Marino Pušić

Marino Pušić (born 18 August 1971) is a Croatian retired footballer and current assistant manager of AZ Alkmaar.

As a player, Pusic played for De Graafschap, VV Rheden, 1. FC Köln II, and KAS Eupen.  As a player and a manager he also was active in futsal.  Pusic was a trainer in the Vitesse/AGOVV Football Academy and assistant-manager with NAC Breda, Inter Baku en FC Twente.

On 18 October 2017, he was appointed interim manager at FC Twente after his predecessor René Hake was forced to leave. On 29 October 2017, Gertjan Verbeek was presented as the new manager, after which Pusic fell back in his role as assistant manager. On 26 March 2018, he was promoted to the interim manager position again, as Verbeek was fired.. As interim head coach, Pusic failed to save FC Twente's season and finished last in the Eredivisie, thus relegating to the Eerste Divisie. As of the 2018-2019 season, Pusic was promoted to head coach.

After finishing in first place and becoming the champions of the Eerste Divisie, and thus securing promotion back to the Eredivisie, Pusic was sacked on 7 May 2019.. He was then recruited to become the assistant manager for AZ Alkmaar in May 2019.

Honours
FC Twente
Eerste Divisie: 2018–19

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