Otto Barić

Yugoslavian football player and manager, later Croatian (1932-2020)

Otto Barić (Croatian pronunciation: [bǎːritɕ];[1] 19 June 1933 – 13 December 2020) was an Austrian-born Croatian football player and later manager.[2][3][4] He was born in Eisenkappel-Vellach, Austria. From 1958 to 1963, he played for Lokomotiva Zagreb. He managed the national team from 2002 to 2004.

Otto Barić
Personal information
Full name Otto Barić
Date of birth (1933-06-19)19 June 1933
Place of birth Eisenkappel, Austria
Date of death 13 December 2020(2020-12-13) (aged 87)
Place of death Zagreb, Croatia
Youth career
1946–1952 Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1958 Metalac Zagreb
1958–1963 Lokomotiva Zagreb
Teams managed
1964–1967 Lokomotiva Zagreb
1967–1969 Opel Rüsselsheim
1969–1970 Germania Wiesbaden
1970–1972 Wacker Innsbruck
1972–1974 LASK Linz
1974–1976 NK Zagreb
1974–1979 Yugoslavia (amateurs)
1976–1979 Dinamo Vinkovci
1980–1982 Sturm Graz
1982–1985 Rapid Vienna
1985–1986 VfB Stuttgart
1986–1988 Rapid Vienna
1988–1989 Sturm Graz
1990–1991 Vorwärts Steyr
1991–1995 Casino Salzburg
1995–1996 Croatia (assistant)
1996–1997 Croatia Zagreb
1997–1998 Fenerbahçe S.K.
1998–1999 LASK Linz
1999–2001 Austria
2002–2004 Croatia
2006–2007 Albania
Honours
Representing  Yugoslavia (as manager)
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1979 Split
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Barić died of COVID-19 on 13 December 2020 in Zagreb, Croatia at the age of 87.[5]

Managerial statistics change

Source:[6][7]

Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Lokomotiva Zagreb 1964 1967
Opel Rüsselsheim 1967 1969
Germania Wiesbaden 1969 1970
Wacker Innsbruck 1 January 1971 31 December 1971 66 24 20 22 036.36
LASK Linz 1972 1974 66 24 20 22 036.36
NK Zagreb 1974 1976
Yugoslavia Amateurs 1974 1979 8 6 1 1 075.00
Dinamo Vinkovci 1976 1979
Sturm Graz 1 July 1980 30 June 1982 79 34 18 27 043.04
Rapid Wien 1 July 1982 30 June 1985 137 86 36 15 062.77
Stuttgart 1 July 1985 4 March 1986 28 13 6 9 046.43
Rapid Wien 1 July 1986 11 September 1988 139 85 33 21 061.15
Sturm Graz 1 October 1988 30 June 1989 28 14 6 8 050.00
Vorwärts Steyr 28 July 1990 3 May 1991 33 9 11 13 027.27
Casino Salzburg 11 July 1991 29 August 1995 191 105 48 38 054.97
Croatia Zagreb 6 June 1996 2 June 1997 41 34 5 2 082.93
Fenerbahçe 1997 1998 41 24 9 8 058.54
LASK Linz 29 July 1998 4 December 1998 19 11 2 6 057.89
Austria 13 April 1999 21 November 2001 22 7 6 9 031.82
Croatia July 2002 July 2004 24 11 8 5 045.83
Albania 16 August 2006 21 November 2007 15 4 5 6 026.67
Totals 937 491 234 212 052.40

Honours change

Wacker Innsbruck

NK Zagreb

Yugoslavia

Rapid Vienna

Casino Salzburg

Croatia Zagreb

References change

  1. "Bartolòmēj". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Bartolòmēj, Bárić
  2. (in Polish) Sport.pl: Otto Barić zawieszony na trzy mecze
  3. (in Slovak) FutbalPortal.sk: Trenčín rokuje s trénerom Rehhagelom, v hre aj Chorváti a Petržela
  4. (in English) Robert Bajruši (14 September 2004). "My son Niko will be the Croatian Zinedane Zidane". Nacional (weekly). Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  5. Mit 87 JahrenTrainerlegende Otto Baric an Corona verstorben (in German)
  6. "Otto Baric - Stats - Titles won". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  7. "Croatia - O. Barić". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  8. 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 Grgić, Eva (13 December 2020). "Preminuo je bivši nogometni izbornik Otto Barić, imao je koronavirus" (in Croatian). Večernji list. Retrieved 14 December 2020.