Željko Kopić

Željko Kopić (born 10 September 1977) is a Croatian football manager and former player.

Željko Kopić
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-09-10) 10 September 1977
Place of birth Osijek, SR Croatia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Čakovec
Marsonia
Sydney United
Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Teams managed
2009 Zagorec
2009–2010 Segesta
2011–2012 Lučko
2012 Cibalia
2014–2015 NK Zagreb
2015–2017 Slaven Belupo
2017–2018 Hajduk Split
2018–2019 Pafos
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

In his playing days, Željko Kopić played for Croatian clubs NK Čakovec, NK Marsonia and NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac and Australian club Sydney United 58 FC.

Coaching career

In October 2009, Kopić was appointed as manager of Zagorec in the fourth tier of Croatian league system.[1]

After two months in charge, he was signed by Druga HNL team Segesta.[2] After winning only three points in first five matches, he was sacked in March 2010 leaving Segesta in relegation zone.[3]

In August 2011, he succeeded Dražen Biškup at the helm of Lučko in the first division.[4] Lučko finished 2011–12 Prva HNL season in 13th place and was relegated to the second division.

At the start of the following season, Kopić signed a two-year contract with Cibalia.[5] In November 2012, he resigned as manager after winning only one match in last seven rounds.[6]

In June 2014, he took over the helm of NK Zagreb after the club achieved promotion to 2014–15 Prva HNL.[7] After finishing the season in fifth place, he left the club in June 2015 and joined Slaven Belupo.[8]

On 13 November 2017 he was named as the new Hajduk Split manager.[9] On 5 September 2018 he left the club after poor results, six matches without win.[10]

On 19 October 2018, a month after he was sacked in Hajduk Split, he was named a new manager of Cypriot club Pafos.[11]

References
  1. "Željko Kopić – novi trener Zagorca". rhzk.hr (in Croatian). 20 October 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  2. Hrgarek, Krešimir (31 December 2009). "Segesta dobila novog trenera". sisak.info (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  3. Hrgarek, Krešimir (31 March 2010). "Segesta bez trenera". sisak.info (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  4. Strahija, Ivana; Bradovski, Mihaela (23 August 2011). "Lučko smijenilo trenera, stiglo pojačanje". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  5. Gulić, Mišo (28 July 2012). "Željko Kopić potvrđen kao novi trener Cibalije". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  6. Zovko, Ante (25 November 2012). "Cibalia prihvatila Kopićevu ostavku, Bojko privremeno rješenje". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  7. Bradovski, Mihaela (9 June 2014). "Željko Kopić poveo nogometaše Zagreba u pripreme za novu sezonu". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  8. Korać, Branimir (9 June 2015). "Željko Kopić napustio Zagreb, Goran Vincetić došao na njegovo mjesto". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  9. Rogulj, Daniela. "Carrilo's Successor Confirmed! Former Slaven Belupo coach Zeljko Kopic to Lead Hajduk". Total Croatian News. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  10. "Preokret na Poljudu: Kopić više nije trener Hajduka!". gol.dnevnik.hr. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  11. "Željko Kopić pronašao novi posao: Spašava klub koji je loše ušao u sezonu". gol.dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). 19 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
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