Ante Čović (Croatian footballer)

Ante Čović (born 31 August 1975) is a Croatian-German professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Bundesliga club Hertha BSC.[1]

This article is about the Croatian soccer player. For the Australian soccer player, see Ante Covic.

Ante Čović
Čović as manager of Hertha BSC in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-08-31) 31 August 1975
Place of birth Berlin, West Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1988–1994 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 VfB Stuttgart 13 (2)
1995–1996 1. FC Nürnberg 24 (1)
1996–2000 Hertha BSC 72 (8)
2000–2001 VfL Bochum 5 (0)
2001–2002 1. FC Saarbrücken 20 (2)
2003–2010 Hertha BSC II 108 (9)
Total 242 (22)
National team
1995–1997 Croatia U21 7 (1)
Teams managed
2013–2019 Hertha BSC II
2019 Hertha BSC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Managerial career

Hertha BSC II (2013–2019)

Čović was head coach of Hertha BSC's U–19 team until 21 November 2013.[2] At this point, he became head coach of Hertha BSC II.[2] His first match at the helm was a 5–2 win against SV Babelsberg 03 on 24 November 2013.[3] Hertha BSC II finished the 2013–14 season in 12th place, three spots above the relegation zone.[4] Then Hertha BSC II started the 2014–15 season with a 1–0 loss against Budissa Bautzen.[5] The first win of the season was a 3–0 victory on matchday three in a Berlin derby against Dynamo Berlin.[5]

Hertha BSC (2019)

He was appointed head coach of the first team on 1 July 2019.[6] On 27 November 2019, Čović and Hertha BSC agreed to terminate his contract following poor results, with the side languishing in 15th place.[7] He was replaced by Jürgen Klinsmann.[8]

Personal life

His son Maurice is also a footballer.[9][10]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 24 November 2019
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLGFGAGDWin %
Hertha BSC II 21 November 2013 1 July 2019 181 74 49 58 288 256 +32 040.88 [11]
Hertha BSC 1 July 2019 27 November 2019 14 4 3 7 25 29 −4 028.57 [12]
Total 195 78 52 65 313 285 +28 040.00 —

References
  1. "Covic, Ante" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  2. "Covic übernimmt U 23 der Hertha" (in German). kicker. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  3. "Hertha BSC II". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  4. "Regionalliga Nordost – Spieltag / Tabelle". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  5. "Hertha BSC II". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. "Covic wird neuer Cheftrainer bei Hertha BSC". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  7. "Hertha BSC name Jurgen Klinsmann as their new head coach". Business Standard. Asian News International. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  8. "Klinsmann wird neuer trainer bei Hertha BSC". n-tv (in German). 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  9. "Our next opponents: End of an era". bayer04.de. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  10. Berlin, Hertha (3 February 2018). "There's a familar [sic] name in the Hertha squad today, as we say hello to Maurice #Covic, son of our former player and current reserve team coach Ante! #hahohe #BSCTSGpic.twitter.com/4L49TPV4DV". @HerthaBSC_EN. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  11. "Hertha BSC II: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  12. "Hertha BSC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 24 September 2019.


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