{{Short description|Bosnian professional football coach}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Boro Primorac | image = | image_size = | fullname = Boro Primorac | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1954|12|5}} | birth_place = Mostar, FPR Yugoslavia | height = {{convert|1.90|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | position = Defender | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1972–1978 | years2 = 1978–1983 | years3 = 1983–1986 | years4 = 1986–1990 | clubs1 = Velež Mostar | clubs2 = Hajduk Split | clubs3 = Lille | clubs4 = Cannes | caps1 = 133 | caps2 = 157 | caps3 = 107 | caps4 = 111 | goals1 = 10 | goals2 = 22 | goals3 = 13 | goals4 = 14 | totalcaps = 508 | totalgoals = 61 | nationalyears1 = 1976–1980 | nationalteam1 = Yugoslavia | nationalcaps1 = 14 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's football}} {{MedalCountry | {{fb|YUG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}} {{MedalGold | 1979 Split | Team}} | manageryears1 = 1990–1992 | manageryears2 = 1992–1993 | manageryears3 = 1994 | manageryears4 = 2020–2021 | managerclubs1 = Cannes | managerclubs2 = Valenciennes | managerclubs3 = Guinea | managerclubs4 = Hajduk Split }} {{Disputed-section|date=January 2026}}'''Boro Primorac''' ({{IPA|hr|bǒːro prǐːmorats|pron}}; born 5 December 1954) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who most recently managed Croatian First Football League club Hajduk Split.
==Playing career== ===Club=== Primorac featured as a centre half with Yugoslavian clubs Velež Mostar and Hajduk Split, as well as for French teams Lille and Cannes.<ref name=AFC />
===International=== Primorac played at the senior level for Yugoslavia whom he captained in the late 1970s.<ref name="san.ba">{{cite web |url=http://www.san.ba/index.php?id=1681|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132022/http://www.san.ba/index.php?id=1681|archive-date=6 July 2011|title=Bosanci mogu igrati u Engleskoj|publisher=San|date=27 February 2008|access-date=10 March 2014}}</ref> He made his debut for them in a February 1976 friendly match away against Tunisia and has earned a total of 14 caps, scoring no goals. Primorac went on to be triumphant as Yugoslavia won the gold medal in football at the 1979 Mediterranean Games. He also was a part of the Yugoslavian squad which got to the semi-finals of the 1980 Summer Olympics. All together Primorac was capped a sum of 18 times for Yugoslavia.<ref name=AFC /><ref name=MG>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/medgames79.html|title=Mediterranean Games 1979 (Split, Yugoslavia)|website=RSSSF.com}}</ref> His final international was a November 1980 World Cup qualification match against Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=17043|title=Player Database|website=eu-football.info|accessdate=2021-04-26}}</ref>
==Managerial career== After his playing days came to an end, Primorac went on to manage French clubs AS Cannes and Valenciennes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html|title=France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs|website=RSSSF.com}}</ref><ref name=Bio /> He then worked under Frenchman Arsène Wenger at Grampus Eight in Japan before joining him at Highbury in March 1997. He then served under Wenger within the role of assistant coach at Arsenal.<ref name=AFC>{{cite web|url=http://www.arsenal.com/first-team/coaching-staff/boro-primorac|title=Boro Primorac|website=Arsenal.com|access-date=28 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107113042/https://www.arsenal.com/first-team/coaching-staff/boro-primorac|archive-date=7 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="san.ba"/>
On 4 November 2020, Primorac was appointed manager of Croatian club Hajduk Split, which was his first job as a head coach after 26 years.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://hajduk.hr/vijest/boro-primorac-vodit-ce-prvu-momcad-hajduka-u-narednom-razdoblju/13260 |title=BORO PRIMORAC VODIT ĆE PRVU MOMČAD HAJDUKA U NAREDNOM RAZDOBLJU |website=Hajduk |access-date=4 November 2020 |language=hr}}</ref> He was intended to be a caretaker, but after 7 points won in 3 matches he had extended the contract to the end of the year. However, Hajduk lost all of its three matches until the end of December and Primorac's contract was not extended again, so he was replaced by Paolo Tramezzani in January 2021.
==Managerial statistics== {{updated|match played 20 December 2020}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan="2"|Team !rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="5"|Record |- !G!!W!!D!!L!!Win % |- |align=left|Cannes |align=left|1 July 1990 |align=left|30 June 1992 {{WDL|89|28|31|30}} |- |align=left|Valenciennes |align=left|29 August 1992 |align=left|30 June 1993 {{WDL|39|10|12|17}} |- |align=left|Guinea |align=left|1 January 1994 |align=left|30 July 1994 {{WDL|5|1|1|3}} |- |align=left|Hajduk Split |align=left|4 November 2020 |align=left|18 January 2021 {{WDL|6|2|1|3}} |- !colspan=3|Total {{WDLtot|139|41|45|53|decimals=1}} |}
==Personal life== Primorac is an ethnic Bosnian Croat.<ref name="Wenger">[https://books.google.com/books?id=RYs4AwAAQBAJ&dq=boro+primorac+croatian&pg=PT41 Wenger: The Legend]{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He is reportedly fluent in nine languages; his native Bosnian and Croatian, French, English, Japanese, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. His son Jure Primorac is also a professional footballer.<ref name=Bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/who-is-arsene-wengers-right-hand-man-boro-primorac/1qp4j7mcjesd51cis9dt6r0hma|title=Who is Arsene Wenger's right-hand man Boro Primorac?|last=Wheatley|first=Chris|date=15 March 2017|access-date=1 March 2018|website=Goal.com}}</ref>
==Honours==
===Player===
====International==== '''Yugoslavia''' *Mediterranean Games: 1979<ref name=MG />
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{NFT player|20065}} * {{Reprezentacija|primorac-boro}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107113042/https://www.arsenal.com/first-team/coaching-staff/boro-primorac |date=dmy |title=Boro Primorac at Arsenal.com}}
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