Gordan Ciprić

Gordan Ciprić (Croatian pronunciation: [ɡǒrdan tsǐpritɕ]; born 30 March 1965) is a Croatian football manager and former footballer.

Gordan Ciprić
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-03-30) 30 March 1965
Place of birth Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 none
Youth career
1975–1979 Dinamo Zagreb
1979–1982 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1984 Šibenik
1984–1986 NK Zagreb
1986 HAŠK
1986–1988 Union Royale Namur
1988 Borussia
1988–1989 Metalac Osijek
1989–1990 VfB Bad Rappenau
1991–1993 Inter Zaprešić
1993–1995 FSV Wacker Nordhausen
1995–1997 Eintracht Sondershausen
Teams managed
1998–2000 Dinamo Zagreb (youth)
2000–2001 Standard Liège (individual)
2001–2002 Portsmouth (individual)
2003–2004 Dinamo Zagreb (assistant)
2004–2005 Slaven Belupo (assistant)
2005–2006 HAŠK
2006–2007 Hrvatski Dragovoljac
2009–2011 NK Zagreb (assistant)
2010–2011 Croatia U21 (assistant)
2007–2012 Croatia (scout)
2011–2012 NK Zagreb
2012–2014 Kayserispor (assistant)
2014–2017 Azerbaijan (assistant)
2018–2019 Bosnia and Herzegovina (assistant)
2019–2020 Kayserispor (assistant)
2020 Denizlispor (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Born in Zagreb, Ciprić graduated from the Faculty of Kinesiology.[1]

Playing career

In his playing career he played for Inter Zaprešić, NK Zagreb, HNK Šibenik, Metalac, HAŠK, Eintracht Sondershausen, FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen, Borussia and VfB Bad Rappenau. He played for the youth teams of GNK Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split.

He also won prominent minifootball tournament in Yugoslavia, later Croatia "Kutija Šibica" in 1989. playing together with Zvonimir Boban and Robert Prosinečki for minifootball club Termotehna Šela.[2]

Coaching career

As a head coach he led the GNK Dinamo Zagreb youth team,[3] Hrvatski Dragovoljac,[4] HAŠK,[4] NK Zagreb[3] and as an assistant manager he worked in GNK Dinamo Zagreb,[5] Croatia U21,[6] NK Zagreb,[7] Slaven Belupo,[8] Kayserispor, Azerbaijan national team, Bosnia and Herzegovina national team and Denizlispor.

He was also the personal coach of footballer Robert Prosinečki when he was playing in Portsmouth F.C. and Standard Liège.[9] From 2007 to 2012 he served as scout of the Croatian national football team.[10] He has worked with many Croatian coaches such as Slaven Bilić, Ivo Šušak, Nikola Jurčević and Robert Prosinečki.[11][12][13]

On 15 October 2012 it was confirmed that he would be assistant manager to Robert Prosinečki at Kayserispor.[14] He left Kayserispor along with Robert Prosinečki. He was appointed on 4 December 2014 as an assistant coach to Robert Prosinečki in the Azerbaijan national football team.[15][16] On 27 October 2017 it was confirmed that Robert Prosinečki left the Azerbaijan national team together with his assistants.[17][18]

In January 2018 he was appointed as an assistant coach to Robert Prosinečki in Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team.[19][20] On 27 November 2019 it was confirmed that Prosinečki and his assistants will leave Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team after mutual agreement with Bosnian football federation. They secured playoff for UEFA Euro 2020 but will not be in charge of Bosnia and Herzegovina for playoff matches in March 2020.[21]

In December 2019 he was named as an assistant manager to Robert Prosinečki in turkish Super Lig club Kayserispor. This is his second time that he is working in Kayserispor, he was also assistant manager to Robert Prosinečki in Kayserispor from 2012 to 2014.[22][23][24] In August 2020, Prosinečki decided not to extend contract with Kayserispor because of club transfer policy for next season, so he and his assistants left the club.[25]

In August 2020, four days after leaving Kayserispor he was named as an assistant manager to Robert Prosinečki in turkish Super Lig club Denizlispor.[26] On 24 November he left Denizlispor together with Robert Prosinečki after his resignation.[27]

References
  2. http://arhiva2.kutija-sibica.hr/turnir/glavni/zavrsnice/2
  4. "Gordan Ciprić". Sportnet.
  6. "crvenikarton.com - Informationen zum Thema crvenikarton". ww1.crvenikarton.com.
  11. https://www.vecernji.hr/sport/karabogdan-ostaje-u-koprivnici-809502
  12. https://www.dnevno.hr/sport/bilic-i-cipric-o-reprezentaciji-irske-prije-ogleda-sa-norvezanima-59089/
  13. https://www.vecernji.hr/sport/suskovi-pomocnici-u-mladoj-reprezentaciji-cipric-i-mihacic-248679
  14. "Prosinečki novi trener turskog Kayserispora!". www.vecernji.hr.
  15. "LUDNICA ZA HRVATIMA Prosinečkom je protukandidat za klupu Azera bio i Bilić - Sportske Novosti". sportske.jutarnji.hr.
  16. "PROSINEČKI IZBORNIK AZERA 'Daleko je dvoboj s Kovačem da bih o tome već sad razmišljao' - Jutarnji List". www.jutarnji.hr.
  17. https://nationalpost.com/pmn/sports-pmn/prosinecki-leaves-job-as-azerbaijan-national-team-coach
  18. "Prosinečki hört als Aserbaidschan-Coach auf". sport.de.
  19. PORTAL, OSLOBOĐENJE. "U stručnom štabu Prosinečkog Ciprić, Spasić, Rahimić i Hasagić". Oslobođenje d.o.o.
  20. "Prosinečki izabrao svoje pomoćnike u stručnom štabu". Avaz.ba.
  21. https://m.24sata.hr/sport/prosinecki-vise-nije-izbornik-bih-na-klupu-dolazi-safet-661866
  22. https://www.fanatik.com.tr/son-dakika-kayserisporda-robert-prosinecki-donemi-2111974
  23. https://www.aa.com.tr/ba/sport/prosine%C4%8Dki-se-vratio-na-klupu-turskog-kayserispora/1687164
  24. https://www.radiosarajevo.ba/sport/nogomet/novi-angazman-prosinecki-vodi-u-kayserispor-pomocnike-iz-reprezentacije-bih/362447
  25. https://www.nacional.hr/robert-prosinecki-napustio-klupu-kayserispora/
  26. https://sportske.jutarnji.hr/sn/nogomet/nogomet-mix/robert-prosinecki-nakon-dugih-pregovora-i-sluzbeno-preuzeo-novi-klub-idemo-u-nove-izazove-15012915
  27. https://www.denizlimuhabir.com/amp/haber/prosinecki-istifa-etti/28172/?
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