Boro Primorac
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| Full name | Boro Primorac | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 December 1954 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mostar, FPR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||
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Current team | Arsenal (first team assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1972–1978 | Velež Mostar | 133 | (10) | ||||||||||||
| 1978–1983 | Hajduk Split | 283 | (53) | ||||||||||||
| 1983–1986 | Lille | 107 | (13) | ||||||||||||
| 1986–1990 | Cannes | 111 | (14) | ||||||||||||
| Total | 634 | (90) | |||||||||||||
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| 1976–1982 | Yugoslavia | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||
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| 1990–1992 | Cannes | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Valenciennes | ||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Guinea Bissau | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1997 | Nagoya Grampus (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997– | Arsenal (first team assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||||||||||||||
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Boro Primorac (born 5 December 1954) is a Bosnian Croat[1] coach and a former Yugoslav international. Currently, he is the first team coach at Arsenal.
As a player, Primorac was an accomplished international centre half who captained Yugoslavia in the late 1970s. While playing for Velež Mostar and Hajduk Split, his jersey number was 5.[2]
Now a respected coach, Primorac works as right-hand man to Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger. He worked with the Frenchman at Grampus Eight in Japan before joining him at Highbury in March 1997.[3] They have been friends for more than 20 years.[2] He has also worked for AS Cannes and Valenciennes.[4]
Primorac is fluent in nine languages: Croatian, Macedonian, French, English, Japanese, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian.
His son Jure Primorac is a professional footballer.
References
- ↑ Rees, Jasper (3 April 2014). "Wenger: The Legend". Short Books – via Google Books.
- 1 2 "Bosanci mogu igrati u Engleskoj". San. 27 February 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ↑ Group, Arsenal Media. "Boro Primorac - First Team Staff - Staff - Teams - Arsenal.com".
- ↑ France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs Archived 4 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine.. Rsssf.com.
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