Edin Terzić

Early career

Between 2011 and 2013, Terzić worked as a scout and assistant coach in the Borussia Dortmund Academy, reporting to first team manager Jürgen Klopp. Terzić was an assistant coach of Slaven Bilić at Beşiktaş between 2013 and 2015 and at West Ham United from 2015 to 2017. His collaboration with Bilić started in 2012, when Terzić drafted and delivered a pre-game opponent analysis for Croatia's group stage match against the Republic of Ireland at Euro 2012. Satisfied with the analysis, Bilić invited him to join him as assistant coach at Lokomotiv Moscow, however, the deal eventually fell through. Bilić once again offered Terzić the position at Beşiktaş and Terzić accepted the offer after consulting with Borussia Dortmund. He followed him to West Ham United in 2015, but left the club two years later when Bilić was sacked on 6 November 2017. Since 2018, Terzić has held UEFA Pro Licence qualification, after graduating from an 18-month long course of The Football Association in England. Fellow graduates included former Chelsea manager Graham Potter as well as former professional players Nicky Butt and Nemanja Vidić.

Return to Dortmund

Terzić returned to Borussia Dortmund in 2018 as an assistant coach of the first team after the appointment of Lucien Favre as coach. He took charge of the team along with his colleague Manfred Stefes for the 2018–19 encounter against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, as head coach Favre missed the match due to illness. After Favre was…

Terzić was born on 30 October 1982 in Menden, West Germany, to a working-class family that immigrated from Yugoslavia. His Bosniak father hails from Donji Vakuf, Bosnia and Herzegovina and his Croat mother hails from Osijek, Croatia and he holds Croatian citizenship. His older brother Alen also works as a scout for Borussia Dortmund and served as caretaker manager of Borussia Dortmund II during the 2019–20 Regionalliga West season. Terzić is an alumnus of Ruhr University Bochum where he studied Sports Science. He played at the fourth level of leagues in Germany during his playing career. With SC Westfalia Herne, he won the Westphalia Cup in 2006, scoring twice in a 6–4 final win over Delbrücker SC.

Player

Westfalia Herne

Westphalia Cup: 2005–06

Manager

Borussia Dortmund

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