaysia Cup quarterfinals.


Woodlands Wellington

In 2009, Baćina returned to Singapore after 4 years and was appointed as the head coach of Woodlands Wellington for the 2009 S.League season.


NK Sloga

Baćina than returned to Croatia to join NK Sloga as the senior team assistant head coach and the head coach of the club academy from February 2010 till June 2011.


Hougang United

In December 2011, he than returned to Singapore and was appointed the head coach of
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in the for the upcoming 2011 S.League.


Tampines Rovers

In December 2012, Baćina was appointed as the head coach of Tampines Rovers, the defending champion of the 2011 S.League. Throughout the season, he was relieved from his job in May 2013 after perceived failure in the
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, although the club were leading the 2012 S.League at the time of his dismissal.


Johor Darul Ta'zim

Baćina was named as assistant coach of Malaysian club Johor Darul Ta'zim in March 2014, assisting his compatriot Bojan Hodak. In May 2015, Baćina was than appointed as the head coach of Johor Darul Ta'zim II.


Penang FA

In 2016, Baćina was appointed as the team manager and head coach of Penang FA.


Malaysia U-19

In August 2017, Baćina was appointed as the assistant manager of Malaysia national under-19 football team.


PSM Makassar

In February 2020, Baćina moved to Indonesia as he was appointed as the assistant coach of PSM Makassar linking up to his compatriot since 2014, Bojan Hodak, who is the head coach at the Indonesian club.


Kuala Lumpur City

In April 2021, Baćina returns to the
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joining Bojan Hodak again as his assistant coach of Kuala Lumpur City. In his time with Kuala Lumpur City, he helped the club to become the 2021 Malaysia Cup champions and
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Runner-ups.


Al-Fayha

In December 2022, Baćina was appointed as Academy Director of Al-Fayha that plays in the Saudi Professional League, the first tier of Saudi Football.


Kuala Lumpur City

On 4 August 2023, Baćina returned to Kuala Lumpur City this time as the head coach of the club.


References

6. https://web.archive.org/web/20131025053025/http://kallangroar.com/news/exclusive-interviews/coffee-with-nenad-bacina-part-one/ 7. https://web.archive.org/web/20130928164320/http://kallangroar.com/news/exclusive-interviews/coffee-with-ex-tampines-rovers-coach-nenad-bacina-part-2-final/ 8.http://www.dalmacijanews.com/Nogomet/View/tabid/89/ID/109205/Nenad-Bacina-je-hit-trener-u-Singapuru-Najteze-se-dokazati-u-svojoj-sredini.aspx 9.http://www.foxsportsasia.com/editorial/news/detail/item886958/2012-S-League-Team-of-the-Season/ 10. https://web.archive.org/web/20170930121027/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/sleague-old-boys-nenad-bacina-croat-a-soft-spot-singapore {{DEFAULTSORT:Bacina, Nenad 1971 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Men's association football defenders Croatian men's footballers NK Primorac 1929 players HNK Suhopolje players NK Belišće players Warriors FC players Croatian Football League players Singapore Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Singapore Croatian football managers Woodlands Wellington FC managers Hougang United FC managers Tampines Rovers FC managers Penang F.C. managers Singapore Premier League managers Croatian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Malaysia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Expatriate football managers in Singapore