Mladen Vranković
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mladen Vranković | ||
| Date of birth | 1937 | ||
| Place of birth | Rtina, Primorska, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960–1968 | HNK Rijeka | 350 | (5) |
| 1968–1971 | Kansas City Spurs | 56 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1987–1989 | HNK Rijeka | ||
| 1989–1990 | HNK Šibenik | ||
| 1991 | HNK Rijeka | ||
| 1991 | Sydney Croatia | ||
| 1991–1992 | NK Orijent | ||
| 1995 | HNK Rijeka | ||
| 2000 | NK Zadar | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mladen Vranković is a former Croatian football player and manager.
Born in Rtina (now in Ražanac, Zadar County, Croatia), he played for his hometown club, HNK Rijeka, for eight seasons, collecting 350 caps. He also spent three years in the North American Soccer League playing for Kansas City Spurs.[1] Following the end of his career he became a manager. He was Rijeka's manager between 1987 and 1989, leading the club to the 1986-87 Yugoslav Cup final against Hajduk Split.[2] He briefly coached Australian club Sydney Croatia in the now defunct Australian National Soccer League during the 1991/92 season.[3]
Statistics
Managerial statistics
| Club | From | To | Competition | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| NK Rijeka | 22 February 1987 | 16 December 1990 | First League | 85 | 30 | 26 | 29 | 35.29 |
| Yugoslav Cup | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20.00 | |||
| NK Rijeka | 16 February 1992 | 16 February 1992 | First League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| HNK Rijeka | 2 April 1995 | 9 April 1995 | Prva HNL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Totals | 93 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 34.41 | |||
- *Dates of first and last games under Vranković; not dates of official appointments
Honours
- Kansas City Spurs
References
- ^ [1].
- ^ Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0, pp. 378–9.
- ^ http://www.steambath.com.au/steambath-articles/1991/10/6/sydney-croatia-in-disarray-as-mistakes-bring-hattrick-horror/
- ^ "Vladimir Lukarić statistics". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
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