Gordan Ciprić

Gordan Ciprić (Croatian pronunciation: [ɡǒrdan tsǐpritɕ]; born 30 March 1965) is a Croatian football manager and former player. He is currently the assistant manager of Robert Prosinečki at Olimpija Ljubljana.

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+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Olimpija Ljubljana (assistant)
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
1998–1999 Dinamo Zagreb U17
1999–2000 Dinamo Zagreb U18
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)
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)
2022– Olimpija Ljubljana (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, Wuppertaler SV Borussia, and VfB Bad Rappenau. He played for the youth teams of GNK Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split.

He also won prominent minifootball tournament "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 Dinamo Zagreb youth team,[3] Hrvatski Dragovoljac,[4] HAŠK,[4] and NK Zagreb.[3] As assistant, he worked at Dinamo Zagreb,[5] Croatia U21,[6] NK Zagreb,[7] Slaven Belupo,[8] Kayserispor, Azerbaijan national team, Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, Denizlispor, and Olimpija Ljubljana.

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

On 15 October 2012 it was confirmed that he would be the assistant manager of Prosinečki at Kayserispor.[14] After leaving Kayserispor, he was appointed on 4 December 2014 as the assistant of Prosinečki at the Azerbaijan national team.[15][16] On 27 October 2017 it was confirmed that Prosinečki left the Azerbaijan national team, together with his assistants.[17][18]

In January 2018 he was appointed as the assistant of Prosinečki at the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.[19][20] On 27 November 2019 it was confirmed that Prosinečki and his assistants would leave the national team after mutual agreement with the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[21]

In December 2019 he was named the assistant manager of Prosinečki at Turkish Super Lig club Kayserispor. This was his second appointment at the club, as he was previously also the assistant of Prosinečki at Kayserispor from 2012 to 2014.[22][23][24] In August 2020, Prosinečki decided not to extend his contract with Kayserispor due to the club's 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 the assistant manager of Prosinečki at Turkish Super Lig club Denizlispor.[26] On 24 November, he left Denizlispor together with Prosinečki after his resignation.[27]

In March 2022, he was named the assistant of Prosinečki at Slovenian PrvaLiga club Olimpija Ljubljana.[28]

References

  1. "Kutija šibica".
  2. "Gordan Ciprić". Sportnet.
  3. http://www.gnkdinamo.hr/predstavljamo-zagreb-spremni-iskoristiti-svako-opu%C5%A1tanje.html Archived 31 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "crvenikarton.com - Informationen zum Thema crvenikarton". ww1.crvenikarton.com.
  5. http://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/nikola-jurcevic-novi-trener-slaven-belupa/279140 aspx
  6. "Karabogdan ostaje u Koprivnici".
  7. "Bilić i Ciprić o reprezentaciji Irske prije ogleda sa Norvežanima". 31 May 2012.
  8. "Šuškovi pomoćnici u mladoj reprezentaciji Ciprić i Mihačić".
  9. "Prosinečki novi trener turskog Kayserispora!". www.vecernji.hr.
  10. "LUDNICA ZA HRVATIMA Prosinečkom je protukandidat za klupu Azera bio i Bilić - Sportske Novosti". sportske.jutarnji.hr. 4 December 2014.
  11. "PROSINEČKI IZBORNIK AZERA 'Daleko je dvoboj s Kovačem da bih o tome već sad razmišljao' - Jutarnji List". www.jutarnji.hr.
  12. "Prosinecki leaves job as Azerbaijan national team coach".
  13. "Prosinečki hört als Aserbaidschan-Coach auf". sport.de.
  14. PORTAL, OSLOBOĐENJE (4 January 2018). "U stručnom štabu Prosinečkog Ciprić, Spasić, Rahimić i Hasagić". Oslobođenje d.o.o.
  15. "Prosinečki izabrao svoje pomoćnike u stručnom štabu". Avaz.ba. 4 January 2018.
  16. "Prosinečki napustio BiH! Ušao je u play-off, a neće ga igrati".
  17. "SON DAKİKA! Kayserisporda Robert Prosinecki dönemi".
  18. https://www.aa.com.tr/ba/sport/prosine%C4%8Dki-se-vratio-na-klupu-turskog-kayserispora/1687164
  19. "Novi angažman: Prosinečki vodi u Kayserispor pomoćnike iz reprezentacije BiH".
  20. "Robert Prosinečki napustio klupu Kayserispora".
  21. "Jutarnji list - Zašto Slovenija uz puno strože mjere ne usporava zarazu brže nego Hrvatska?". 8 December 2020.
  22. "Prosinecki istifa etti!".
  23. "Prosinečki preuzima Olimpiju,Ciprić prvi suradnik!".
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