Mirko Jozić

Croatian footballer and manager

Mirko Jozić (Croatian pronunciation: [mǐːrko jǒːzitɕ];^[1][2] born 8 April 1940) is a Croatian retired professional football manager and player.

Managerial career

As manager, he won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile with the Yugoslavia under-20 national team composed of famous names such as Zvonimir Boban, Predrag Mijatović, Robert Prosinečki and Davor Šuker. He coached Chilean side Colo-Colo between 1989 and 1993, winning the Copa Libertadores in 1991. Jozić is the first European to have won the Copa Libertadores.^[3]

He led the Croatia national team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.^[4]

Managerial statistics

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Honours

Clubs

Junak Sinj

• Yugoslav Third League: 1970–71

Colo-Colo

• Primera División (3): 1990, 1991, 1993
• Copa Apertura (1): 1990
• Copa Libertadores (1): 1991
• Recopa Sudamericana (1): 1992

Al-Hilal

• Asian Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1996–97

National team

Yugoslavia U-20

• FIFA World Youth Championship: 1987

Individual

• HNS's Trophy Trophies: 1984
• Matija Ljubek Award: 2011

Orders

• Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar - 1995^[6]

References

1. "mȋr". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Mírko
2. "Jòsip". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Józić
3. "Jozic y crisis de Colo Colo: "Hay que evaluar bien a los que llegan"" (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 14 March 2012.
4. "2002 FIFA World Cup - Croatia squad". FIFA. Archived from the original on 4 November 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
5. "Managerial statistics". phrnogomet.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
6. "ODLUKU KOJOM SE ODLIKUJU REDOM DANICE HRVATSKE S LIKOM FRANJE BUČARA" (in Croatian). hrvatska.poslovniforum.hr.