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Nikola Jurčević (born 14 September 1966) is a Croatian football current manager and former player who most recently managed the Azerbaijan national team.

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Nikola Jurčević

Jurčević in training
Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-09-14) 14 September 1966 (age 56)
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)
National team
1990–1991	Croatia (unoff)	2	(0)
1994–1996	Croatia	17	(2)
Teams managed
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
*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. Since Croatia was still officially part of Yugoslavia at the time, his first two games were unofficial. His final international was a December 1996 friendly against Morocco.[1]

Managerial career

Jurčević started as a manager of NK Zagreb in 2002, but a year later he became the manager for Dinamo Zagreb. He celebrated the Prva HNL and Croatian Cup in 2004. Later, he managed NK Slaven Belupo. He also worked as an assistant manager for the Croatia national team, assisting his former international teammates Slaven Bilić and Aljoša Asanović. 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, but he was sacked by club on 15 May 2018, after poor performance in the club. On 11 February 2019, he was named the new head coach for the Azerbaijan football 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]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year

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.

List of international goals scored by Nikola Jurčević[6]

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 statistics

As of match played 19 November 2019[7]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
NK Zagreb	2002	2003	32	8	9	15	025.0
Dinamo Zagreb	2003	2004	54	32	15	7	059.3
Red Bull Salzburg	2005	2005	6	1	0	5	016.7
Slaven Belupo	2005	2005	18	6	4	8	033.3
Dinamo Zagreb	12 March 2018	15 May 2018	12	5	2	5	041.7
Azerbaijan	11 February 2019	13 December 2019	10	1	2	7	010
Total			132	53	32	47	040.2

Honours

As a player

NK Zagreb

• Yugoslav Third League (West): 1989–90
• Yugoslav Second League: 1990–91

Austria Salzburg

• Austrian Bundesliga: 1993–94, 1994–95
• UEFA Cup Runner-up: 1993–94

Individual

• Austrian Bundesliga top scorer: 1993–94

As a manager

Dinamo Zagreb

• Croatian Super Cup: 2003
• Croatian Cup: 2004[8]

References

External links

• Nikola Jurčević – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Nikola Jurčević at National-Football-Teams.com
• Nikola Jurčević at the Croatian Football Federation

На других языках

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[de] Nikola Jurčević

Nikola „Jura“ Jurčević (* 14. September 1966 in Zagreb) ist ein ehemaliger kroatischer Fußballspieler und aktueller -trainer.

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- [en] Nikola Jurčević

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[fr] Nikola Jurčević

Nikola Jurčević (né le 14 septembre 1966 à Zagreb en Croatie) est un footballeur international croate reconverti entraîneur de football.

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[it] Nikola Jurčević

Nikola Jurčević (Zagabria, 14 settembre 1966) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore croato, di ruolo attaccante, ct della Nazionale azera.

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[ru] Юрчевич, Никола

Никола Юрчевич (хорв. Nikola Jurčević; 14 сентября 1966, Загреб) — хорватский футболист, полузащитник, тренер. Известен выступлениями за австрийский клуб «Казино СВ/СВ Аустрия» и сборную Хорватии.

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