Nenad Gračan (born 23 January 1962) is a Croatian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the coach of the Croatia women's national football team.
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| Full name | Nenad Gračan | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 January 1962 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rijeka, PR Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Croatia (women) (manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Rijeka | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1979–1986 | Rijeka | 136 | (31) | ||||||||||||||
| 1979–1980 | → Orijent (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1989 | Hajduk Split | 25 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1993 | Oviedo | 90 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Rijeka | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 261 | (35) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | Yugoslavia Olympic | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | Yugoslavia | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Rijeka | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Rijeka | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Hajduk Split | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Sport Line Koper | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Osijek | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Kamen Ingrad | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Pomorac Kostrena | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Pula 1856 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Nafta Lendava | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Croatia Sesvete | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Rijeka | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Rijeka | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2019 | Croatia U-21 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Croatia women | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editBorn in Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia, Gračan started playing professionally for hometown's NK Orijent and, soon thereafter, HNK Rijeka, amassing nearly 150 official appearances. He then moved to another club in his native Croatia, HNK Hajduk Split. During his first match at Hajduk Gračan was injured while playing against his former club by Mladen Mladenović who nearly broke Gračan's leg. Because of this injury he appeared intermittently for Hajduk over the course of four full seasons.[1]
Late into 1989, Gračan signed with La Liga club Real Oviedo. Joined by compatriots Janko Janković and Nikola Jerkan in his second season, he helped the Asturians finish sixth and qualify for the UEFA Cup by contributing with 26 matches, and eventually appeared in more than 100 games overall.
Aged almost 31, Gračan left Oviedo and returned to his country, now independent. After two years of inactivity he played a handful of games with first professional club Rijeka, but retired shortly after. In the following decade, he took up coaching, starting with his last team as a player, but he rarely settled.
International career
editGračan made his debut for Yugoslavia in a March 1984 friendly match against Hungary and earned a total of 10 caps, scoring 2 goals. He never attended any major international tournament. In 1984, the then 21-year-old helped the Olympic squad win the bronze medal in Los Angeles, featuring in all games but one and scoring in the quarterfinals against West Germany (5–2).[2] His final international was a May 1986 friendly away against Belgium.[3]
International appearances
edit| Yugoslavia national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 10 | 2 |
International goals
edit| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 April 1986 | Arruda, Recife | 1 – 1
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4 – 2
|
Friendly | |
| 2 | 19 May 1986 | Heizelstadion, Brussels | 0 – 2
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1 – 3
|
Friendly |
Managerial career
editIn June 2001, he was named manager of Hajduk Split.[5] Gračan was dismissed as manager of Pula in May 2007 [6] and he took charge of Rijeka for a third time in November 2009.[7]
Personal life
editGračan married former miss Croatia Daniela Mihalic in 1999. The couple have three daughters.[8]
Career statistics
editAs a player
edit| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Yugoslavia | League | Yugoslav Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 1979–80 | NK Rijeka | Yugoslav First League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 1980–81 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1981–82 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 4 | |||
| 1982–83 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 | — | 36 | 7 | |||
| 1983–84 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | 34 | 9 | |||
| 1984–85 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 7 | ||
| 1985–86 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 7 | |||
| 1986–87 | NK Hajduk Split | Yugoslav First League | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | |
| 1987–88 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1988–89 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| 1989–90 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | |||
| Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 1989–90 | Real Oviedo | La Liga | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 1 | |
| 1990–91 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | |||
| 1991–92 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| 1992–93 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 29 | 1 | |||
| Croatia | League | Croatian Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 1995–96 | HNK Rijeka | Prva HNL | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | |
| Country | HNK Rijeka | 146 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 162 | 35 | |
| NK Hajduk Split | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
| Real Oviedo | 90 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 2 | ||
| Total | 261 | 35 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 283 | 39 | ||
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 18 November 2018[12]
Club
edit| Club | From | To | Competition | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| HNK Rijeka | 26 November 1995 | 22 May 1996 | Prva HNL | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 53.33 |
| Croatian Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |||
| HNK Rijeka | 15 March 1998 | 11 November 2000 | Prva HNL | 87 | 43 | 16 | 28 | 49.43 |
| Croatian Cup | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 28.57 | |||
| UEFA Champions League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | |||
| UEFA Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 | |||
| HNK Rijeka Total | 116 | 55 | 21 | 40 | 47.41 | |||
| Hajduk Split | 25 July 2001 | 21 November 2001 | Prva HNL | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 66.67 |
| Croatian Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | |||
| UEFA Champions League | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 | |||
| UEFA Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | |||
| Hajduk Split Total | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 56.52 | |||
| Sport Line Koper | 14 July 2002 | 30 March 2003 | PrvaLiga | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 41.67 |
| Slovenian Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Sport Line Koper Total | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 40.00 | |||
| NK Osijek | 10 May 2003 | 31 May 2003 | Prva HNL | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 |
| NK Osijek Total | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 | |||
| NK Kamen Ingrad | 26 July 2003 | 28 August 2004 | Prva HNL | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 42.11 |
| Croatian Cup | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50.00 | |||
| UEFA Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 | |||
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | |||
| Kamen Ingrad Total | 48 | 20 | 8 | 20 | 41.67 | |||
| Dinamo Zagreb | 11 September 2004 | 20 November 2004 | Prva HNL | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 50.00 |
| Croatian Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | |||
| UEFA Cup | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 | |||
| Dinamo Zagreb Total | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 53.33 | |||
| Pomorac Kostrena | 21 August 2005 | 26 November 2006 | Druga HNL | 47 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 51.06 |
| Croatian Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | |||
| Pomorac Kostrena Total | 49 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 48.98 | |||
| Pula Staročeško | 17 February 2007 | 12 May 2007 | Prva HNL | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14.29 |
| Pula Staročeško Total | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14.29 | |||
| NK Nafta Lendava | 1 March 2008 | 22 March 2008 | PrvaLiga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 |
| NK Nafta Lendava Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 | |||
| NK Croatia Sesvete | 12 September 2009 | 7 November 2009 | Prva HNL | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12.50 |
| Croatian Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |||
| NK Croatia Sesvete Total | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11.11 | |||
| HNK Rijeka | 21 November 2009 | 13 May 2010 | Prva HNL | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 31.25 |
| HNK Rijeka | 24 July 2010 | 6 November 2010 | Prva HNL | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 42.86 |
| Croatian Cup | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| HNK Rijeka Total | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 40.63 | |||
| Totals | 339 | 148 | 74 | 117 | 43.66 | |||
National team
edit| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia U21 | 25 October 2013 | 12 September 2019 | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 52.63 |
- *Dates of first and last games under Gračan; not dates of official appointments
Honours
editPlayer
edit- Hajduk Split
- Yugoslavia
- Summer Olympics bronze medal: 1984
- Individual
- SN Yellow Shirt award: 1985–86
- NK Rijeka all time XI by Novi list
References
edit- ^ "Mladenović Gračanu slomio nogu". index.hr. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ Nenad Gračan – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ Nenad Gračan Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ Nenad Gračan novi trener Hajduka - SportNet (in Croatian)
- ^ Nenad Gračan više nije trener Pule - Dnevnik (in Croatian)
- ^ Nenad Gračan opet novi trener Rijeke! - Jutarnji (in Croatian)
- ^ RIJETKI IZLAZAK DANIELE GRAČAN I SUPRUGA: U braku su 23 godine i imaju tri kćeri, a ona oduševljava mladolikim izgledom - Story (in Croatian)
- ^ "Nenad Gračan statistics". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "HNK Rijeka". nk-rijeka.hr. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "Fudbal ex-YU 1945.-1992". zerodic.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ "Nenad Gračan's Managerial statistics in Prva HNL". hrnogomet.com. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
External links
edit- Nenad Gračan at BDFutbol
- National team data (in Serbian)
- Nenad Gračan at National-Football-Teams.com
- Nenad Gračan at WorldFootball.net