Boro Primorac (; born 5 December 1954) is a Bosnian professional football

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and former

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who most recently managed

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club

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Playing career

Club

Primorac featured as a centre half with Yugoslavian clubs Velež Mostar and

, as well as for French teams

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and

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International

Primorac played at the senior level for

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whom he captained in the late 1970s. He made his debut for them in a February 1976

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away against

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and has earned a total of 14 caps, scoring no goals. Primorac went on to be triumphant as Yugoslavia won the gold medal in football at the

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. He also was a part of the Yugoslavian squad which got to the semi-finals of the

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. All together Primorac was capped a sum of 18 times for Yugoslavia. His final international was a November 1980 World Cup qualification match against

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Managerial career

After his playing days came to an end, Primorac went on to manage French clubs

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and

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. He then worked under Frenchman

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in Japan before joining him at

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in March 1997. He then served under Wenger within the role of assistant coach at

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. On 4 November 2020, Primorac was appointed manager of Croatian club

. He was intended to be a caretaker, but after 7 points won in 3 matches he had extended the contract to the end of the year. After declining performances in December his contract was not extended again and he was replaced by

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in January 2021.

Managerial statistics

Personal life

Primorac is an ethnic

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/ref> He is reportedly fluent in eight languages; his native Bosnian and

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, English, Japanese,

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, Portuguese and Italian. His son Jure Primorac is also a professional footballer.

Honours

Player

International

Yugoslavia *

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References

External links

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Profile at Yugoslavia / Serbia national team pageProfile Boro Primorac at Arsenal.com
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