Nikola Jurčević (born 14 September 1966) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player.
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.[1]
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.[2] He left the club along with Bilić's other coaching staff when the manager was sacked on 6 November 2017.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6] However, just two months into the role, Jurčević left the Lebanon national team just a month before the tournament began, by “mutual consent”.[7]
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[9]
| 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
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Azerbaijan appoint Croatian Nikola Jurčević as new head coach | Croatia Week". 11 February 2019.
- ^ "Azerbaijan sacks Nikola Jurcevic after failed Euro 2020 qualifying". 13 December 2019.
- ^ "الاتحاد اللبناني ينهي عقد إيليتش بالتراضي ويختار الكرواتي يورسيفيتش كخلفٍ له".
- ^ "Coach Jurcevic ends short-lived role with Lebanon a month before Asian Cup". 10 December 2023.
- ^ 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
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