Nikola Jurčević
Nikola Jurčević (born 14 September 1966) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player.
 Jurčević in training | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 September 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dinamo Zagreb | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1986 | Dinamo Zagreb | 4 | (0) |
| 1986–1988 | Zagreb | ||
| 1988–1989 | Royal Antwerp | 1 | (0) |
| 1989–1991 | Zagreb | 33 | (25) |
| 1991–1995 | Austria Salzburg | 130 | (42) |
| 1995–1997 | SC Freiburg | 45 | (5) |
| 1997–1999 | Austria Salzburg | 31 | (4) |
| Total | 211 | (51) | |
| International career | |||
| 1990–1991 | Croatia (unofficial) | 2 | (0) |
| 1994–1996 | Croatia | 17 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2003 | Zagreb | ||
| 2003–2004 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| 2005 | 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 | ||
| 2023 | Lebanon | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
International
He made his debut for Croatia in a December 1990 friendly match against Romania, coming on as a 66th-minute substitute for Ivan Cvjetković, and earned a total of 19 caps (2 unofficial), scoring 2 goals.[citation needed] Since Croatia was still officially part of Yugoslavia at the time, his first two games were unofficial.[citation needed] His final international was a December 1996 friendly against Morocco.
Managerial career
Jurčević started as a manager of NK Zagreb in 2002,[citation needed] but a year later he became the manager for Dinamo Zagreb.[citation needed] He celebrated the Prva HNL and Croatian Cup in 2004.[citation needed] Later, he managed NK Slaven Belupo.[citation needed] He also worked as an assistant manager for the Croatia national team, assisting his former international teammates Slaven Bilić and Aljoša Asanović.[citation needed]
On 18 September 2015, he was appointed as the assistant manager to Bilić at West Ham United. He left the club along with Bilić's other coaching staff when the manager was sacked on 6 November 2017. On 12 March 2018, he was named the manager of Croatian First Football League club Dinamo Zagreb,[citation needed] but he was sacked by club on 15 May 2018, after poor performance in the club.[citation needed]
On 11 February 2019, he was named the new head coach for the Azerbaijan national team. On 13 December 2019, he was sacked as manager of the 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.
On 2 October 2023, Jurčević was appointed head coach of the Lebanon national team ahead of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup and 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification. However, just two months into the role, Jurčević left the Lebanon national team just a month before the tournament began, by “mutual consent”.
Career statistics
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list Croatia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jurčević goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 August 1994 | Ramat Gan, Ramat Gan, Israel |  Israel | 3 – 0 | 4 – 0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 15 November 1995 | Bežigrad, Ljubljana, Slovenia |  Slovenia | 2 – 1 | 2 – 1 | Euro 1996 Qualifying |
Managerial
- As of match played 21 November 2023
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 December 2019 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10.0 |
| Lebanon | 2 October 2023 | 8 December 2023 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Total | 136 | 53 | 34 | 49 | 39.0 | ||
Honours
Player
NK Zagreb
Austria Salzburg
- Austrian Bundesliga: 1993–94, 1994–95
- UEFA Cup Runner-up: 1993–94
Individual
- Austrian Bundesliga top scorer: 1993–94
Manager
Dinamo Zagreb
References
External links
- Nikola Jurčević – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Nikola Jurčević at National-Football-Teams.com
- Nikola Jurčević at the Croatian Football Federation
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