Nenad Gračan
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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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||
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.
Club career
[edit]Born 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
[edit]Gračan 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 |  Brazil
|
1 – 1
|
4 – 2
|
Friendly |
| 2 | 19 May 1986 | Heizelstadion, Brussels |  Belgium
|
0 – 2
|
1 – 3
|
Friendly |
Managerial career
[edit]In 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
[edit]Gračan married former miss Croatia Daniela Mihalic in 1999. The couple have three daughters.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]As 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
[edit]Player
[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
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Rijeka
- Men's association football midfielders
- Yugoslav men's footballers
- Yugoslavia men's international footballers
- Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia
- Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Yugoslavia
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Croatian men's footballers
- HNK Orijent players
- HNK Rijeka players
- HNK Hajduk Split players
- Real Oviedo players
- Yugoslav First League players
- La Liga players
- Croatian Football League players
- Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
- Croatian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Croatian football managers
- HNK Rijeka managers
- HNK Hajduk Split managers
- FC Koper managers
- NK Osijek managers
- NK Kamen Ingrad managers
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb managers
- NK Istra 1961 managers
- NK Croatia Sesvete managers
- Croatia national under-21 football team managers
- Croatian expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Slovenia
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- Croatia women's national football team
- Association football managers by women's national team