Ante_Čović_(Croatian_footballer)

Ante Čović (Croatian footballer)

Ante Čović (Croatian footballer)

Croatian-German footballer and manager

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

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]

Quick Facts Personal information, Date of birth ...

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
More information Team, From ...

References

  1. [1]
    "Covic, Ante" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Covic übernimmt U 23 der Hertha" (in German). kicker. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Hertha BSC II". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Regionalliga Nordost – Spieltag / Tabelle". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Hertha BSC II". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. [6]
    "Covic wird neuer Cheftrainer bei Hertha BSC". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Hertha BSC name Jurgen Klinsmann as their new head coach". Business Standard. Asian News International. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  8. [8]
    "Klinsmann wird neuer trainer bei Hertha BSC". n-tv (in German). 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  9. [9]
    "Our next opponents: End of an era". bayer04.de. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  10. [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. [11]
    "Hertha BSC II: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  12. [12]
    "Hertha BSC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 24 September 2019.


Flag of CroatiaSoccer icon

This biographical article related to a football midfielder from Croatia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Ante_Čović_(Croatian_footballer), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.