Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 September 1966 | ||
Place of birth | Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position |
Forward Midfielder |
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Club information | |||
Current team
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West Ham United (assistant) | ||
Youth career | |||
Dinamo Zagreb | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1984–1986 | Dinamo Zagreb | 4 | (0) |
1986–1988 | NK Zagreb | ||
1988–1989 | Royal Antwerp | 1 | (0) |
1989–1991 | NK Zagreb | ||
1991–1995 | SV Austria Salzburg | 130 | (42) |
1995–1997 | SC Freiburg | 45 | (5) |
1997–1999 | SV Austria Salzburg | 31 | (4) |
Total | 211 | (51) | |
National team | |||
1990–1996 | Croatia | 19 | (2) |
Teams managed | |||
2002–2003 | NK Zagreb | ||
2003–2004 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
2005 | SV Austria Salzburg | ||
2005 | Slaven Belupo | ||
2006–2012 | Croatia (assistant) | ||
2012–2013 | Lokomotiv Moscow (assistant) | ||
2013–2015 | Beşiktaş (assistant) | ||
2015– | West Ham United (assistant) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Nikola Jurčević (born 14 September 1966) is a retired Croatian footballer and current coach and assistant manager at West Ham United.
He played for clubs Dinamo Zagreb (before 1988), in Belgium with R. Antwerp F.C. (1988–1989), NK Zagreb (1989–1991), in Austria with SV Austria Salzburg (1991–1995 and 1997–1999), and in German Bundesliga with SC Freiburg (1995–1997). He played for the Croatia national football team (19 matches/2 goals) and was a participant at the UEFA Euro 1996.
Jurčević worked as an assistant coach for the Croatian national team, assisting his former international teammates Slaven Bilić and Aljoša Asanović. On 18 September 2015, he was appointed as assistant manager to Bilic at West Ham United.