Igor Stimac

Igor Štimac

Štimac managing Sepahan in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	(1967-09-06) 6 September 1967 (age 49)
Place of birth	Metković, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Al-Shahania (manager)
Youth career
	Neretva Metković
1984–1985	Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1992	Hajduk Split	64	(3)
1986–1987	→ Dinamo Vinkovci (loan)	31	(2)
1992–1994	Cádiz	62	(4)
1994–1995	Hajduk Split	27	(2)
1995–1999	Derby County	84	(3)
1999–2001	West Ham United	43	(1)
2001–2002	Hajduk Split	11	(2)
Total		322	(17)
National team
1987	Yugoslavia U20	4	(2)
1990–2002	Croatia	53	(2)
Teams managed
2005	Hajduk Split
2006	Cibalia
2009–2010	NK Zagreb
2012–2013	Croatia
2015	Zadar
2015–2016	Sepahan
2016–	Al-Shahania
Honours Competitor for  Yugoslavia FIFA U-20 World Cup 1987 Competitor for  Croatia FIFA World Cup 1998
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Igor Štimac (pronounced [îgor ʃtǐːmat͡s]; born 6 September 1967) is a Croatian football coach and former footballer, who played as a centre back. In his playing career he had three spells with Hajduk Split and also played for Cádiz in Spain and for Derby County and West Ham United in England. He represented the Croatia national team 53 times, playing at Euro 1996 and at the 1998 World Cup, when Croatia finished third.

As a coach, Štimac was in charge of the Croatian national team from 2012 to 2013. In club football, he has had brief spells in charge of Hajduk Split, Cibalia, NK Zagreb and Zadar. He is currently the head coach of Al-Shahania in Qatar Stars League.

He played for the Croatia national football team, winning 53 caps and scoring two goals, and formed part of a Croatia squad that won the bronze medal at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Previously, Štimac was a member of the highly talented Yugoslavia under-20 team that won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile, playing four games and scoring two goals in the tournament. At the club level he played for Hajduk Split and, most notably, Derby County. Štimac arrived at the Baseball Ground on 31 October 1995 for a fee of £1.5 million from Croatian club Hajduk Split. He scored a goal on his debut for the Rams away at Tranmere, but the Rams fell to a heavy 5-1 defeat. The rest of the season was more successful; Derby gained promotion and remained unbeaten in 20 consecutive matches.