Dražen Biškup (born 28 December 1965 in
Zagreb
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) is a Croatian
football
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manager and retired professional
footballer
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who currently manages
Vrbovec
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Geography
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.
Club career
NK Zagreb
Biškup played for
NK Dinamo Zagreb
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in the
Yugoslav First League
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and for
NK Zagreb
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in
Yugoslav Third League
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,
Yugoslav Second League
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and later in the
Croatia
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n
Prva HNL
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. Biškup spent almost entire his career in NK Zagreb. He started playing professional
football
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in
Dinamo, in which he did not receive sufficient minutes on the pitch. Therefore, he decided to join NK Zagreb, which then played in the
third division. After two seasons in NK Zagreb he attempted to try one more time with
Dinamo, but after his lack of opportunity in Dinamo once again, he returned to the Zagreb team in the season
1990/1991 when Zagreb played in
second Yugoslav division and immediately helped them win championship and promotion to the
First Division the following year, which have not been played due to the breakup of
Yugoslavia
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. He stayed with Zagreb in the newly established
Croatian football league
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and helped achieve the best results in the club's history. In
1992
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season they ended up as vice-champions, after close battle with
Hajduk
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.
1992–93 they won third place, and in
1993–94 they finished second again and again behind the
Hajduk
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for only a point. After a short episode in
Austria
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, he returned to Zagreb and in
1996–97 season made it to the
Cup
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finals
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in which they lost undeserved with the referee help to
Dinamo 1–2 at
Maksimir
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. He played until the end of
1999–2000 season, when he decided to end his career at 35 years of age in his favorite
club and leave his place to younger players. For Zagreb he played a total of 244 games in eleven seasons on three occasions and as a
defensive player scored five goals.
International career
Biškup made his debut for
Croatia
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in a June 1991
friendly match
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away against
Slovenia
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, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute for
Aljoša Asanović
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, and earned a total of 5 caps scoring no goals. His final international was an October 1992 friendly against
Mexico
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.
Coaching career
After years of coaching in
Suhopolje
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It is located on the northern slopes of the Bilogora mountain in the region of Podravina, 10 km southeast of Virovitica; elevation 118 m.
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there was a desire for change. He replaced
Suhopolje
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It is located on the northern slopes of the Bilogora mountain in the region of Podravina, 10 km southeast of Virovitica; elevation 118 m.
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In the ...
by another
second-league club,
NK Lučko
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Founded in 1931 as SK Velebit, shortly after renamed into NK Velebit, it is one of the oldest clubs in its bor ...
, a club whose ambitions were much bigger. It was a debut
season
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in the
second division for NK Lučko. He took the club prior tenth round, and lost first game against
NK Vinogradar
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town of Jastrebarsko. The club merged with NK Jaska in 2021 after the death of Ivan Rubinić, the former owner who helped the club become well known ...
away 3–1. In the end he won fourth place in the
league
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, behind third-placed
NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac who won promotion to the
first division thanks to two goals scored more than NK Lučko since both teams won 42 points. The following
2010–11
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season he managed to secure promotion to
first division as vice-champions of the
second division. Only better than them was
HNK Gorica
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. In that season NK Lučko made a league record away win against the club which he also managed before,
HNK Suhopolje
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, 7–0. He led the club in their debut season in the
first division 2011–12 but did not remain long in the position of head coach because after five rounds, and only one point won in the
first division, he concluded an agreement on terminating the contract with NK Lučko on 22 August 2011. Fatal set of results, which resulted in termination of the contract was 1–1 vs
Zadar
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, 0–1 vs
Rijeka
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, 0–2 vs
Istra 1961, 0–1 vs
Zagreb
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and 1–2 vs
Split
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. At the end of the season NK Lučko still failed to save their status as a major league club by finishing thirteenth out of sixteen clubs in the
championship
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and were relegated to the
second league. Just a few days after, he took up a new job at
NK Zelina
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Sveti Ivan Zelina is north-east from Zagreb, connected:
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.
NK Zelina
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competed in the
third league and after having played the first round at home against
Krk
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in which they draw 1–1 he was appointed for a head coach just one day before the second round. In his first game on
Zelina bench they played away game against one of competitors in the
league
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for the promotion,
Vrapče and lost. At end of the championship however, they were able to catch up and become the 2011–12
league
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champions ahead of
Vrapče thanks to a better goal difference since they both had 69 points and won promotion to the
Croatian Second League. His second term in NK Lučko began in season 2016/17 when he avoided relegation to Croatian third division. However, he left NK Lučko at the end of season. In season 2017/2018 after Besnik Prenga was sacked, it was announced that Drazen Biskup will replace him and join his former club one more time.
Statistics
G – Matches managed; W – Matches won; D – Matches drawn; L – Matches lost; GF – Goals for; GA – Goals against
References
External links
Dražen Biškupat Soccerway
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Biskup, Drazen
1965 births
Living people
Footballers from Zagreb
Men's association football defenders
Yugoslav men's footballers
Croatian men's footballers
Croatia men's international footballers
NK Zagreb players
GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
Admira Wacker players
Yugoslav First League players
Croatian Football League players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Croatian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Croatian football managers
HNK Suhopolje managers
NK Lučko managers
NK Vinogradar managers
HNK Gorica managers