Nikola Jurčević
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 September 1966 | ||
Place of birth | Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | |||
Youth career | |||
Dinamo Zagreb | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1984–1986 | Dinamo Zagreb | 4 | (0) |
1986–1988 | NK Zagreb | ||
1988–1989 | Royal Antwerp | 1 | (0) |
1989–1991 | NK Zagreb | 33 | (25) |
1991–1995 | SV Austria Salzburg | 130 | (42) |
1995–1997 | SC Freiburg | 45 | (5) |
1997–1999 | SV Austria Salzburg | 31 | (4) |
Total | 211 | (51) | |
International career | |||
1990–1996 | Croatia | 19 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
2002–2003 | NK Zagreb | ||
2003–2004 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
2005 | SV 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 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nikola Jurčević (born 14 September 1966) is a Croatian former professional footballer and current manager who most recently managed the Azerbaijan national team.
Managerial career
Jurčević started as a manager of NK Zagreb in 2002, but a year later he became the manager for Dinamo Zagreb. He celebrated Prva HNL and Croatian Cup in 2004. Later, he managed NK Slaven Belupo. He also worked as an assistant manager for the Croatia national team, assisting his former international teammates Slaven Bilić and Aljoša Asanović. On 18 September 2015, he was appointed as the assistant manager to Bilić at West Ham United.[1] He left the club along with Bilić's other coaching staff when the manager was sacked on 6 November 2017.[2] On 12 March 2018, he was named the manager of Croatian First Football League club Dinamo Zagreb, but he was sacked by club on 15 May 2018, after poor performance in the club. On 11 February 2019, he was named the new head coach for the Azerbaijan football team.[3] On 13 Decembar 2019 he was sacked as manager of 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.[4]
International statistics
International Appearances
Croatia national team | ||
Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|
1990 | 1 | 0 |
1991 | 1 | 0 |
1992 | 0 | 0 |
1993 | 0 | 0 |
1994 | 4 | 1 |
1995 | 4 | 1 |
1996 | 9 | 0 |
Total | 19 | 2 |
International goals
- Source:[5]
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 17 August 1994 | Ramat Gan, Ramat Gan | Israel | Friendly | ||
2 | 15 November 1995 | Bežigrad, Ljubljana | Slovenia | Euro 1996 Qualifying |
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 19 November 2019[6]
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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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 Decembar 2019 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
Total | 132 | 53 | 32 | 47 | 40.2 |
Honours
As a player
NK Zagreb
Austria Salzburg
- Austrian Bundesliga: 1993–94, 1994–95
- UEFA Cup Runner-up: 1993–94
Individual
- Austrian Bundesliga top scorer: 1993–94
As a manager
Dinamo Zagreb
References
- ^ "Hammers appoint Jurcevic as new assistant manager". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Slaven Bilic: West Ham sack manager with team in the relegation zone". BBC Sport. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ [1]
- ^ https://www.azerbaycan24.com/en/azerbaijan-sacks-nikola-jurcevic-after-failed-euro-2020-qualifying/
- ^ Nikola Jurčević Statistics HNS. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "Nikola Jurčević's Managerial statistics". hrnogomet.com. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- ^ HINA (15 May 2018). "Prvaci ostali bez trenera: Jurčević smijenjen nakon dva mjeseca". Novi List. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
External links
- Nikola Jurčević – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Nikola Jurčević at National-Football-Teams.com
- Nikola Jurčević at the Croatian Football Federation
- Living people
- 1966 births
- Sportspeople from Zagreb
- Association football midfielders
- Association football forwards
- Yugoslav footballers
- Croatian footballers
- Croatia international footballers
- Croatian expatriate footballers
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
- NK Zagreb players
- Royal Antwerp F.C. players
- FC Red Bull Salzburg players
- SC Freiburg players
- Bundesliga players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- UEFA Euro 1996 players
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Austria
- FC Red Bull Salzburg managers
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb managers
- Yugoslav First League players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Belgian First Division A players
- NK Slaven Belupo managers
- NK Zagreb managers
- West Ham United F.C. non-playing staff
- Croatian football managers
- Association football coaches