Matjaž Kek

Matjaž Kek
Personal information
Kek with Slovenian national team.
Date of birth	(1961-09-09) 9 September 1961
Place of birth	Maribor, FPR Yugoslavia
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Rijeka (manager)
Youth career
–1980	Železničar Maribor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1980	Železničar Maribor
1980–1985	Maribor	114	(36)
1985–1988	Spittal/Drau
1988–1995	GAK
1995–1999	Maribor	126	(17)
National team
1992	Slovenia	1	(0)
Teams managed
2000-2001	Maribor (assistant/caretaker)
2001–2004	Maribor
2006-2007	Slovenia U15/U16
2007–2011	Slovenia
2011–2012	Al-Ittihad
2013–	Rijeka
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Matjaž Kek (born 9 September 1961) is a former Slovenian footballer and current manager of Croatian club HNK Rijeka. He is the former manager of the Slovenia national team.

Club career

Kek started his professional football career at his home club Maribor in 1979,^[1] before moving to the Austrian club Spittal/Drau in 1985, where he spent 3 seasons. He then transferred to another Austrian club, GAK of the Austrian Bundesliga where he played for 7 years. After that he returned to Maribor, where from 1995 to 1999 he won 3 Slovenian league titles, before retiring. He spent most of his career playing in defense, mostly in the centre back position and was known for his leadership abilities.

Managerial career

Maribor

After finishing his career as a player, Kek stayed at Maribor, serving as an assistant coach for one season, before being appointed manager in 2000. He immediately won the league title in the 2000–01 season. Under his guidance the team won the league again in 2003.

Slovenia

In 2006 he was the coach of the Slovenian under-15 and under-16 national football teams. On 3 January 2007, Kek was appointed manager of the Slovenia national team, which he led to the 2010 FIFA World Cup after beating Russia in the play-off. On 24 October 2011, after the unsuccessful UEFA Euro 2012 qualifications, Kek and the Football Association of Slovenia came to a mutual agreement on the early termination of his contract.^[2] He was succeeded by Slaviša Stojanović.

Al Ittihad

Kek then became the head coach of Saudi Arabian giants Al Ittihad, however, his brief encounter with the Arabian football finished abruptly when he was sacked couple of weeks later, on 8 February 2012.^[3]

Rijeka

On 27 February 2013, after more than a year without contract, Kek took over Croatian top division club HNK Rijeka.^[4] He led Rijeka to the group stage of UEFA Europa League in both the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons. He also won the 2013–14 Croatian Football Cup and 2014 Croatian Super Cup, and finished runners-up in the 2013–14, 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons of the Croatian First Football League. With more than three years at the club, Kek holds several club records, including for most wins and appearances for a manager. On 24 October 2016, he became Rijeka's longest-serving manager per appointment.^[5]^[6]

Managerial statistics

As of 3 December 2016

Club	Nation	From	To	Competition	Record
Club	Nation	From	To	Competition	P	W	D	L	Win %
HNK Rijeka		27 February 2013	Present	Croatian First League	7002137000000000000♠137	7001840000000000000♠84	7001380000000000000♠38	7001150000000000000♠15	7001613100000000000♠61.31
				Croatian Cup	7001220000000000000♠22	7001180000000000000♠18	7000100000000000000♠1	7000300000000000000♠3	7001818209999999999♠81.82
				Croatian Super Cup	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7002100000000000000♠100.000
				UEFA Europa League	7001280000000000000♠28	7001120000000000000♠12	7001100000000000000♠10	7000600000000000000♠6	7001428600000000000♠42.86
Total					7002188000000000000♠188	7002115000000000000♠115	7001490000000000000♠49	7001240000000000000♠24	7001611700000000000♠61.17

Personal life

The Kek family always had close ties with NK Maribor. Matjaž's father, Franc Kek, played for Maribor during the early 1960s, earning 50 league appearances for the club and scoring one goal in the process.^[7] His son Matjaž (born 1991) is also a footballer.

References

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↑ http://www.zerodic.com/autor/fudbal_1945-1992/igraci/igraci_k.htm
↑ http://www.football.si/news/2011-10-24-Kek-No-Longer-National-Football-Team-Coach
↑ http://www.goal.com/en-au/news/4016/main/2012/02/08/2892962/saudi-arabian-giants-al-ittihad-sack-ex-slovenia-coach
↑ Pacak, Tomislav. "Rijeka odabrala Matjaža Keka". Sportnet.hr. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
↑ Vivoda, Vlado (24 October 2016). "Matjaž Kek od Intera do Intera: rekordnih 1335 dana na klupi Rijeke" (in Croatian). Hocuri.com. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
↑ Vujnović, Korado (24 October 2016). "Pod stijenama Kantride 24.10. - Ruše se rekordi" (in Croatian). Radio Rijeka. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
↑ NK Maribor. "Kek Franc - nastopi" (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. Retrieved 16 March 2012.

HNK Rijeka – current squad

3 Čeliković 4 Ikić 5 Čanađija 6 Ristovski 8 Zuta 10 Matei 11 Črnic 12 Sluga 14 Vizinger 15 Mitrović 17 Gavranović 18 Elez 19 Turčin 20 Gorgon 21 Ajayi 22 Šofranac 23 Andrijašević 26 Maleš (c) 27 Mišić 28 Bradarić 29 Vešović 31 Nevistić 32 Prskalo (vc) 40 Gerald 77 Martić 99 Handžić Manager: Kek

Croatian First Football League managers

Carrillo (Hajduk Split) Kek (Rijeka) Kopić (Slaven Belupo) Lokica (RNK Split) Petev (Dinamo Zagreb) Raić-Sudar (Istra 1961) Sesar (Cibalia) Tokić (Lokomotiva) Toplak (Inter Zaprešić) Zekić (Osijek)

Slovenia squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup

1 S. Handanović 2 Brečko 3 Džinić 4 Šuler 5 Cesar 6 Ilić 7 Pečnik 8 Koren (c) 9 Ljubijankić 10 Birsa 11 Novakovič 12 J. Handanović 13 Jokić 14 Dedić 15 Krhin 16 Šeliga 17 Kirm 18 Radosavljević 19 Fileković 20 Komac 21 Stevanović 22 Mavrič 23 Matavž Coach: Matjaž Kek

NK Maribor – managers

Pflander (1960–61)
Šimunić (1961–?)
Kirbiš (?–?)
Kašanin (?–?)
Šimunić (?–?)
Omeragić (?–1970)
Marković (1970)
Kajtaz (?–?)
Hlavač (?–?)
Đekić (?–1976)
Simeunović (1976–?)
Horvatič (?–?)
Raševič (?–1979)
Marković (1979–80)
Papec (1980–?)
Prosen (?–?)
Simeunović (?–?)
Hlavač (?–?)
Donko (?–?)
Grubišić (?–?)
Simeunović (?–?)
Bloudek (?–?)
Horjak (?–?)
Bloudek (?–?)
Horjak (?–?)
Fundak (?–?)
Zavrl (?–96)
Breber (1996)
Prašnikar (1996–2000)
Kek (2000)
Šušak (2000–01)
Kek (2001)
Prašnikar (2001–02)
Kek (2002–04)
Horjak (2004–05)
Simeunović (2005)
Đuričić (2005–06)
Pušnik (2006–07)
Gjurovski (2007)
Horjak (2007–08)
Milanič (2008–2013)
Čačić (2013)
Šimundža (2013–2015)
Gajser (2015)
Jurčić (2015–2016)
Milanič (2016–)

HNK Rijeka – managers

Bloch (1946)
Matošić (1946–47)
Smojver & Vukelić (1947)
Glaser (1947–48)
Jazbec (1948)
Glaser (1949–50)
Kodrnja (1951)
Benčić (1952)
Duković (1952–53)
Lokošek (1953)
Čabrić (1954)
Glaser (1954–56)
Duković (1956–57)
Ognjanov (1957–59)
Kaliterna (1959–60)
Osojnak (1960–61)
Simić (1961–62)
Zikovich & Osojnak (1962–63)
Popescu (1963–64)
Osojnak (1964–67)
Beara (1967–68)
Zikovich (1968–70)
Pašić (1970–71)
Vilotić (1971–72)
Žigante (1972–73)
Šangulin (1973–74)
Zec (1974–76)
Spasojević (1976–79)
Blažević (1979–81)
Brnčić (1981–83)
Skoblar (1983–86)
Vranković (1987–89)
Lukarić (1989–91)
Filipović (1991)
Vranković (1991)
Mudrovičić (1991)
Jantoljak (1991–92)
Juričić & Tomljenović (1992)
Juričić (1993–94)
Radin (1994–95)
Vranković (1995)
Skoblar (1995)
Jantoljak (1995)
Buketa (1995)
Skoblar (1995)
Blažević & Gračan (1996)
Bonačić (1996)
Kocjančić^c (1996)
Ivanković (1996–98)
Gračan (1998–2000)
Tičić (2000)
Stilinović (2000–01)
Katalinić (2001–02)
Kranjčar (2002)
Mladenović (2002–03)
Lokica (2003)
Katalinić (2003–04)
Scoria (2004–05)
Skočić (2005–06)
Bračun (2006–07)
Kuže (2007)
Dalić (2007–08)
Ivančić (2008)
Ostojić^c (2008)
Rubčić (2008–09)
Vulić (2009)
Gračan (2009–10)
Scoria (2010–11)
Horvat (2011)
Ištuk (2011–12)
Skočić (2012)
Ivančić^c (2012)
Scoria (2012–13)
Kek (2013–)

Slovenia national football team – managers

Prašnikar (1991–93) Verdenik (1994–97) Prašnikar (1998) Katanec (1998–02) Prašnikar (2002–04) Oblak (2004–06) Kek (2007–11) Stojanović (2011–12) Katanec (2013–)

Ittihad FC – managers

Shendi (1960)
Cramer (1977–81)
El-Gohary (1981–82)
Joubert (1983–84)
Luxemburgo (1984)
Houghton (1984–86)
Skocik (1987–89)
Höher (1989–90)
Mészöly (1991–92)
Andersson (1993)
Houghton (1993–94)
Campos (1995–96)
Dimitri (1996–97)
Egervári (1997)
D. Novák (1997–98)
Campos (1998)
Dimitri (1998)
Oscar (1999–00)
Dzodzuashvili (2000)
Dimitri (2000)
Dossena (2000–01)
Ardiles (2001)
Oscar (2001)
Cuccureddu (2002)
Ivić (2003–04)
Dragan Talajić (a.i.) (2004)
Peruzović (2004–05)
Iordănescu (2005–06)
Metsu (2006)
Halilhodžić (2006)
Dimitri (2006–07)
Candinho (2007)
E. Soares (2007–08)
Calderón (2008–09)
Trossero (2009–10)
Manuel José (2010)
Toni (2011)
Dimitri (2011)
Kek (2011–12)
Caneda (2012–13)
San José (2013)
Verzeri (2014)
Pițurcă (2014–15)
Bölöni (2015)
Pițurcă (2015–)

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