Mladen Vranković
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mladen Vranković | ||
| Date of birth | 1937 | ||
| Place of birth | Rtina, Zadar, Croatia | ||
| 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, Razanac, Zadar, 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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