14 Facts About Nenad Bjelica

Nenad Bjelica was most recently the manager of Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb.

Nenad Bjelica quickly moved to Osijek and spent almost four seasons there, before moving abroad to Spain.

The next season, Nenad Bjelica spent at Las Palmas, but returned to Real Betis a year later.

Nenad Bjelica then returned home to Osijek for two seasons and recovered his form, playing with the team in three stages of the UEFA Cup.

Nenad Bjelica then moved to Kaiserslautern in 2000, where he spent four seasons, until semi-retiring top-tier football in 2004.

Nenad Bjelica made his debut for Croatia in a February 2001 friendly match against Austria and earned a total of nine caps.

Nenad Bjelica's final international was a June 2004 European Championship match against France in Portugal.

Nenad Bjelica retired from the team in that year, at the same time the manager Otto Baric was replaced.

Nenad Bjelica began his coaching career on 15 September 2007 at Karnten, as player-caretaker manager.

Nenad Bjelica was the head coach of Lustenau 07 from March to December 2009, as well as of WAC St Andra from May 2010 to June 2013.

On 15 May 2018, Nenad Bjelica signed a two-year contract with the Croatian champion Dinamo Zagreb, being appointed as their head coach.

Nenad Bjelica was named the new head coach of Union Berlin on 26 November 2023.

On 26 September 2024 Nenad Bjelica signed a multi-year contract with Dinamo Zagreb and became the head coach of the club again after four years.

Beides his native Croatian, Nenad Bjelica speaks English, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish fluently and he is learning French.