Bojan Prašnikar

Bojan Prašnikar (born 3 February 1953) is a Slovenian football manager and former player who played as a forward. Prašnikar managed the Slovenia national team three times, between 1991 and 1993, in 1998, and between 2002 and 2004.

Playing career Prašnikar started his professional football career at his home town club Šmartno ob Paki, where he was the top scorer of the Slovenian Republic League in the 1975–76 season. After the season, he moved to Olimpija of Yugoslav First League, spending only one year there before returning to Šmartno, where he played for the next six seasons. On 30 May 2009, Prašnikar announced his leaving at the end of the season from Energie Cottbus, his last game was the 2008–09 Bundesliga relegation playoff game on 31 May 2009 against 1. FC Nürnberg which he lost 5–0 on aggregate. On 6 April 2010, Prašnikar signed a contract until the end of the season with Slovenian team Rudar Velenje.

In April 2012, Prašnikar was dismissed by Olimpija Ljubljana after only eleven league games in charge.

Personal life His son Luka and daughter Lara are both footballers.