Krunoslav Jurčić
Personal information
Full name	Krunoslav Jurčić
Date of birth	26 November 1969 (1969-11-26) (age 40)
Place of birth	Ljubuški, SFR Yugoslavia, now Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Manager (former midfielder)
Youth career
	Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988–1991 1991–1993 1993–1995 1995–1996 1996–1999 1999–2001 2001–2002 2002–2004	Dinamo Zagreb Inter Zaprešić NK Istra Beveren Croatia Zagreb Torino Sampdoria Slaven Belupo	0 0 00(0) 039 0 (9) 046 0(14) 020 0 (0) 084 0(17) 014 0 (0) 0 3 00(0) 044 0 (2)
National team2
1997–2000 1999	Croatia Croatia B	21 (0) 1 (0)
Teams managed
2005–2006 2007–2008 2009–	Istra 1961 Slaven Belupo Dinamo Zagreb
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 September 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Krunoslav Jurčić (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈkrunɔslaːʋ ˈjuːrtʃiːtɕ]; born 26 November 1969 in Ljubuški, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Croatian professional footballer who is now the current head coach of Dinamo Zagreb.

[edit] Club career

He started his professional career at Dinamo Zagreb in 1988, before moving to Inker Zaprešić in 1991 and Uljanik Pula in 1993. He went on join 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.

[edit] National team

He has been capped 21 times for the Croatian national team and also played three full matches at the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals, where Croatia won the bronze medals.

[edit] Managerial career

Jurčić started his managerial career at Croatian First League side Pula in 2005 and 2006, before he went on to coach NK Slaven Belupo. 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.^[1] With Dinamo he won his first managerial titles, winning the 2008–09 league title and Croatian Cup in 2009.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Player

• Inter Zaprešić
  • Croatian Cup: 1992

• Dinamo Zagreb
  • Croatian champions: 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–09, 1999–00
  • Croatian Cup: 1997, 1998

[edit] Manager

• Dinamo Zagreb
  • Croatian champions: 2008–09
  • Croatian Cup: 2009

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Profile at Nogometni Magazin
• Profile at transfermarkt.de
• Career statistics at National Football Teams

Krunoslav Jurčić – international tournaments v • d • e Croatia squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Ladić • 2 Krpan • 3 Šerić • 4 Štimac • 5 Jurić • 6 Bilić • 7 Asanović • 8 Prosinečki • 9 Šuker • 10 Boban • 11 Marić • 12 Mrmić • 13 Stanić • 14 Soldo • 15 Tudor • 16 Kozniku • 17 Jarni • 18 Mamić • 19 Vlaović • 20 Šimić • 21 Jurčić • 22 Vasilj • Coach: Blažević