Edin Terzić
German-Croatian football manager (born 1982)
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Edin Terzić (pronounced [êdiːn těrziːtɕ]; born 30 October 1982) is a German-Croatian professional football coach and former player who is currently head coach of La Liga club Athletic Bilbao.
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Terzić in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 October 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Menden, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Athletic Bilbao (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2004 | FC Iserlohn 46/49 | 30 | (1) |
| 2004–2006 | Westfalia Herne | 30 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 33 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Westfalia Herne | 34 | (8) |
| 2008–2010 | BV Cloppenburg | 31 | (7) |
| 2010–2013 | Borussia Dröschede | 26 | (7) |
| Total | 188 | (23) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020–2021 | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| 2022–2024 | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| 2026– | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
After a playing career as a forward in the lower leagues of German football, Terzić worked as a scout and youth assistant coach at Borussia Dortmund. Following spells as an assistant to Slaven Bilić, he obtained a UEFA Pro Licence in 2018. He returned to Dortmund as head coach in 2020, winning the DFB-Pokal in 2021 and reaching the UEFA Champions League final in 2024.
Early years and personal life
Terzić was born on 30 October 1982 in Menden, West Germany, to a working-class family that immigrated from Yugoslavia.[2] His Bosniak father hails from Donji Vakuf, Bosnia and Herzegovina and his Croat mother hails from Osijek, Croatia[3][4] and he holds Croatian citizenship.[5][6] His older brother Alen also works as a scout for Borussia Dortmund and served as caretaker manager of Borussia Dortmund II during the 2019–20 Regionalliga West season.[7]
Terzić is an alumnus of Ruhr University Bochum where he studied Sports Science.[2] He played at the fourth level of leagues in Germany during his playing career.[2] With SC Westfalia Herne, he won the Westphalia Cup in 2006, scoring twice in a 6–4 final win over Delbrücker SC.[8]
Coaching career
Early career
Between 2011 and 2013, Terzić worked as a scout and assistant coach in the Borussia Dortmund Academy, reporting to first team manager Jürgen Klopp.[9][10]
Terzić was an assistant coach of Slaven Bilić at Beşiktaş between 2013 and 2015 and at West Ham United from 2015 to 2017.[11] His collaboration with Bilić started in 2012, when Terzić drafted and delivered a pre-game opponent analysis for Croatia's group stage match against the Republic of Ireland at Euro 2012.[2] Satisfied with the analysis, Bilić invited him to join him as assistant coach at Lokomotiv Moscow, however, the deal eventually fell through.[2] Bilić once again offered Terzić the position at Beşiktaş and Terzić accepted the offer after consulting with Borussia Dortmund.[2] He followed him to West Ham United in 2015, but left the club two years later when Bilić was sacked on 6 November 2017.[12]
Since 2018, Terzić has held UEFA Pro Licence qualification, after graduating from an 18-month long course of The Football Association in England. Fellow graduates included former Chelsea manager Graham Potter as well as former professional players Nicky Butt and Nemanja Vidić.[13]
Return to Dortmund
Terzić returned to Borussia Dortmund in 2018 as an assistant coach of the first team after the appointment of Lucien Favre as coach.[14] He took charge of the team along with his colleague Manfred Stefes for the 2018–19 encounter against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, as head coach Favre missed the match due to illness.[9][15] After Favre was sacked following a 5–1 loss against VfB Stuttgart in December 2020, Terzić was appointed manager until the end of the 2020–21 season.[16] On 13 May 2021, Terzić won the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal with a 4–1 victory over RB Leipzig.[17] He was succeeded on a permanent basis by Borussia Mönchengladbach manager Marco Rose.[18]
Instead of returning to his position as assistant manager for the 2021–22 season, Terzić moved to the newly created position as technical director.[19] After Rose left by mutual consent at the end of the season, Terzić was reappointed manager on a permanent basis, signing a contract until 2025.[20] In the 2022–23 Bundesliga, the team lost out on the league title on goal difference to Bayern Munich on the final day, following a shock 2–2 draw at home to Mainz 05.[21]
In 2023–24, Terzić led Borussia Dortmund to 5th place, earning direct qualification for the Champions League.[22] He also led the team to the Champions League final in the same season, beating Paris Saint-Germain 2–0 on aggregate in the semi-final.[23][24] In the final, his club lost 2–0 against Real Madrid.[25] He left Borussia Dortmund by his own request on 13 June 2024.[26]
Athletic Bilbao
On 5 May 2026, Spanish La Liga side Athletic Bilbao announced the appointment of Terzić ahead of the 2026–27 season, signing a contract until 2028.[27]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 1 June 2024
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Borussia Dortmund | 13 December 2020 | 30 June 2021 | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 74 | 42 | +32 | 62.50 | [28] |
| Borussia Dortmund | 23 May 2022 | 13 June 2024 | 96 | 55 | 20 | 21 | 193 | 111 | +82 | 57.29 | [29] |
| Athletic Bilbao | 1 July 2026 | Present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |
| Total | 128 | 75 | 24 | 29 | 267 | 153 | +114 | 58.59 | — | ||
Honours
Player
Westfalia Herne
- Westphalia Cup: 2005–06[8]
Manager
Borussia Dortmund
- DFB-Pokal: 2020–21[17]
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2023–24
