Igor Štimac

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Igor Štimac
Full name	Igor Štimac
Date of birth	September 6, 1967 (1967-09-06) (age 40)
Place of birth	Metković, Croatia
Height	6'2 (1.88 m)
Playing position	Sweeper
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990–1992 1992–1994 1994–1995 1995–1999 1999–2001 2001–2002	Cibalia Cadiz Hajduk Derby West Ham Hajduk	0? (?) 62 (4) 21 (2) 84 (3) 43 (1) 00 (0)
National team
1990–2002	Croatia	53 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Igor Štimac (born 6 September 1967 in Metković) is a retired Croatian football player. He is now a football agent.

He played for the Croatia national football team (53 matches/2 goals) and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where Croatia won the bronze medals, and at club level he played for Hajduk Split and, most notably, Derby County.

Štimac arrived at the Baseball Ground on the 31st October 1995 for a fee of £1.5million from Croatian club Hajduk Split. He scored a goal on his debut for the Rams away at Tranmere, but the Rams fell to a heavy 5-1 defeat. The rest of the season was more successful: Derby gained promotion and remained unbeaten in 20 consecutive matches.

Igor Štimac had nearly four years with the Rams but the end of his Derby County career came as he was criticised from certain quarters in the club for not playing enough games.^{[citation needed]} He was sold on 29th August 1999 to West Ham United for £600,000.

In all Štimac made 84 league appearances for the Rams, in addition to 7 FA Cup appearances and 2 League Cup appearances.

Štimac returned to his native Croatia and took over as manager of Hajduk Split. In the spring of 2006, he also spent two months coaching Croatian first division side Cibalia. He is currently also working as a co-commentator at the Croatian Radiotelevision during their broadcasts of the Croatian national team's matches.

Štimac is also the agent of Shakhtar Donetsk and Croatia star Darijo Srna.

v • d • e Croatia squad - UEFA Euro 1996

1 Ladić • 2 Jurčević • 3 Jarni • 4 Štimac • 5 Jerkan • 6 Bilić • 7 Asanović • 8 Prosinečki • 9 Šuker • 10 Boban • 11 Bokšić • 12 Mrmić • 13 Stanić • 14 Soldo • 15 Pavličić • 16 Mladenović • 17 Pamić • 18 Brajković • 19 Vlaović • 20 Šimić • 21 Cvitanović • 22 Gabrić • Coach: Blažević

v • d • e Croatia squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup Third Place

1 Ladić • 2 Krpan • 3 Šerić • 4 Štimac • 5 Jurić • 6 Bilić • 7 Asanović • 8 Prosinečki • 9 Šuker • 10 Boban • 11 Marić • 12 Mrmić • 13 Stanić • 14 Soldo • 15 Tudor • 16 Kozniku • 17 Jarni • 18 Mamić • 19 Vlaović • 20 Šimić • 21 Jurčić • 22 Vasilj • Coach: Blažević