Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 September 1966 | ||
Place of birth | Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward, midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Dinamo Zagreb | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1984–1986 | Dinamo Zagreb | 4 | (0) |
1986–1988 | Zagreb | ||
1988–1989 | Royal Antwerp | 1 | (0) |
1989–1991 | Zagreb | 33 | (25) |
1991–1995 | Austria Salzburg | 130 | (42) |
1995–1997 | SC Freiburg | 45 | (5) |
1997–1999 | Austria Salzburg | 31 | (4) |
Total | 211 | (51) | |
International career | |||
1990–1991 | Croatia (unofficial) | 2 | (0) |
1994–1996 | Croatia | 17 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
2002–2003 | Zagreb | ||
2003–2004 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
2005 | Austria Salzburg | ||
2005 | Slaven Belupo | ||
2006–2012 | Croatia (assistant) | ||
2012–2013 | Lokomotiv Moscow (assistant) | ||
2013–2015 | Beşiktaş (assistant) | ||
2015–2017 | West Ham United (assistant) | ||
2018 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
2019 | Azerbaijan | ||
2023 | Lebanon | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nikola Jurčević (born 14 September 1966) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player.
He made his debut for Croatia in a December 1990 friendly match against Romania, coming on as a 66th-minute substitute for Ivan Cvjetković, and earned a total of 19 caps (2 unofficial), scoring 2 goals.[ citation needed] Since Croatia was still officially part of Yugoslavia at the time, his first two games were unofficial.[ citation needed] His final international was a December 1996 friendly against Morocco. [1]
Jurčević started as a manager of NK Zagreb in 2002,[ citation needed] but a year later he became the manager for Dinamo Zagreb.[ citation needed] He celebrated the Prva HNL and Croatian Cup in 2004.[ citation needed] Later, he managed NK Slaven Belupo.[ citation needed] He also worked as an assistant manager for the Croatia national team, assisting his former international teammates Slaven Bilić and Aljoša Asanović.[ citation needed]
On 18 September 2015, he was appointed as the assistant manager to Bilić at West Ham United. [2] He left the club along with Bilić's other coaching staff when the manager was sacked on 6 November 2017. [3] On 12 March 2018, he was named the manager of Croatian First Football League club Dinamo Zagreb,[ citation needed] but he was sacked by club on 15 May 2018, after poor performance in the club.[ citation needed]
On 11 February 2019, he was named the new head coach for the Azerbaijan national team. [4] On 13 December 2019, he was sacked as manager of the Azerbaijan national team due to the team's poor performance in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying, despite managed a respectable 1–1 draw to his home country Croatia at home. [5]
On 2 October 2023, Jurčević was appointed head coach of the Lebanon national team ahead of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup and 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification. [6] However, just two months into the role, Jurčević left the Lebanon national team just a month before the tournament began, by “mutual consent”. [7]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Croatia | 1990 | 1 | 0 |
1991 | 1 | 0 | |
1992 | 0 | 0 | |
1993 | 0 | 0 | |
1994 | 4 | 1 | |
1995 | 4 | 1 | |
1996 | 9 | 0 | |
Total | 19 | 2 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 17 August 1994 | Ramat Gan, Ramat Gan, Israel | Israel | 3 – 0 | 4 – 0 | Friendly |
2 | 15 November 1995 | Bežigrad, Ljubljana, Slovenia | Slovenia | 2 – 1 | 2 – 1 | Euro 1996 Qualifying |
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
NK Zagreb | 2002 | 2003 | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 25.0 |
Dinamo Zagreb | 2003 | 2004 | 54 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 59.3 |
Red Bull Salzburg | 2005 | 2005 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16.7 |
Slaven Belupo | 2005 | 2005 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 33.3 |
Dinamo Zagreb | 12 March 2018 | 15 May 2018 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 41.7 |
Azerbaijan | 11 February 2019 | 13 December 2019 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10.0 |
Lebanon | 2 October 2023 | 8 December 2023 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 |
Total | 136 | 53 | 34 | 49 | 39.0 |
NK Zagreb
Austria Salzburg
Individual
Dinamo Zagreb
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | 14 September 1966 | ||
Place of birth | Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward, midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Dinamo Zagreb | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1984–1986 | Dinamo Zagreb | 4 | (0) |
1986–1988 | Zagreb | ||
1988–1989 | Royal Antwerp | 1 | (0) |
1989–1991 | Zagreb | 33 | (25) |
1991–1995 | Austria Salzburg | 130 | (42) |
1995–1997 | SC Freiburg | 45 | (5) |
1997–1999 | Austria Salzburg | 31 | (4) |
Total | 211 | (51) | |
International career | |||
1990–1991 | Croatia (unofficial) | 2 | (0) |
1994–1996 | Croatia | 17 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
2002–2003 | Zagreb | ||
2003–2004 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
2005 | Austria Salzburg | ||
2005 | Slaven Belupo | ||
2006–2012 | Croatia (assistant) | ||
2012–2013 | Lokomotiv Moscow (assistant) | ||
2013–2015 | Beşiktaş (assistant) | ||
2015–2017 | West Ham United (assistant) | ||
2018 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
2019 | Azerbaijan | ||
2023 | Lebanon | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nikola Jurčević (born 14 September 1966) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player.
He made his debut for Croatia in a December 1990 friendly match against Romania, coming on as a 66th-minute substitute for Ivan Cvjetković, and earned a total of 19 caps (2 unofficial), scoring 2 goals.[ citation needed] Since Croatia was still officially part of Yugoslavia at the time, his first two games were unofficial.[ citation needed] His final international was a December 1996 friendly against Morocco. [1]
Jurčević started as a manager of NK Zagreb in 2002,[ citation needed] but a year later he became the manager for Dinamo Zagreb.[ citation needed] He celebrated the Prva HNL and Croatian Cup in 2004.[ citation needed] Later, he managed NK Slaven Belupo.[ citation needed] He also worked as an assistant manager for the Croatia national team, assisting his former international teammates Slaven Bilić and Aljoša Asanović.[ citation needed]
On 18 September 2015, he was appointed as the assistant manager to Bilić at West Ham United. [2] He left the club along with Bilić's other coaching staff when the manager was sacked on 6 November 2017. [3] On 12 March 2018, he was named the manager of Croatian First Football League club Dinamo Zagreb,[ citation needed] but he was sacked by club on 15 May 2018, after poor performance in the club.[ citation needed]
On 11 February 2019, he was named the new head coach for the Azerbaijan national team. [4] On 13 December 2019, he was sacked as manager of the Azerbaijan national team due to the team's poor performance in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying, despite managed a respectable 1–1 draw to his home country Croatia at home. [5]
On 2 October 2023, Jurčević was appointed head coach of the Lebanon national team ahead of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup and 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification. [6] However, just two months into the role, Jurčević left the Lebanon national team just a month before the tournament began, by “mutual consent”. [7]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Croatia | 1990 | 1 | 0 |
1991 | 1 | 0 | |
1992 | 0 | 0 | |
1993 | 0 | 0 | |
1994 | 4 | 1 | |
1995 | 4 | 1 | |
1996 | 9 | 0 | |
Total | 19 | 2 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 17 August 1994 | Ramat Gan, Ramat Gan, Israel | Israel | 3 – 0 | 4 – 0 | Friendly |
2 | 15 November 1995 | Bežigrad, Ljubljana, Slovenia | Slovenia | 2 – 1 | 2 – 1 | Euro 1996 Qualifying |
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
NK Zagreb | 2002 | 2003 | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 25.0 |
Dinamo Zagreb | 2003 | 2004 | 54 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 59.3 |
Red Bull Salzburg | 2005 | 2005 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16.7 |
Slaven Belupo | 2005 | 2005 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 33.3 |
Dinamo Zagreb | 12 March 2018 | 15 May 2018 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 41.7 |
Azerbaijan | 11 February 2019 | 13 December 2019 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10.0 |
Lebanon | 2 October 2023 | 8 December 2023 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 |
Total | 136 | 53 | 34 | 49 | 39.0 |
NK Zagreb
Austria Salzburg
Individual
Dinamo Zagreb