Dragan Tadić

Not to be confused with Dragan Tadić (Serbian footballer).

Dragan Tadić (born 12 February 1973) is a Croatian retired football midfielder and manager.

Dragan Tadić

Personal information
Date of birth	(1973-02-12) 12 February 1973 (age 52)
Place of birth	Rijeka, Croatia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Grobničan
	Rijeka
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1995	Rijeka	71	(4)
1991	→ Koper (loan)
1991–1992	→ Primorje (loan)
1995	Istra	4	(0)
1995–1997	Segesta	60	(6)
1997–2003	Harelbeke	35	(1)
2003–2007	Rijeka	89	(5)
2007	Zadar	15	(2)
2007–2008	Novalja
2008–2010	Istra 1961	44	(0)
2010–2011	Novalja	16	(3)
Managerial career
2012–2013	Rijeka (assistant)
2014	Slaven Belupo (assistant)
2014–2015	Opatija
2015–2020	Mesaimeer (assistant)
2021–2022	Rijeka II
2022	Hrvatski Dragovoljac
2022	Rijeka
2023–2024	Al-Bukiryah (assistant)
2024	Al-Bukiryah
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:51, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Club career

He spent the peak years of his career playing for various clubs in Croatia’s Prva HNL, including close to 200 official games for HNK Rijeka.^[1] He played the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup with Segesta where they lost in the final to Danish club Silkeborg IF.^[2] Abroad he played in Belgium with KRC Harelbeke.

Managerial career

He started his career working as an assistant to Elvis Scoria at Rijeka and Slaven Belupo. Tadić replaced Davor Mladina at the helm at Hrvatski Dragovoljac in January 2022^[3] and was dismissed as manager of Rijeka in August 2022 after only 4 league games.^[4]

On 9 February 2024, Tadić was appointed as manager of Saudi First Division club Al-Bukiryah following the sacking of Darko Nović.^[5] He was the assistant of Nović at Al-Bukiryah. On 1 April 2024, Tadić was sacked after a 3–1 defeat to Al-Najma.^[6]

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Croatia			League		Croatian Cup		Super Cup		Europe		Total
1992–93	NK Rijeka	Prva HNL	16	1	2	1	–	–	–	–	18	2
1993–94			26	1	7	2	–	–	–	–	33	3
1994–95			29	2	6	0	–	–	–	–	35	2
1995–96	NK Istra		4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	0
	HNK Segesta		33	3	4	0	–	–	–	–	37	3
1996–97			27	3	2	0	–	–	8	1	37	4
Belgian			League		Belgian Cup		Super Cup		Europe		Total
1997–98	Harelbeke	First Division A	21	1	2	0	–	–	–	–	23	0
1998–99			14	0	1	0	–	–	2	0	17	0
Croatia			League		Croatian Cup		Super Cup		Europe		Total
2003–04	HNK Rijeka	Prva HNL	17	1	2	1	–	–	–	–	20	2
2004–05			27	2	8	1	–	–	2	0	37	3
2005–06			32	0	6	0	1	0	2	0	41	0
2006–07			13	2	–	–	1	0	–	–	14	2
	NK Zadar	Druga HNL	13	0	2	0	–	–	1	0	17	0
2007–08		Prva HNL	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0
	NK Novalja	3. HNL - West	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	1	1
2008–09	NK Istra 1961	Druga HNL	29	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	30	0
2009–10		Prva HNL	15	0	2	0	–	–	–	–	30	0
2010–11	NK Novalja	3. HNL - West	16	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	16	3
Total	Rijeka		160	9	46	6	2	0	4	0	212	15
	Career		334	16	31	5	3	0	17	1	400	23

^[7]

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure

Club	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Rijeka II	1 July 2021	11 January 2022	16	6	8	2	0	0	+0	037.50
NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac	12 January 2022	31 May 2022	16	3	3	10	0	0	+0	018.75
Rijeka	20 June 2022	17 August 2022	6	1	1	4	0	0	+0	016.67
Al-Bukiryah	9 February 2024	1 April 2024	7	3	0	4	0	0	+0	042.86
Total			45	13	12	20	0	0	+0	028.89

Honours

Rijeka

• Croatian Cup: 2004–05, 2005–06

Zadar

• 2.HNL Promotion: 2006–07

Istra 1961

• 2.HNL: 2008–09