Alen Horvat (born 13 September 1973) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player.

Alen Horvat
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-09-13) 13 September 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Rijeka, Croatia
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1995 Rijeka 67 (1)
1997 Segesta 10 (0)
1997–2000 Orijent 1919 42 (3)
2000–2003 Novalja 41 (0)
2003–2005 Pomorac 27 (0)
International career
1994 Croatia U21 5 (0)
Managerial career
2007–2010 Krk
2011–2012 Rijeka
2012–2013 Krk
2013–2014 Pomorac
2014–2015 Bistra
2015–2016 Hrvatski Dragovoljac
2016 Marsonia
2017–2019 Al-Wasl B
2018 Al-Ain
2019–2020 Al-Khaleej
2020–2021 Al-Nassr
2021–2023 Al-Batin
2023–2024 Al-Arabi
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

During the period in Al-Nassr FC in January 2021, he won Saudi Super Cup and was also named as Coach of the Month in Saudi League.[1]

Career

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Horvat played for the Croatia national team and was one of the youngest captain in history of HNK Rijeka. He played his professional debut for HNK Rijeka when he was eighteen years old. Also when he started his coaching career, he was one of the youngest coaches in HNK Rijeka. [2] After a successful career in Croatia, Horvat continues his career in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. In January 2021 with Al Nassr FC he won the Saudi Super Cup.

On 21 October 2021, Horvat was appointed as manager of Al-Batin.[3] The main goal of the season was to stay in the league, which was achieved. The contract ends in February 2023[4]

On 2 July 2023, Horvat was appointed as manager of Saudi First Division side Al-Arabi.[5] He was sacked on 24 January 2024 following a 1–1 draw against Jeddah.[6]

Statistics

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Player

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Club performance League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Croatia League Croatian Cup Total
1992 HNK Rijeka Prva HNL 4 0 1 0 5 0
1992–93 3 0 0 0 3 0
1993–94 19 0 7 0 26 0
1994–95 19 0 2 0 21 0
1995–96 19 1 4 0 23 1
1996–97 3 0 2 0 5 0
HNK Segesta 5 0 0 0 5 0
Total 72 1 16 0 88 1

Manager

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Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
HNK Rijeka 20 June 2011 4 October 2011 11 4 4 3 036.36
Pomorac Kostrena 1 July 2013 30 June 2014 34 10 14 10 029.41
NK Bistra 24 February 2015 30 June 2015 14 2 6 6 014.29
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 10 September 2015 23 December 2015 14 3 5 6 021.43
Marsonia 4 April 2016 9 September 2016 13 6 2 5 046.15
Al-Ain 9 February 2019 20 May 2019 15 6 7 2 040.00
Al-Khaleej 7 July 2019 14 December 2019 17 4 6 7 023.53
Al-Nassr 27 December 2020 9 April 2021 18 10 4 4 055.56
Al-Batin 22 October 2021 19 February 2023 41 8 9 24 019.51
Al-Arabi 2 July 2023 24 January 2024 19 8 4 7 042.11
Total 196 61 61 74 031.12

Honours

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Manager

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Al-Nassr

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Alen Horvat pobjedom debitirao na klupi Al Nassra, u idućem kolu čega ga dvoboj protiv bivšeg veznjaka Rijeke". novilist.hr (in Croatian). 1 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Alen Horvat novi trener HNK Rijeke". mojarijeka.hr. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  3. ^ "الباطن يتعاقد مع المدرب هورفات".
  4. ^ "هورفات.. خامس ضحايا أندية روشن".
  5. ^ "العربي يعين هورفات مدربا".
  6. ^ "قررت إدارة نادي العربي إنهاء عقد مدرب الفريق الكروي الأول السيّد "إلين هورفات"".
  7. ^ "Alen Horvat statistics". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  8. ^ "HNK Rijeka". nk-rijeka.hr. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Alen Horvat statistics". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  10. ^ "هورفارت أفضل مدرب في يناير .. والحمدان وكاسيو وتاوامبا ينتزعون النجومية". Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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  • Alen Horvat at Croatian Football Statistics (archived) (in Croatian)