2024-05-10 04:56:07
Edin Terzic could end up in Krasnodar in 2022, but is now one step away from a historic achievement.
Borussia Dortmund is in the Champions League final. Imagine if you were told this at the beginning of the season. But miracles happen in football. The author of one of the main fairy tales of 2024 is Edin Terzic. This is a double holiday for him. After all, he is not only a coach, but also a big fan of Borussia.
Champions League . 1/2 finals. 2nd match
07 May 2024, Tuesday. 23:00
PSG (Paris, France) – Borussia D (Dortmund, Germany) – 0:1
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As reported by İdman.biz with reference to the “Championship”, Terzic did not become a big football player, but played only at the semi-professional level. The reason is a serious injury received while still at the Borussia Dortmund academy. After it, he forgot about a potential career in his favorite club. But in 2010, Edin received a coaching license, after which he received an offer to work with juniors at Borussia, as well as as a scout for the main team.
How did Dortmund find him? In 2008, Terzic met Borussia chief scout Sven Mislintat while studying at the university. He once asked Edin to replace him. Mislintat was impressed by Terzic’s work, after which he offered him a full-time position. For Edin, this was a dream come true. He supported Borussia from the age of nine, and also regularly visited the Westfalenstadion, later renamed Signal Iduna Park. “I first came to the stadium at the age of nine. That’s when I realized which team my heart beats for,” Terzic said at his first press conference as Dortmund coach.
For three years, Edin worked at Borussia as a scout and coach in the youth academy, intersecting with Jurgen Klopp. It is interesting that in 2012 Terzic could have ended up on the staff of Slaven Bilic, who was then working at Lokomotiv Moscow. But the deal did not take place due to the German’s refusal. But Bilic took Edin to the role of assistant at Besiktas, where he went in 2013. A couple of years later they moved to West Ham together.
The union of Bilic and Terzic was helped by a happy accident. Edin met a Croatian agent, who then introduced him to Slaven. He asked Terzic to compile reports on the opponents of the Croatian national team at Euro 2012 (Bilic was coaching it then). The material turned out to be so cool that parts from it helped the Croats beat Ireland. And only then Bilic took Terzic to his headquarters at Besiktas in 2013.
Slaven Bilic, ex-coach of Besiktas and West Ham:
“I am confident that Terzic will become one of the most outstanding coaches in Europe.”
After working with Slaven for five years, Edin returned to his favorite club in 2018. He was invited to his headquarters by the new Borussia coach Lucien Favre. Terzic was not only a great theorist, but also a great developer of players’ qualities. He also brought a fresh perspective to the training process. Top specialists value such personnel. And when Favre was fired in December 2020, it was Terzic who was appointed acting head coach of Borussia until the end of the 2020/2021 season. Another big dream has come true.
Together with the team, Edin won the German Cup, defeating RB Leipzig in the final (4:1). Dortmund also finished third in the Bundesliga. The fans loved Edin. A fan of the team, born 30 km from Dortmund, brought the title. Bliss! But Borussia bosses bet on Marco Rose. And Edin moved to the position of technical director, which was invented specifically for him. A funny moment: in the winter of 2022, Championship journalist Andrei Pankov reported that Terzich was negotiating with Krasnodar about his appointment as head coach. But then the Bulls opted for Daniel Farke.
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