Oliver Bogatinov
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-09-26) 26 September 1978
Place of birth Jesenice, SFR Yugoslavia[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Radomlje (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1999 Triglav Kranj
1999–2002 Celje 63 (19)
2002–2005 Koper 50 (10)
2005–2008 Izola 39 (14)
2008 Bonifika 11 (6)
International career
1998 Slovenia U20 4 (1)
Managerial career
2006–2008 Izola
2012–2013 Mura 05
2017–2019 Aluminij
2022– Radomlje
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oliver Bogatinov (born 26 September 1978) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player.[2] Since December 2022, he is the manager of Slovenian PrvaLiga side Radomlje.

Playing career

Born in Jesenice to parents of Macedonian descent, Bogatinov started his football career with Triglav Kranj.[3] He was the top scorer of the 1997–98 Slovenian Second League with 32 goals as his team earned promotion to the Slovenian top division.[4] Bogatinov spent the next seven seasons playing in the Slovenian top tier, making a total of 130 appearances for Triglav, Celje and Koper.[5] He retired from professional football at the age of 26 due to injuries and focused on coaching career, although he still played semi-professional football in the Slovenian lower divisions for Izola and Bonifika.[3]

Managerial career

Bogatinov started his managerial career at Koper, where he was the coach of various youth selections.[3] He was then a player/manager at third division side Izola, before becoming the assistant manager of Nedžad Okčić at Koper, when the team won its first ever top division title in 2009–10.[3] Bogatinov was also the coach of Koper's under-17 team, with whom he won the national under-17 league.[3]

In August 2012, before the Europa League play-off match against Lazio, Bogatinov took charge of Slovenian top division club Mura 05.[6] Between 2013 and 2015, Bogatinov was working as the youth coach at Saudi club Al-Hilal SFC, his first club abroad.[3] In 2015, he was the assistant of Marijan Pušnik at Olimpija Ljubljana.[3] In December 2017, he took charge of Slovenian top division side Aluminij.[7]

In March 2020, Bogatinov was appointed sports director of Slovenian team Maribor, replacing Zlatko Zahovič.[8][9] He left the position in February 2021 along with head coach Mauro Camoranesi.[10] Bogatinov was then appointed sports director of Koper, before returning to coaching in December 2022 when he was appointed as manager of Radomlje.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Oliver Bogatinov". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Na voljo vse, tudi Bielsa" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Viškovič, Rok (29 December 2018). "Idealist med nogometaši, ki sanja doktorsko izobrazbo" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  4. ↑ Raj, Primož (28 April 2017). "V Veržeju dvoboj dna lestvice, oslabljeni Triglav gosti Ptujčane". Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Oliver Bogatinov – Nogometna zveza Slovenije". nzs.si (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "Mura z novim trenerjem nad Lazio". Slovenske novice (in Slovenian). 22 August 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Oliver Bogatinov novi trener Aluminija". Delo (in Slovenian). 29 December 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Oliver BOGATINOV vrača udarec ZLATKU ZAHOVIĆU: "Nisem NEUMEN! Lahko mi očitajo, da nisem bil na LUNI ..."". Ekipa24.si (in Slovenian). 18 May 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Oliver Bogatinov, športni direktor NK Maribor: Po kavč trenerjih dobivamo še kavč igralce in klube". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). 18 May 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  10. ↑ M. R. (23 February 2021). "Maribor odpustil Bogatinova in Camoranesija, novi športni direktor Šuler" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "Bogatinov se vrača na trenersko klop" (in Slovenian). Siol. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
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