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 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.
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 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). His final international was a May 1986 friendly away against Belgium.
International appearances Yugoslavia national teamYearAppsGoals198430198540198632Total102
International goals GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionNenad Gračan Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 7 October 2017.130 April 1986Arruda, RecifeFriendly219 May 1986Heizelstadion, BrusselsFriendly
Managerial career In June 2001, he was named manager of Hajduk Split.Nenad Gračan novi trener Hajduka - SportNet Gračan was dismissed as manager of Pula in May 2007 Nenad Gračan više nije trener Pule - Dnevnik and he took charge of Rijeka for a third time in November 2009.Nenad Gračan opet novi trener Rijeke! - Jutarnji
Personal life Gračan married former miss Croatia Daniela Mihalic in 1999. The couple have three daughters.RIJETKI IZLAZAK DANIELE GRAČAN I SUPRUGA: U braku su 23 godine i imaju tri kćeri, a ona oduševljava mladolikim izgledom - Story
Career statistics As a player
Club performance League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Yugoslavia League Yugoslav Cup Europe Total1979–80NK RijekaYugoslav First League3000—301980–81———001981–8212400—1141982–8331542—3671983–8431831—3491984–8529710403471985–8630710—3171986–87NK Hajduk SplitYugoslav First League1100—111987–882000—201988–8916010—1701989–906110—71 Spain League Copa del Rey Europe Total1989–90Real OviedoLa Liga23100—2311990–9126000—2601991–9216000—1601992–9325041—291 Croatia League Croatian Cup Europe Total1995–96HNK RijekaPrva HNL10130—131 Country HNK Rijeka146321234016235NK Hajduk Split2522000272 Real Oviedo9014100942Total261351844028339
Managerial statistics
Club ClubFromToCompetitionRecordPWDLWin %HNK Rijeka26 November 199522 May 1996Prva HNLCroatian CupHNK Rijeka15 March 199811 November 2000Prva HNLCroatian CupUEFA Champions LeagueUEFA CupHNK Rijeka TotalHajduk Split25 July 200121 November 2001Prva HNLCroatian CupUEFA Champions LeagueUEFA CupHajduk Split TotalSport Line Koper14 July 200230 March 2003PrvaLigaSlovenian CupSport Line Koper TotalNK Osijek10 May 200331 May 2003Prva HNLNK Osijek TotalNK Kamen Ingrad26 July 200328 August 2004Prva HNLCroatian CupUEFA CupUEFA Intertoto CupKamen Ingrad TotalDinamo Zagreb11 September 200420 November 2004Prva HNLCroatian CupUEFA CupDinamo Zagreb TotalPomorac Kostrena21 August 200526 November 2006Druga HNLCroatian CupPomorac Kostrena TotalPula Staročeško17 February 200712 May 2007Prva HNLPula Staročeško TotalNK Nafta Lendava1 March 200822 March 2008PrvaLigaNK Nafta Lendava TotalNK Croatia Sesvete12 September 20097 November 2009Prva HNLCroatian CupNK Croatia Sesvete TotalHNK Rijeka21 November 200913 May 2010Prva HNLHNK Rijeka24 July 20106 November 2010Prva HNLCroatian CupHNK Rijeka TotalTotals |
National team TeamFromToRecordCroatia U2125 October 2013
*Dates of first and last games under Gračan; not dates of official appointments
Honours Player Hajduk Split Yugoslav Cup: 1987
Yugoslavia Summer Olympics bronze medal: 1984
Individual SN Yellow Shirt award: 1985–86 NK Rijeka all time XI by Novi list
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