Nenad Gračan

Nenad Gračan
Personal information
Full name	Nenad Gračan
Date of birth	23 January 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	Rijeka, PR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Croatia (women) (manager)
Youth career
	Rijeka
Senior career*
Years	Team
1979–1986	Rijeka
1979–1980	→ Orijent (loan)
1986–1989	Hajduk Split
1989–1993	Oviedo
1995–1996	Rijeka
Total
International career
1984	Yugoslavia Olympic
1984–1986	Yugoslavia
Managerial career
1995–1996	Rijeka
1998–2000	Rijeka
2001	Hajduk Split
2002–2003	Sport Line Koper
2003	Osijek
2003–2004	Kamen Ingrad
2004	Dinamo Zagreb
2005–2006	Pomorac Kostrena
2007	Pula Staročeško
2008	Nafta Lendava
2009	Croatia Sesvete
2009–2010	Rijeka
2010–2011	Rijeka
2013–2019	Croatia U-21
2021–	Croatia women
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nenad Gračan (born 23 January 1962) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder, and is now a manager who current manages Croatia women's national football team.

Club career

Born in Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia, Gračan started playing professionally for hometown's NK Orijent and, soon thereafter, HNK Rijeka, amassing nearly 150 official appearances. He then moved to another club in his native Croatia, HNK Hajduk Split. During his first match at Hajduk Gračan was injured while playing against his former club by Mladen Mladenović who nearly broke Gračan's leg. Because of this injury he appeared intermittently for Hajduk over the course of four full seasons.^[1]

Late into 1989, Gračan signed with La Liga club Real Oviedo. Joined by compatriots Janko Janković and Nikola Jerkan in his second season, he helped the Asturians finish sixth and qualify for the UEFA Cup by contributing with 26 matches, and eventually appeared in more than 100 games overall.

Aged almost 31, Gračan left Oviedo and returned to his country, now independent. After two years of inactivity he played a handful of games with first professional club Rijeka, but retired shortly after. In the following decade, he took up coaching, starting with his last team as a player, but he rarely settled.

International career

Gračan made his debut for Yugoslavia in a March 1984 friendly match against Hungary and earned a total of 10 caps, scoring 2 goals. He never attended any major international tournament. In 1984, the then 21-year-old helped the Olympic squad win the bronze medal in Los Angeles, featuring in all games but one and scoring in the quarterfinals against West Germany (5–2).^[2] His final international was a May 1986 friendly away against Belgium.^[3]

International appearances

Yugoslavia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1984	3	0
1985	4	0
1986	3	2
Total	10	2

International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition^[4]
1	30 April 1986	Arruda, Recife	Brazil	1 – 1	4 – 2	Friendly
2	19 May 1986	Heizelstadion, Brussels	Belgium	0 – 2	1 – 3	Friendly

Career statistics

As a player

^[5] ^[6]</ref> ^[7]

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Yugoslavia			League		Yugoslav Cup		Europe		Total
1979-80	NK Rijeka	Yugoslav First League	3	0	0	0	—		3	0
1980-81			—		—		—		0	0
1981-82			12	4	0	0	—		11	4
1982-83			31	5	4	2	—		36	7
1983-84			31	8	3	1	—		34	9
1984-85			29	7	1	0	4	0	34	7
1985-86			30	7	1	0	—		31	7
1986-87	NK Hajduk Split	Yugoslav First League	1	1	0	0	—		1	1
1987-88			2	0	0	0	—		2	0
1988-89			16	0	1	0	—		17	0
1989-90			6	1	1	0	—		7	1
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Europe		Total
1989-90	Real Oviedo	La Liga	23	1	0	0	—		23	1
1990-91			26	0	0	0	—		26	0
1991-92			16	0	0	0	—		16	0
1992-93			25	0	4	1	—		29	1
Croatia			League		Croatian Cup		Europe		Total
1995-96	HNK Rijeka	Prva HNL	10	1	3	0	—		13	1
Country	HNK Rijeka		146	32	12	3	4	0	162	35
	NK Hajduk Split		25	2	2	0	0	0	27	2
	Real Oviedo		90	1	4	1	0	0	94	2
Total			261	35	18	4	4	0	283	39

Managerial statistics

As of 18 November 2018^[8]

Club

Club	From	To	Competition	Record
Club	From	To	Competition	P	W	D	L	Win %
HNK Rijeka	26 November 1995	22 May 1996	Prva HNL	15	8	2	5	053.33
HNK Rijeka	26 November 1995	22 May 1996	Croatian Cup	1	0	0	1	000.00
HNK Rijeka	15 March 1998	11 November 2000	Prva HNL	87	43	16	28	049.43
			Croatian Cup	7	2	2	3	028.57
			UEFA Champions League	2	0	0	2	000.00
			UEFA Cup	4	2	1	1	050.00
HNK Rijeka Total				116	55	21	40	047.41
Hajduk Split	25 July 2001	21 November 2001	Prva HNL	15	10	2	3	066.67
			Croatian Cup	2	1	0	1	050.00
			UEFA Champions League	4	2	1	1	050.00
			UEFA Cup	2	0	1	1	000.00
Hajduk Split Total				23	13	4	6	056.52
Sport Line Koper	14 July 2002	30 March 2003	PrvaLiga	24	10	7	7	041.67
Sport Line Koper	14 July 2002	30 March 2003	Slovenian Cup	1	0	1	0	000.00
Sport Line Koper Total				25	10	8	7	040.00
NK Osijek	10 May 2003	31 May 2003	Prva HNL	4	2	1	1	050.00
NK Osijek Total				4	2	1	1	050.00
NK Kamen Ingrad	26 July 2003	28 August 2004	Prva HNL	38	16	7	15	042.11
			Croatian Cup	4	2	0	2	050.00
			UEFA Cup	4	2	1	1	050.00
			UEFA Intertoto Cup	2	0	0	2	000.00
Kamen Ingrad Total				48	20	8	20	041.67
Dinamo Zagreb	11 September 2004	20 November 2004	Prva HNL	10	5	2	3	050.00
			Croatian Cup	2	1	0	1	050.00
			UEFA Cup	3	2	1	0	066.67
Dinamo Zagreb Total				15	8	3	4	053.33
Pomorac Kostrena	21 August 2005	26 November 2006	Druga HNL	47	24	15	8	051.06
Pomorac Kostrena	21 August 2005	26 November 2006	Croatian Cup	2	0	0	2	000.00
Pomorac Kostrena Total				49	24	15	10	048.98
Pula Staročeško	17 February 2007	12 May 2007	Prva HNL	14	2	4	8	014.29
Pula Staročeško Total				14	2	4	8	014.29
NK Nafta Lendava	1 March 2008	22 March 2008	PrvaLiga	4	0	1	3	000.00
NK Nafta Lendava Total				4	0	1	3	000.00
NK Croatia Sesvete	12 September 2009	7 November 2009	Prva HNL	8	1	1	6	012.50
NK Croatia Sesvete	12 September 2009	7 November 2009	Croatian Cup	1	0	0	1	000.00
NK Croatia Sesvete Total				9	1	1	7	011.11
HNK Rijeka	21 November 2009	13 May 2010	Prva HNL	16	5	5	6	031.25
HNK Rijeka	24 July 2010	6 November 2010	Prva HNL	14	6	3	5	042.86
HNK Rijeka	24 July 2010	6 November 2010	Croatian Cup	2	2	0	0	100.00
HNK Rijeka Total				32	13	8	11	040.63
Totals				339	148	74	117	043.66

National team

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	Croatia U21	25 October 2013	12 September 2019	38	20	9	9	052.63

*Dates of first and last games under Gračan; not dates of official appointments

Honours

Player

Hajduk Split

Yugoslav Cup: 1987

Yugoslavia

Summer Olympics bronze medal: 1984

Individual

SN Yellow Shirt award: 1985-86
NK Rijeka all time XI by Novi list

References

^ "Mladenović Gračanu slomio nogu". index.hr. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ Nenad Gračan – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^ Nenad Gračan Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
^ "Nenad Gračan statistics". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ "HNK Rijeka". nk-rijeka.hr. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ "Fudbal ex-YU 1945.-1992". zerodic.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
^ "Nenad Gračan's Managerial statistics in Prva HNL". hrnogomet.com. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

External links

Nenad Gračan at BDFutbol
National team data (in Serbian)
Nenad Gračan at National-Football-Teams.com
Nenad Gračan at WorldFootball.net

[Gračan_Mladenović_statistics-1] "Mladenović Gračanu slomio nogu". index.hr. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[2] Nenad Gračan – FIFA competition record (archived)

[3] "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

[4] Nenad Gračan Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 7 October 2017.

[Nenad_Gračan_statistics-5] "Nenad Gračan statistics". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[Rijeka_statistics-6] "HNK Rijeka". nk-rijeka.hr. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[Ex_Yu_player_statistics-7] "Fudbal ex-YU 1945.-1992". zerodic.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

[8] "Nenad Gračan's Managerial statistics in Prva HNL". hrnogomet.com. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

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