Robert Prosinečki

Robert Prosinečki (Croatian pronunciation: [rǒbert prosinětʃkiː]; born 12 January 1969) is a professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Born in West Germany, he represented Yugoslavia and later Croatia at international level.

Prosinečki began his senior career at Red Star Belgrade, winning three Yugoslav First League titles and the European Cup in 1991. He later played in Spain for Real Madrid, Barcelona, Oviedo and Sevilla. He subsequently won three Croatian league titles with Dinamo Zagreb, and also played in Belgium, England and Slovenia.

At international level, Prosinečki was named best player of the tournament as Yugoslavia won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship, and finished runner-up with the under-21 side at the 1990 European Championship. He was also voted Best Young Player at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. For Croatia, he won 49 caps between 1994 and 2002, featuring at UEFA Euro 1996 and the World Cups of 1998 and 2002, and helping the team to third place in 1998.

After retiring, Prosinečki served as assistant manager of the Croatia national team from 2006 to 2010 before being appointed manager of Red Star Belgrade in December 2010. He left in 2012 and, two months later, took charge of Turkish club Kayserispor. At international level, he coached the Azerbaijan national team from 2014 to 2017 and Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2018 to 2019. He later returned to manage Kayserispor and also coached Denizlispor, Olimpija Ljubljana and Rudeš.