Nick Dasović

Nick Robert Dasović... both of his parents were born in Yugoslavia (Croatia).... he was seven years old when he started playing soccer for Vancouver Croatia SC ... favourites have included Krol, Vancouver Whitecaps... once listed “cutting my hair” as one of his big disappointments... earned Sports Nutrition Diploma from Rusland College in 2000... earned his UEFA B Licence in 2000 from the Scottish FA... earned his UEFA A Diploma (Coaching Award) in 2006 from the Scottish FA.. earned his UEFA PRO Diploma (coaching) in 2012... earned his Canada Soccer Coaching A Diploma in 2020...

honoured by the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2011... honoured by the Soccer Hall of Fame of British Columbia...

represented Canada at the FIFA Confederations Cup Korea/Japan 2001... Concacaf semifinalist (2002)... represented Canada in three cycles of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and three editions of the Concacaf Gold Cup... career 63 international "A" appearances across 13 years from 1992 to 2004 with Canada Soccer's Men's National Team… when he left international football in 2004, he ranked tied for eighth all-time with 65 international appearances...

club career in Canada, Yugoslavia, Croatia, France, Sweden and Scotland, including appearances in UEFA Cup... with St. Johnstone FC, won the Scottish First Division (1996-97)... with Croatia SC Vancouver, a BC Province Cup winner (1986)...

served as Canada team staff at three FIFA youth tournaments (U-20 at UAE 2003, Netherlands 2005, Canada 2007)…

featured in a Canada record crowd of 51,936 spectators at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium on 5 June 1994, the largest crowd ever for a Canadian national team event played in Canada (Canada drew 1:1 with Brazil just six weeks before they won the FIFA World Cup)...

said Dasović in 2021, “I was lucky that I had good Croatian coaches in the beginning with gentlemen like Josip Domjan and Ante Simurina. Later on two coaches that had a huge influence on me were my father, Marko Dasovic, and Ivan Cirjak”...