Mirko Jozić

Mirko Jozić
Jozić while as Croatia manager in 2000
Personal information
Full name Mirko Jozić
Date of birth (1940-04-08) 8 April 1940 (age 84)
Place of birth Trilj, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Tekstilac Derventa
Split
Belišće
Junak Sinj
Managerial career
1970–1972 Junak Sinj
1972–1988 Yugoslavia (youth)
1988–1990 Colo-Colo (youth)
1990–1993 Colo-Colo
1994–1995 Chile
1995 Club América
1995–1996 Hajduk Split
1996–1997 Al Hilal
1998 Newell's Old Boys
1998–1999 Sporting CP
1999–2000 Croatia U-21
2000–2002 Croatia
2005–2006 Colo-Colo (director)
2006–2007 Dinamo Zagreb (youth)
Medal record
Head Coach for  Yugoslavia
Winner FIFA U-20 World Cup 1987
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mirko Jozić (Croatian pronunciation: [mǐːrko jǒːzitɕ];[1][2] born 8 April 1940) is a Croatian retired professional football manager and player.

Managerial career

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As manager, he won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile with the Yugoslavia under-20 national team composed of famous names such as Robert Jarni, Igor Štimac, Zvonimir Boban, Robert Prosinečki and Davor Šuker. He coached Chilean side Colo-Colo between 1989 and 1993, winning the Copa Libertadores in 1991. Jozić is the first European to have won the Copa Libertadores.[3]

He led the Croatia national team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.[4]

Managerial statistics

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Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Colo-Colo 1990 1993 134 83 38 13 061.94
Chile 1 July 1994 30 June 1995 8 3 2 3 037.50
Club América 1995 1995 7 1 5 1 014.29
Hajduk Split 1 November 1995 31 May 1996 20 13 3 4 065.00
Sporting CP 1 July 1998 30 June 1999 37 17 12 8 045.95
Croatia October 2000 July 2002 18 9 6 3 050.00
Total 223 126 66 31 056.50

Honours

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Clubs

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Junak Sinj
Colo-Colo
Al Hilal

National team

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Yugoslavia U-20

Individual

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Orders

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References

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  1. ^ "mȋr". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Mírko
  2. ^ "Jòsip". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Józić
  3. ^ "Jozic y crisis de Colo Colo: "Hay que evaluar bien a los que llegan"" (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 14 March 2012.
  4. ^ "2002 FIFA World Cup - Croatia squad". FIFA. Archived from the original on 4 November 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Managerial statistics". phrnogomet.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  6. ^ "ODLUKU KOJOM SE ODLIKUJU REDOM DANICE HRVATSKE S LIKOM FRANJE BUČARA" (in Croatian). hrvatska.poslovniforum.hr.