Darije Kalezić

Darije Kalezić

Personal information
Full name	Darije Kalezić
Date of birth	(1969-11-01) November 1, 1969
Place of birth	Pfäffikon, Switzerland
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Roda JC Kerkrade
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1994	FK Velež Mostar	?	(?)
1994–1995	FC Den Bosch	19	(0)
1995–2002	RKC Waalwijk	118	(3)
2002–2003	FK Velež Mostar	27	(0)
2003–2004	AGOVV Apeldoorn	32	(1)
2004–2006	De Graafschap	24	(1)
Total		220	(5)
Managerial career
2006–2008	De Graafschap (reserve/youth team)
2008–2009	De Graafschap (assistant)
2009–2011	De Graafschap
2011	Zulte Waregem
2013	Stockport County
2013–2015	Jong PSV
2015–2016	Roda JC Kerkrade
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Darije Kalezić (born November 1, 1969 in Pfäffikon, Switzerland) is a Bosnian-Swiss former footballer and was most recently the manager of Roda JC Kerkrade in the Dutch Eredivisie.

Playing career

Kalezić divided his career between Bosnia, where he played for FK Velež Mostar, and the Netherlands as player for FC Den Bosch, RKC Waalwijk, AGOVV Apeldoorn, De Graafschap. He retired in 2006.

Coaching career

After retirement from football as a player, Kalezić accepted to stay at De Graafschap as a reserve/youth team coach from 2006 to 2008, and later on being promoted as assistant.

On February 25, 2009 he was appointed interim manager of De Graafschap after previous manager Henk van Stee was dismissed due to poor results. Even though the team relegated at the end of the season, Kalezić was confirmed as head coach for the new season, in which he led the promptly bounce back into the Eredivisie by claiming the 2009–10 Eerste Divisie title. He saved the team from relegation in 2010–11, leaving the club at the end of the season. On June 2011 he was announced as new head coach of Belgian Pro League club Zulte Waregem, but in the last week of 2011 he was fired after unsatisfactory results. On January 24, 2013, he was announced as manager of Stockport County. He held this position until March 20, 2013 at which point he left the club via mutual consent.

Personal life

Kalezić's father is from Montenegro and his mother is from Sanski Most, Bosnia and Herzegovina. His parents were guest workers in Switzerland when he was born, but they moved back to the Balkans, settling in Mostar when Darije was a child.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 8 May 2016

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
De Graafschap	25 February 2009	30 June 2011	88	39	22	27	137	117	+20	44.32
Zulte Waregem	30 June 2011	27 December 2011	21	3	9	9	26	30	−4	14.29
Stockport County	24 January 2013	20 March 2013	12	3	2	7	13	19	−6	25.00
Jong PSV	1 July 2013	11 June 2015	76	26	22	28	112	113	−1	34.21
Roda JC Kerkrade	11 June 2015	10 May 2016	38	11	10	17	47	63	−16	28.95
Career total			235	82	65	88	335	342	−7	34.89

Honours

As a coach

With De Graafschap:

• Eerste Divisie: 2010