Zoran Kastel
Zoran Kastel (born 22 October 1972) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who most recently manager of Prva HNL club Varaždin. Playing career Club Born in Varaždin, Kastel joined the youth academy of the local powerhouse Varteks. He was promoted to the club's first team squad for the 1998–99 season, and soon established himself as a regular member of the team, appearing in 23 league matches in his debut season. He had appeared in a total of 171 Prva HNL matches and scored 9 goals in his seven and a half seasons with Varteks, before leaving the club to join the Albanian Superliga side Dinamo Tirana during the winter break of the 2006–07 season. He played for the Albanian powerhouse for a season and a half, before retiring in July 2007. Managerial career Kastel worked as an assistant to Mladen Posavec in Saudi Arabia and as coach of the U17 team of Al Ittihad Kalba in the United Arab Emirates. He replaced Samir Toplak as manager of Varaždin in December 2020. Managerial statistics References External links Zoran Kastel at 1.HNL.net 1972 births Living people Footballers from Varaždin Men's association football defenders Croatian men's footballers NK Osijek players