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Gordan Ciprić (Croatian pronunciation: [ɡǒrdan tsǐpritɕ]; born 30 March 1965) is a Croatian football manager and former player.

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Gordan Ciprić

Personal information
Date of birth	(1965-03-30) 30 March 1965 (age 57)
Place of birth	Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1975–1979	Dinamo Zagreb
1979–1982	Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1984	Šibenik
1984–1986	NK Zagreb
1986	HAŠK
1986–1988	UR Namur
1988	Borussia Wuppertal
1988–1989	Metalac Osijek
1989–1990	VfB Bad Rappenau
1991–1993	Inker Zaprešić
1993–1995	FSV Wacker Nordhausen
1995–1997	Eintracht Sondershausen
Teams managed
1998–1999	Dinamo Zagreb U17
1999–2000	Dinamo Zagreb U18
2003–2004	Dinamo Zagreb (assistant)
2004–2005	Slaven Belupo (assistant)
2005–2006	HAŠK
2006–2007	Hrvatski Dragovoljac
2009–2011	NK Zagreb (assistant)
2010–2011	Croatia U21 (assistant)
2011–2012	NK Zagreb
2012–2014	Kayserispor (assistant)
2014–2017	Azerbaijan (assistant)
2018–2019	Bosnia and Herzegovina (assistant)
2019–2020	Kayserispor (assistant)
2020	Denizlispor (assistant)
2022	Olimpija Ljubljana (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Born in Zagreb, Ciprić graduated from the Faculty of Kinesiology.[1]

Playing career

In his playing career he played for Šibenik, NK Zagreb, HAŠK, UR Namur, Borussia Wuppertal, Metalac Osijek, VfB Bad Rappenau, Inker Zaprešić, FSV Wacker Nordhausen, and Eintracht Sondershausen. He played for the youth teams of GNK Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split.

He also won prominent minifootball tournament "Kutija Šibica" in 1989, playing together with Zvonimir Boban and Robert Prosinečki for minifootball club Termotehna Šela.[2]

Coaching career

As a head coach, he led the Dinamo Zagreb youth team,[3] Hrvatski Dragovoljac,[4] HAŠK,[4] and NK Zagreb.[3] As assistant, he worked at Dinamo Zagreb,[5] Croatia U21,[6] NK Zagreb,[3] Slaven Belupo,[7] Kayserispor, Azerbaijan national team, Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, Denizlispor, and Olimpija Ljubljana.

He was also the personal coach of footballer Robert Prosinečki when he was playing at Portsmouth and Standard Liège.[8] From 2007 to 2012, he served as a scout of the Croatia national football team.[9] He has also worked with many Croatian coaches such as Slaven Bilić, Ivo Šušak, and Nikola Jurčević.[10][11][12]

On 15 October 2012 it was confirmed that he would be the assistant manager of Prosinečki at Kayserispor.[13] After leaving Kayserispor, he was appointed on 4 December 2014 as the assistant of Prosinečki at the Azerbaijan national team.[14][15] On 27 October 2017 it was confirmed that Prosinečki left the Azerbaijan national team, together with his assistants.[16][17]

In January 2018 he was appointed as the assistant of Prosinečki at the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.[18][19] On 27 November 2019 it was confirmed that Prosinečki and his assistants would leave the national team after mutual agreement with the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[20]

In December 2019 he was named the assistant manager of Prosinečki at Turkish Super Lig club Kayserispor. This was his second appointment at the club, as he was previously also the assistant of Prosinečki at Kayserispor from 2012 to 2014.[21][22][23] In August 2020, Prosinečki decided not to extend his contract with Kayserispor due to the club's transfer policy for next season, so he and his assistants left the club.[24]

In August 2020, four days after leaving Kayserispor, he was named the assistant manager of Prosinečki at Turkish Super Lig club Denizlispor.[25] On 24 November, he left Denizlispor together with Prosinečki after his resignation.[26]

In March 2022, he was named the assistant of Prosinečki at Slovenian PrvaLiga club Olimpija Ljubljana.[27]

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