Ivan Leko will be Tudor’s closest associate. His playing career took him to HNK Hajduk Split, Málaga CF, Club Brugge KV, Beerschot AC and KSC Lokeren. He had 13 caps for the national team of Croatia. Leko hung up his playing boots in 2014 and afterwards was appointed at the helm of Oud-Heverlee Leuven of Belgium.

Jurica Vučko will be the second assistant coach and match analyst. A former player as well, he played for HNK Hajduk Split for five seasons, before moving to Spain, engaging himself to Deportivo Alavés, UD Salamanca and Polideportivo Ejido. He retired in 2008 when at the ranks of Chinese outfit Tianjin Teda FC. He had four caps for Croatia and was Tudor’s assistant at HNK Hajduk Split in the previous two seasons.

Ivan Leko will be Tudor’s right hand at the helm of the «Double-Headed Eagle»

Paolo Artico will be responsible for physical condition training. The Italian gymnast is very experienced in football having served at the ranks of Levante UD and Torino FC. He spent the last five seasons at Udinese Calcio.

Silvije Čavlina will be PAOK’s goalkeeping coach. He retired from action just a few months ago, after a playing career spent in Croatia (NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac, NK Lokomotiva, NK Inter Zaprešić, NK Kamen Ingrad, HNK Šibenik) and Austria (LASK Linz, SK Sturm Graz).

Kyriakos Tsitiridis remains in the technical staff. He will be responsible for the Vis Track system and for the Polars used by players during trainings.