Zoran Kastel (born 22 October 1972) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who most recently manager of Prva HNL club Varaždin.

Zoran Kastel
Kastel in 2018
Personal information
Full name Zoran Kastel
Date of birth (1972-10-22) 22 October 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Osijek, SR Croatia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992 Osijek 15 (0)
1992–1993 Belišće 28 (2)
1993–1994 Osijek 17 (0)
1995–1996 Slavonija Požega 30 (2)
1996–1997 Inker Zaprešić 3 (0)
1997–2005 Varteks 187 (9)
2006–2007 Dinamo Tirana 38 (2)
Total 318 (15)
Managerial career
Graničar
Ivančica
2013-2014 Podravina
2014-2015 Varaždin
2015-2016 Al Taawoun U23
2017 Varaždin
2017-2018 Al Ittihad Kalba U17
2018–2020 Varaždin (assistant)
2020–2021 Varaždin
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Club

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Born in Varaždin, Kastel joined the youth academy of the local powerhouse Varteks. He was promoted to the club's first team squad for the 1998–99 season, and soon established himself as a regular member of the team, appearing in 23 league matches in his debut season.[1] He had appeared in a total of 171 Prva HNL matches and scored 9 goals in his seven and a half seasons with Varteks,[1] before leaving the club to join the Albanian Superliga side Dinamo Tirana during the winter break of the 2006–07 season. He played for the Albanian powerhouse for a season and a half, before retiring in July 2007.

Managerial career

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Kastel worked as an assistant to Mladen Posavec in Saudi Arabia[2] and as coach of the U17 team of Al Ittihad Kalba in the United Arab Emirates.[3] He replaced Samir Toplak as manager of Varaždin in December 2020.[4]

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 22 May 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Varaždin 27 May 2017 19 September 2017 6 2 2 2 033.33
Varaždin 7 December 2020 28 May 2021 22 3 7 12 013.64
Total 28 5 9 14 017.86

References

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  1. ^ a b "Zoran Kastel – Hrvatska nogometna liga" (in Croatian). 1.hnl.net. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  2. ^ Zoran Kastel napušta Varteks i odlazi u Saudijsku Arabiju - Varaždinske Vijesti (in Croatian)
  3. ^ Trener kadeta Varaždina odlazi u Ujedinjene Arapske Emirate - Varaždinske Vijesti (in Croatian)
  4. ^ Trener Zoran Kastel vodit će Varaždin u nastavku sezone - Vecernji (in Croatian)
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