Fausto Budicin (born 1 May 1981) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who was most recently manager of Croatian First Football League club Rijeka

Fausto Budicin
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-05-01) 1 May 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Pula, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1990–1999 Rovinj
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Istra
2002–2005 Olimpija Ljubljana 70 (7)
2005 ASKÖ Pasching 11 (0)
2005–2011 Rijeka 137 (10)
2006–2007Pula Staročeško (loan) 14 (1)
2011–2014 Istra 1961 75 (2)
2014–2016 Rijeka II 53 (1)
International career
2001 Croatia U20 2 (0)
2002 Croatia U21 2 (0)
Managerial career
2016–2019 Rijeka U15
2019–2020 Orijent 1919
2020–2021 Istra 1961
2022 Rijeka
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Managerial career

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On 27 March 2019, Budicin was appointed new manager at Croatian Third Football League club Orijent 1919.[1] His first success at Orijent bench came at the end of the season; Orijent gained promotion to the second-tier Druga HNL finishing third in the 2018–19 Treća HNL West season.[2]

In the club's inaugural second league season, Budicin led the squad to finish in third at the league table in March 2020, when the championship was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia. NK Croatia Zmijavci, which finished second in the league championship, did not ask for a license to play in the First League, so Orijent took their place in the relegation play-offs for a higher tier, in which Istra 1961 was more successful.[3]

After Orijent failed to gain promotion to the first tier, Budicin was named head coach of Istra 1961 on 26 August 2020, succeeding Ivan Prelec, whose contract expired and was not renewed.[4] However he has been sacked on 11 February 2021.[5] Budicin was named manager of Rijeka in June 2022,[6] only to be replaced by Serse Cosmi after two months.[7]

Career statistics

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Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Croatia League Croatian Cup Super Cup Europe Total
1999–2000 Istra Prva HNL 0 0 0 0
2000–01 Druga HNL - South
2000–01
Slovenia League Slovenian Cup Super Cup Europe Total
2002–03 Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenian PrvaLiga 23 1 6 0 29 1
2003–04 31 5 1 0 2 0 32 5
2004–05 16 1 2 0 18 1
Austria League ÖFB Cup Super Cup Europe Total
2004–05 ASKÖ Pasching Austrian Bundesliga 11 0 1 0 12 0
Croatia League Croatian Cup Super Cup Europe Total
2005–06 Rijeka Prva HNL 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
2006–07 Pula Staročeško 14 1 0 0 11 0
Rijeka 13 2 2 0 15 2
2007–08 32 1 2 0 33 1
2008–09 25 3 4 0 2 0 31 3
2009–10 27 2 2 0 4 0 32 2
2010–11 30 2 4 0 34 2
2011–12 Istra 1961 14 0 1 0 15 0
2012–13 30 1 1 0 31 1
2013–14 31 1 4 0 35 1
2014–15 Rijeka 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2014–15 Rijeka II Treća HNL - West 27 1 27 1
2015–16 26 1 26 0
Total Croatia 265 15 21 0 1 0 6 0 293 15
Slovenia 70 7 9 0 0 0 2 0 81 7
Austria 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Career total 346 22 31 0 1 0 8 0 386 22

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Managerial statistics

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As of 5 September 2022
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Orijent 1919 27 March 2019 26 August 2020 22 10 7 5 27 26 +1 045.45
Istra 1961 26 August 2020 12 February 2021 18 4 4 10 1 2 −1 022.22
Rijeka 20 June 2022 5 September 2022 9 1 2 6 6 12 −6 011.11
Total 49 15 13 21 34 40 −6 030.61

Honours

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Player

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Istra

Olimpija Ljubljana

Rijeka

Individual

Manager

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Orijent 1919

  • Treća HNL (West) third-place promotion: 2018–19

References

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  1. ^ "SPORTFausto Budicin imenovan novim trenerom Orijenta 1919". fiuman.hr. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  2. ^ Ivan Volarić (21 May 2019). "Orijent 1919 dobio licencu za Drugu HNL i izborio viši rang natjecanja". novilist.hr. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  3. ^ "ISTRA 1961 – ORIJENT 1919 0:1 KRAJ! Krimejčani upisali minimalnu pobjedu u Puli, ali nedovoljno za Prvu HNL". novilist.hr. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  4. ^ "FAUSTO BUDICIN NOVI TRENER ISTRE 1961". hntv.hr (in Croatian). 26 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Hvala Fausto Budicin". nkistra.com (in Croatian). 11 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  6. ^ Fausto Budicin novi trener Rijeke - Glas Istre (in Croatian)
  7. ^ Rijeka predstavlja novog trenera - HRT Sport (in Croatian)
  8. ^ "Fausto Budicin statistics". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
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