Rodion Gačanin

Rodion Gačanin (born 13 January 1967) is a Croatian association football coach.^[1][2]

Rodion Gačanin

Personal information
Full name	Rodion Gačanin
Date of birth	(1967-01-13) 13 January 1967 (age 58)
Place of birth	Rijeka, Croatia
Managerial career
Years	Team
1997–1999	Opatija
1999–2001	Orijent
2002–2005	Al-Riffa
2005–2007	Al Kuwait Kaifan
2007–2008	Kuwait
2008	Al Kuwait Kaifan
2008	Al-Nassr KSA
2009	Al-Merrikh
2009–2010	Al-Nasr Libya
2010–2011	Al-Muharraq
2011–2012	Al Qadsia
2012–2013	Erbil
2014	Al-Nasr Kuwait
2014–2015	Al-Muharraq
2015–2016	Al-Mesaimeer
2016–2017	Al-Muharraq
2017–2018	Al Urooba
2018–2019	Al-Nasr Oman
2019–2021	Erbil
2021–2022	Al-Ahly Benghazi
2022	Kuwait SC
2023	Hajer

Career

Gačanin started as a manager at local sides Orijent, Opatija and Crikvenica then worked in the UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait.^[3]

He has coached in the Middle East for decades and had been manager of Libyan side Al-Ahly Benghazi since September 2021,^[4] before returning to one of his former clubs, Kuwait SC, in July 2022.^[5]

On 19 June 2023, Gačanin was appointed as manager of Saudi First Division side Hajer.^[6] He was let go on 30 September 2023.^[7]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 10 February 2021^[8]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref.
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Riffa	1 July 2002	30 June 2005	89	64	14	11	071.9
Kuwait	1 July 2005	5 June 2008	156	89	34	33	057.1
Kuwait	20 December 2007	5 June 2008	13	2	5	6	015.4
Al-Nassr	27 May 2008	4 December 2008	25	12	7	6	048.0
Al-Merrikh	18 March 2009	26 July 2009	21	16	4	1	076.2
Al-Nasr (Libya)	26 July 2009	30 June 2011	71	28	13	30	039.4
Qadsia	1 July 2011	7 October 2012	62	43	11	8	069.4
Erbil	18 December 2012	1 June 2013	23	15	4	4	065.2
Al-Nasr (Kuwait)	7 May 2014	28 November 2014	10	2	3	5	020.0
Al-Mesaimeer SC	1 February 2015	1 July 2016	30	2	3	25	006.7
Al Muharraq	8 July 2016	8 January 2017	17	10	3	4	058.8
Al Urooba	5 November 2017	1 May 2018	22	7	7	8	031.8
Al-Nasr (Salalah)	1 July 2018	30 June 2019	33	14	10	9	042.4
Erbil	19 October 2019	10 February 2021	44	19	11	14	043.2
Hajer	19 June 2023	30 September 2023	7	1	1	5	014.3
Total			622	324	130	168	052.1	—

Honours

Bahrain Riffa Club^[9]

• Bahraini Premier League: 2002-03 2004-05
• Bahraini FA Cup: 2004
• Bahraini Crown Prince Cup: 2002, 2003, 2004

Al Kuwait Kaifan

• Kuwaiti Premier League: 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08
• Kuwait Crown Prince Cup: 2008

Al-Muharraq

• Bahraini Premier League: 2010-11, 2014-15

Al Qadsia

• Kuwaiti Premier League: 2011-12
• Kuwait Emir Cup: 2011-12
• Kuwait Super Cup: 2011