Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mirko Jozić | ||
Date of birth | 8 April 1940 | ||
Place of birth | Trilj, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
FK Tekstilac Derventa | |||
RNK Split | |||
NK Belišće | |||
NK Junak Sinj | |||
Teams managed | |||
1970–1972 | NK Junak Sinj | ||
1972–1988 | Yugoslavia (U-16, U-18, U-20 & U-21) | ||
1989–1993 | Colo-Colo | ||
1994–1995 | Chile | ||
1995 | Club América | ||
1995–1996 | Hajduk Split | ||
1996–1997 | Al-Hilal | ||
1998 | Newell's Old Boys | ||
1998–1999 | Sporting CP | ||
2000–2002 | Croatia | ||
2006 | Dinamo Zagreb (Youth) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Mirko Jozić (born 8 April 1940) is a retired Croatian football player and currently an active football manager.
As a coach, he won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile, with the Yugoslavia U-20 national team composed of names such as Robert Prosinečki, Zvonimir Boban and Davor Šuker. He coached Chilean club Colo-Colo between 1989 and 1993, winning the Copa Libertadores in 1991. Jozić is the only coach who has ever won Copa Libertadores with a Chilean team.
He coached Croatia at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.