Krunoslav Jurčić

Krunoslav Jurčić
Personal information
Full nameKrunoslav Jurčić
Date of birth26 November 1969
Place of birthGrude, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionDefensive midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1988–1991Dinamo Zagreb0(0)
1991–1993Inker Zaprešić39(9)
1993–1995NK Istra46(14)
1995–1996Beveren20(0)
1996–1999Croatia Zagreb84(17)
1999–2001Torino14(0)
2001–2002Sampdoria3(0)
2002–2004Slaven Belupo44(2)
National team‡
1999Croatia B1(0)
1997–2000Croatia21(0)
Teams managed
2005–2006Istra 1961
2007–2008Slaven Belupo
2009–2010Dinamo Zagreb
2011Lokomotiva
2011Dinamo Zagreb
2012Croatia Assistant Head Coach
2012–2013Dinamo Zagreb
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 August 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2009

Krunoslav "Kruno" Jurčić (pronounced [ˈkrunɔslaːʋ ˈjuːrtʃiːtɕ]; born 26 November 1969) is a retired Croatian professional footballer who is now a coach.

Club career

He started his professional career at Dinamo Zagreb in 1988, before moving to Inker Zaprešić in 1991 and Uljanik Pula in 1993. He went on join Belgian side Beveren in 1995, but returned to Dinamo Zagreb after one season following Beveren's relegation from the top flight. He subsequently spent three seasons with Dinamo Zagreb, also playing for them in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League in 1998. He then went on to spend three seasons in Italy with Torino and Sampdoria, before returning to Croatia by signing with Slaven Belupo in 2002. He finished his career with Slaven in 2004.

National team

He has been capped 21 times for the Croatian national team and also played three full matches at the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals, where Croatia won the bronze medals.

Managerial career

Jurčić started his managerial career at Croatian First League side NK Istra 1961. In his first season as head coach NK Istra 1961 finished the season (2005/2006) in 6th place which was the best ever season result for the club. The following season, he was offered the head coaching position at Slaven Belupo. They finished the season in 2nd place on the table (best ever league position in club history) and qualified for UEFA Cup competition. He left the club in 2008 and went on to join the reigning Croatian champions and his former club, Dinamo Zagreb, on 5 March 2009.[1] With Dinamo he won his first managerial titles by winning the 2008–09 and 2009–10 Prva HNL and Croatian Cup in 2009. On 19 May 2010 Krunoslav Jurčić resigned as the coach of Dinamo Zagreb.[2]

He returned to Dinamo after Vahid Halilhodžić resigned in 2011 and remained manager until December of the same year, when he was fired after Zagreb's final group game of the UEFA Champions League against Lyon, having failed to pick up any points.[3]

After appearing as a football pundit in various sports papers and during football matches broadcasting, Jurčić was included in Igor Štimac's staff that took charge of Croatia national football team after Euro 2012. In late November 2012 Jurčić once again returned to Dinamo Zagreb, replacing sacked Ante Čačić.

On 22 August 2013, Krunoslav Jurcic was sacked after Dinamo Zagreb lost 2-0 at home to Austria Vienna in the Europa League play-off round.[4]

Honours

Player

Manager

References

  1. ↑ "Mamićeva ostavka odbijena, Jurčić novi trener, Balaban i Šokota potjerani" (in Croatian). Dnevnik.hr. 5 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
  2. ↑ "Mamić: Jurčiću je Dinamo bio više od života" (in Croatian). NK Dinamo Zagreb. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
  3. ↑ http://www.jutarnji.hr/kruno-jurcic-vise-nije-trener-dinama-/992199/
  4. ↑ http://sports.yahoo.com/news/soccer-dinamo-zagreb-sack-coach-jurcic-austria-defeat-081227358.html

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