Nick Dasovic

Nick Dasovic

Personal information
Full name	Nick Robert Dasovic
Date of birth	December 5, 1968 (1968-12-05) (age 42)
Place of birth	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	midfielder (retired)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1989–1991	Dinamo Zagreb
1991–1992	North York Rockets
1992–1993	Croatia Zagreb	0	(0)
1993–1994	Montreal Impact	36	(4)
1995	Vancouver 86ers	2	(0)
1995–1996	Stade Briochin
1996	Vancouver 86ers	10	(1)
1996	Trelleborgs FF	7	(0)
1996–2002	St. Johnstone	137	(1)
2002–2005	Vancouver Whitecaps	81	(2)
National team‡
1992–2004	Canada	63	(2)
Teams managed
2002–2005	Vancouver Whitecaps (player/assistant coach)
2006	Whitecaps FC Reserves
2005–2007	U-20 Canada(Assistant Coach)
2008–2010	TFC Academy
2008–	Canada (Assistant Coach)
2008–2010	Toronto FC (Assistant Coach)
2008	Canada U-23
2010	Toronto FC (Interim Head Coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 September 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 September 2009

Nick Robert Dasovic (born December 5, 1968 in Vancouver) is a retired professional Canadian soccer player of Croatian descent. He was most at Toronto FC, acting as interim head coach until January 2011^[1] and North American head scout until May 2011.

Club career

A 6'1, 180 lbs central midfielder, Dasovic began his career in the Yugoslav First League and later the Croatian First League playing for Croatian club NK Dinamo Zagreb, renamed Croatia Zagreb during some period in the 1990s. In the team were also featuring important players like Mario Stanić and Goran Vlaović. He began playing in Canada professionally with the North York Rockets of the former Canadian Soccer League for whom he played the 1991 and 1992 seasons. Dasovic played the 1993 and 1994 seasons in the American Professional Soccer League with the Montreal Impact.

Dasovic played for Stade Briochin in the French Ligue 3 in 1995 and for Swedish Allsvenskan side Trelleborgs FF in 1996.

St. Johnstone

In November 1996, Dasovic signed for Scottish club St. Johnstone. His first season in Perth saw the Saints win promotion from the First Division into the Premier League. Dasovic has been quoted as saying that his fondest memory of his pro career was being named man-of-the-match in the 1998 Scottish League Cup Final in which he scored, a 2-1 defeat against Rangers. Saints went on to finish third behind Rangers and Celtic in the Scottish Premier League that season and qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup.

He finished his playing career as player/manager of Vancouver Whitecaps.

International career

He made his senior debut for Canada in an April 1992 friendly match against China and went on to earn 63 caps, scoring twice.^[2] He represented Canada in 14 World Cup qualifiers^[3] and played at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup.

His final international game was a January 2004 friendly match against Barbados.

International goals

Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 July 1993	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Costa Rica	1-0	1-1	CONCACAF Gold Cup
2	13 October 1996	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada	Cuba	2-0	2-0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification

Coaching career

Known for his vocal antics on the touchline, Nick Dasovic led Canada's under-23 side through Olympic qualifying in 2008, drawing Mexico 1-1 in the group stage and helping to eliminate the heavily-favoured Mexican side in the process. After a highly promising 5-0 win over Guatemala on a night when Mexico had to better that result against Haiti but could only win 5-1, Canada fell to the United States 3-0 in the semifinal, losing out on a spot in Beijing at the Olympics that summer. Canada recovered to defeat Guatemala in the third-place playoff, a rematch of their first round game, winning on penalties (5-3) after a scoreless draw through 120 minutes.

On May 6, 2008, Dasovic joined MLS club Toronto FC as TFC Academy head coach and second assistant to the first team. He became first assistant when manager John Carver left the club in 2009 and was replaced by his understudy Chris Cummins as interim coach. In September 2010, he became interim head coach of Toronto FC after the firing of Preki until January 2011 when Aron Winter became the head coach.

References

1. ^ [1] - Toronto FC
2. ^ Appearances for Canada National Team - RSSSF
3. ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA

External links

• Player profile - Canada Soccer
• Profile of Nick Dasovic
• Nick Dasovic at National-Football-Teams.com

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Name	Dasovic, Nick
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Date of birth	1968-12-05
Place of birth	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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