Krunoslav Jurčić Explained

Krunoslav Jurčić
Birth Date:26 November 1969
Birth Place:Ljubuški, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Height:1.88 m
Position:Defensive midfielder
Years1:1988–1991
Years2:1991–1993
Years3:1993–1995
Years4:1995–1996
Years5:1996–1999
Years6:1999–2001
Years7:2001–2002
Years8:2002–2004
Clubs1:Dinamo Zagreb
Clubs2:Inker Zaprešić
Clubs3:Istra
Clubs4:Beveren
Clubs5:Dinamo Zagreb
Clubs6:Torino
Clubs7:Sampdoria
Clubs8:Slaven Belupo
Caps1:0
Caps2:39
Caps3:46
Caps4:20
Caps5:84
Caps6:14
Caps7:3
Caps8:44
Goals1:0
Goals2:9
Goals3:14
Goals4:0
Goals5:17
Goals6:0
Goals7:0
Goals8:2
Totalcaps:250
Totalgoals:42
Nationalyears1:1997–2000
Nationalteam1:Croatia
Nationalcaps1:21
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:1999
Nationalteam2:Croatia B
Nationalcaps2:1
Nationalgoals2:0
Manageryears1:2005–2006
Manageryears2:2007–2008
Manageryears3:2009–2010
Manageryears4:2011
Manageryears5:2011
Manageryears6:2012
Manageryears7:2012–2013
Manageryears8:2015–2016
Manageryears9:2016
Manageryears10:2017
Manageryears11:2018
Manageryears12:2018–2019
Manageryears13:2019–2021
Managerclubs1:Pula 1856
Managerclubs2:Slaven Belupo
Managerclubs3:Dinamo Zagreb
Managerclubs4:Lokomotiva Zagreb
Managerclubs5:Dinamo Zagreb
Managerclubs6:Croatia (assistant)
Managerclubs7:Dinamo Zagreb
Managerclubs8:Maribor
Managerclubs9:Adanaspor
Managerclubs10:Saudi Arabia
Managerclubs11:Al Nassr (Riyadh)
Managerclubs12:Baniyas
Managerclubs13:Al-Nasr (Dubai)

Krunoslav "Kruno" Jurčić (pronounced as /hr/; born 26 November 1969) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player.

Playing career

Club

Jurčić started his professional career at Dinamo Zagreb in 1988, before moving to Inker Zaprešić in 1991 and Istra in 1993. He joined Belgian side Beveren in 1995, but returned to Dinamo Zagreb after one season following Beveren's relegation from the top flight. He subsequently spent three seasons with Dinamo Zagreb, also playing for them in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League in 1998. He then went on to spend three seasons in Italy with Torino and Sampdoria, before returning to Croatia by signing with Slaven Belupo in 2002. He finished his career with Slaven in 2004.

International

Jurčić made his debut for Croatia in a June 1997 Kirin Cup match against hosts Japan, coming on as a 59th-minute substitute for Nenad Pralija, and earned a total of 21 caps, scoring no goals. He played three full matches at the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals, where Croatia finished in third place. His final international was a September 2000 World Cup qualification match away against Belgium.[1]

Managerial career

Jurčić started his managerial career at Croatian First League side Pula. In his first season as head coach, Pula finished the 2005–06 season in sixth place, which was the highest ever top division placement for the club. In 2007, he was offered the head coaching position at Slaven Belupo. They finished the season in second place (best ever league position in club history) and qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. He left the club in 2008 and went on to join the reigning Croatian champions and his former club, Dinamo Zagreb, on 5 March 2009.[2] With Dinamo he won his first managerial titles by winning the 2008–09 and 2009–10 Prva HNL and Croatian Cup in 2009. On 19 May 2010 Krunoslav Jurčić resigned as the coach of Dinamo Zagreb.[3]

He returned to Dinamo after Vahid Halilhodžić resigned in 2011 and remained manager until December of the same year, when he was fired after Zagreb's final group game of the UEFA Champions League against Lyon, having failed to pick up any points.[4]

After appearing as a football pundit in various sports papers and during football matches broadcasting, Jurčić was included in Igor Štimac's staff that took charge of Croatia national football team after Euro 2012. In late November 2012 Jurčić once again returned to Dinamo Zagreb, replacing sacked Ante Čačić.

On 22 August 2013, Jurčić was sacked after Dinamo Zagreb lost 2–0 at home to Austria Wien in the Europa League play-off round.[5]

On 29 February 2016, he was sacked from Maribor after a 1–0 home defeat against Celje.[6]

Jurčić was appointed manager of Turkish club Adanaspor on 28 August 2016 on a two-year contract.[7]

In November 2017, Jurčić signed a contract with the Saudi Arabian Football Federation to become the new head of youth player development.[8] [9]

In 2018, he signed with Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr.[10]

On 28 May 2018, he was named the head coach of Baniyas Club.[11]

In October 2019, Jurčić moved back to the UAE where he was appointed as the head coach of Al-Nasr.[12] In February 2021, Jurčić left Al Nasr despite winning the UAE League Cup, due to mediocre results in the league.[13]

Managerial statistics

[14] [15] [16]

TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
Pula20052006
Slaven Belupo4 June 200715 May 2008
Dinamo Zagreb5 March 200919 May 2010
Lokomotiva Zagreb14 March 201126 May 2011
Dinamo Zagreb26 May 20117 December 2011
Dinamo Zagreb26 November 201222 August 2013
Maribor29 August 201529 February 2016
Adanaspor28 August 20165 December 2016
Saudi ArabiaNovember 201728 December 2017
Al Nassr31 January 201813 April 2018
Baniyas28 May 201828 May 2019
Al-Nasr14 October 20193 February 2021
Total

Honours

Player

Manager

Orders

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Player Database. 11 September 2022. EU-football.
  2. News: Mamićeva ostavka odbijena, Jurčić novi trener, Balaban i Šokota potjerani . dnevnik.hr . 5 March 2009 . 2009-08-13 . hr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090306220411/http://sport.dnevnik.hr/clanak/nogomet/izvrsni-odbor-odbio-mamicevu-ostavku-jurcic-trener.html . 6 March 2009 .
  3. News: Mamić: Jurčiću je Dinamo bio više od života . nk-dinamo.hr . 20 May 2010 . 2010-05-21. hr.
  4. News: Krunoslavu Jurčiću otkaz u Dinamu! . jutarnji.hr . 7 December 2011 . 2011-12-07. hr.
  5. News: Krunoslav Jurčić smijenjen u Dinamu! . soundset.hr . 22 August 2013 . 2013-08-22. hr.
  6. Web site: A. G. . Po kriznem sestanku Jurčić odstavljen, vrača se Milanič . . 26 February 2021 . sl . 29 February 2016.
  7. News: Jurčić u Turskoj . index.hr . 28 August 2016 . 28 August 2016. hr.
  8. Web site: Kruno Jurčić odlazi u Saudijsku Arabiju: Arapima će pomagati u razvoju igrača . Goal . 26 February 2021 . hr . 20 November 2017.
  9. Web site: الكرواتي سلاف مدرباً لـ"مواهب المواليد". ar.
  10. Web site: Krunoslav Jurčić pred novim izazovom karijere; Mamić se tamo nije dugo zadržao .
  11. Web site: Croatian Jurcic appointed Bani Yas coach . Gulf News . 26 February 2021 . en . 28 May 2018.
  12. Web site: Krunoslav Jurčić ponovno na klupi emiratskog kluba . NACIONAL.HR . 18 October 2019 . hr.
  13. Web site: Sportske novosti – Bivši trener Dinama dobio otkaz! Još neki dan slavili su ga kao heroja, a onda su mu okrenuli leđa . sportske.jutarnji.hr . 26 February 2021 . hr-hr . 4 February 2021.
  14. News: Osoblje treneri kroz povijest. povijest.gnkdinamo.hr. 24 December 2017. 16 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171116190538/http://povijest.gnkdinamo.hr/osoblje/treneri-kroz-povijest.html. dead.
  15. News: Krunoslav Jurčić. hrnogomet.com. 30 December 2017.
  16. News: Krunoslav Jurcic stats. footballdatabase.eu. 26 February 2021.
  17. News: ODLUKU KOJOM SE ODLIKUJU REDOM DANICE HRVATSKE S LIKOM FRANJE BUČARA . hr . hrvatska.poslovniforum.hr.
  18. News: PREDSJEDNIK TUDJMAN ODLIKOVAO HRVATSKU NOGOMETNU REPREZENTACIJU . hr . hrt.hr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161108054336/http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/98/07/12/h2_hrv.html . 8 November 2016 .