Boro Primorac

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Boro Primorac

Full name	Boro Primorac
Date of birth	December 5, 1954 (1954-12-05) (age 53)
Place of birth	Mostar, Yugoslavia, now Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height	190 cm
Playing position	defender
Club information
Current club	Arsenal F.C.
Number	Coach
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1972-1978 1978-1983 1983-1986 1986-1990	Velež Mostar HNK Hajduk Split Lille OSC AS Cannes	133 (10) 283 (53) 107 (13) 111 (14)
National team
1976-1982	Yugoslavia	14 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Boro Primorac (born December 5, 1954 in Mostar, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian football coach and a former player. Currently, he is the first team coach at Arsenal. He is ethnically Bosnian Croat.

As a player, Primorac was an accomplished international centre half who captained Yugoslavia in the late 1970s. While playing for Velež Mostar and Hajduk Split, his jersey number was 5 [1].

Now a respected coach, Primorac works as right hand man to Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger. He worked with the Frenchman at Grampus Eight in Japan before joining him at Highbury in March 1997. [2] They have been friends for over 20 years [3].

Honours as player

14 caps for Yugoslavia
Finished fourth with the national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Honours as coach

FA Premier League 1998, 2002, 2004
FA Cup 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005

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Boro Primorac at Arsenal.co.uk

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