Nick Robert Dasovic (born December 5, 1968) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder.
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He began his career with Croatian club HNK Segesta in 1988, followed by short stints at NK Dinamo Zagreb and NK Zagreb. He moved back to his homeland in 1991, playing first for North York Rockets, then the newly formed Montreal Impact in 1993. In 1995, he joined Vancouver 86ers before returning to Europe briefly to play for Stade Briochin. Another period with Vancouver 86ers in 1996 was followed by a short stint in Sweden with Trelleborgs FF. He finished his playing career with Scottish club St Johnstone, with whom he spent six years and made over 100 league appearances. He won promotion to the Scottish top flight in his first season in Perth.
His coaching career began with Whitecaps FC Reserves in 2006. He became manager of TFC Academy in 2008, a role he balanced briefly with a stint as manager of the Canada under-23s. In 2010, he was named interim manager of Toronto FC. The following year, he was installed as manager of the Canada under-20s, a role in which he remained for two years.
In 2021, he began his current role as manager of the Whitecaps FC Academy U-19s.
Dasovic represented the Canada men's national soccer team on 63 occasions between 1992 and 2004, scoring twice.
Dasovic made his senior debut for Canada in an April 1992 friendly match against China and went on to earn 63 caps, scoring twice.[3] He represented Canada in 14 World Cup qualifiers[4] and played at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup.
His final international game was a January 2004 friendly match against Barbados.
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Dasovic led Canada's under-23 side through Olympic qualification in 2008, drawing Mexico 1–1 in the group stage and helping to eliminate the heavily favored Mexican team in the process. After a highly promising 5–0 win over Guatemala, on a night when Mexico had to better that result against Haiti but could only win 5–1, Canada fell to the United States 3–0 in the semifinal, losing out on a spot in Beijing at the summer Olympics. Canada recovered to defeat Guatemala in the third-place playoff, a rematch of their first-round game, winning on penalties (5–3) after a scoreless draw through 120 minutes.
On May 6, 2008, Dasovic joined MLS club Toronto FC as TFC Academy head coach and second assistant to the first team. He became first assistant when manager John Carver left the club in 2009 and was replaced by his understudy Chris Cummins as interim coach. In September 2010, he became interim head coach of Toronto FC after the firing of Preki, a position he held until January 2011 when Aron Winter became the head coach. On December 2, 2011, Dasovic was named head coach of Canada U20 national team.[5]
Dasovic was hired as an assistant coach by the San Jose Earthquakes on June 18, 2013.[6] Dasovic was relieved of coaching duties at San Jose along with head coach Mark Watson on October 15, 2014.[7]
Dasovic received his UEFA Pro Licence from the Scottish Football Association in 2012.[8]
Dasovic coached the U-15 team at Mountain United FC in 2017. In July 2018, Dasovic was hired as an assistant manager for Simon Fraser University Men's Soccer team.[9]
On January 18, 2019, Dasovic joined the technical staff of Vancouver Whitecaps and was named head coach of the newly formed U-23 development squad.[10]
In January 2021, Vancouver reorganized their Academy staff and Dasovic became the manager for the Whitecaps FC Academy U-19 team.[11]
In 2015 Dasovic joined the MLS on TSN crew and is used selected weeks as a studio or game analyst.
Nick Dasovic at playerhistry.com
- Canada Soccer Association "Who we are". Dasovic-Neil Coaching. May 17, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
