Former Torino Coach Metallica Fans AS Roma Coach
JAKARTA - AS Roma moved quickly, aka gercep, to get a new coach to replace Daniele De Rossi who was dismissed suddenly. The former Torino coach who is a fan of Metallica's heavy metal band, Ivan Juric, was appointed Roma's new coach.
Roma surprisingly fired De Rossi. But the Italian Serie A club immediately got a new coach. Or maybe it has already drawn up a scenario by preparing Juric once the club dismissed De Rossi.
Shortly after announcing the dismissal of the coach, Roma proudly mentioned that the coaches Edin Terzic and Stefano Pioli who successfully initiated AC Milan would replace De Rossi. The figure of Terzic and Pioli is definitely not cans coaches.
According to information, Roma has been in contact with Terzic. The coach successfully handled Borussia Dortmund by winning the DFB-Pocal or the German Cup.
The coach, who while still a player, only strengthened the club in Germany, also led Dortmund to reach the 2024 Champions League final. Unfortunately Dortmund had to admit Real Madrid's superiority and lost 2-0 in the final.
Apart from Terzic, the next coach candidate is Pioli. Only Roma lost gercep to Al Nassr who had already negotiated with Pioli.
But instead of appointing Terzic, Roma instead chose Juric who was still unemployed after parting ways with Torino. Although there has been no official announcement, various media in Italy say Juric has reached an agreement with the Giallorossi. Even on the wikipedia page, Juric has been named the AS Roma coach since September 18, 2024.
According to Sky Sport Italia, Juric has only received a short-term contract. He handled Roma until the end of this season. If he manages to pass Roma to the 2025/2026 Champions League, the 46-year-old coach gets the option of his contract being extended.
Juric himself has been living in Italy since 2001 when he joined Serie B club Crotone. In 2006, he moved to Genoa following his coach Gian Piero Gasperini who is now successfully managing Atalanta.
Genoa, who was also playing in Serie B. Juric, also played a role in bringing Rossoblu to Serie A. He then hung up his boots in 2010 and pursued a career as a coach.
Juric started a new career by dealing with small clubs like Mantova and Crotone that he had strengthened as players.
He also returned to Genoa and handled the team from 2016 to 2018. He then moved to the club by dealing with Verona. Finally, Juric, who is a fan of metal music, coached Torino for three seasons, 2021 to 2024.
Juric is a figure who loves loud music, especially in the flow of death metal. He is a fan of Metallica and Megadeth.
In addition, he liked music from Napalm Death, Obituary, Carcass, Death, Ministry, Soundgarden to Soulfly Juric admitted that he often came to watch metal band concerts.