Dušan Kerkez

Dušan Kerkez (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Керкез; born 1 May 1976) is a Bosnian professional football manager, who is the head coach of Super League Greece side Atromitos and former player who played as a midfielder.

Date of birth 1 May 1976 (age 50)

Place of birth Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia

Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)

Position Midfielder

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Dušan Kerkez
Personal information

Date of birth	(1976-05-01) 1 May 1976 (age 50)
Place of birth	Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Atromitos (manager)
Youth career
	Partizan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
199ɂ–199ɂ	Voždovac
2001–2002	Radnički Obrenovac	26	(1)
2002–2004	Leotar	63	(9)
2004–2005	Zrinjski Mostar	27	(3)
2005–2007	Rijeka	41	(1)
2007–2011	AEL Limassol	93	(5)
2011–2014	Aris Limassol	82	(2)
Total		332	(21)
International career
2004–2006	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	(0)
Managerial career
2014–2018	AEL Limassol (youth)
2018–2021	AEL Limassol
2022–2023	Čukarički
2023–2025	Botev Plovdiv
2025	CSKA Sofia
2025–	Atromitos
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Playing career

Club

In the 2001–02 season, Kerkez played regularly for Radnički Obrenovac and helped the club earn promotion to the First League of FR Yugoslavia for the first time in history. He then moved to Bosnia and Herzegovina and joined Leotar in the summer of 2002, helping them win the national championship in their debut appearance in the top flight.^[1]

After two years at Leotar, Kerkez switched to fellow Bosnian side Zrinjski Mostar in the summer of 2004, celebrating his second league title in his only season at the club. He subsequently moved to Croatia and signed with Rijeka, winning the national cup in his first year.

In the summer of 2007, Kerkez was transferred to Cypriot side AEL Limassol. He spent four seasons with the club, before switching to cross-town rivals Aris Limassol in the summer of 2011.

International

Kerkez received his first call-up to the Bosnia and Herzegovina squad by manager Blaž Slišković^[2] and made his debut for them in a February 2004 friendly match away against Vardaska. He has earned a total of four. He also played in an unofficial game against Iran in 2005. His final international was a September 2006 European Championship qualification against Hungary.^[3]

Personal life

Kerkez's son Strahinja Kerkez is also a professional footballer, and is a youth international for Cyprus.^{[citation needed]}

Managerial statistics

As of 21 May 2026

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Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD
AEL Limassol	6 March 2018	6 December 2021	128	59	24	45	046.09	179	152	27
Čukarički	31 May 2022	15 August 2023	49	31	7	11	063.27	88	51	37
Botev Plovdiv	4 September 2023	1 June 2025	78	36	16	26	046.15	114	93	21
CSKA Sofia	6 June 2025	20 September 2025	8	1	4	3	012.50	7	8	-1
Atromitos	15 November 2025	Present	28	11	8	9	039.29	40	31	9
Career total			291	138	59	94	047.42	429	334	95