Gordan Ciprić

Croatian footballer

Gordan Ciprić
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-03-30) 30 March 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Montenegro (assistant)
Youth career
Dinamo Zagreb
Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1984 Šibenik
1984–1986 NK Zagreb
1986 HAŠK
1986–1988 UR Namur
1988 Borussia Wuppertal
1988–1989 Metalac Osijek
1989–1990 VfB Bad Rappenau
1991–1993 Inker Zaprešić
1993–1995 FSV Wacker Nordhausen
1995–1997 Eintracht Sondershausen
Managerial career
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)
2023 Rudeš (assistant)
2024– Montenegro (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gordan Ciprić (Croatian pronunciation: [ɡǒrdan tsǐpritɕ]; born 30 March 1965) is a Croatian football manager and former player who is the assistant manager to Robert Prosinečki with the Montenegro national team.

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

Playing career

Ciprić played youth football for Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split. In his senior career, he played for Šibenik, NK Zagreb, HAŠK, UR Namur, Borussia Wuppertal, Metalac Osijek, VfB Bad Rappenau, Inker Zaprešić, FSV Wacker Nordhausen, and Eintracht Sondershausen.

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

Coaching career

As manager, Ciprić 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, NK Zagreb,[3] Slaven Belupo, Kayserispor, Azerbaijan national team, Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, Denizlispor, Olimpija Ljubljana, Rudeš, and Montenegro national team.

He was also the personal coach of footballer Robert Prosinečki when he was playing at Portsmouth and Standard Liège.[6] From 2007 to 2012, he served as a scout of the Croatia national football team.[7] He has also worked with many Croatian coaches such as Slaven Bilić, Ivo Šušak, and Nikola Jurčević.[8][9][10]

On 15 October 2012, it was confirmed that he would be the assistant manager of Prosinečki at Kayserispor.[11] After leaving Kayserispor, he was appointed on 4 December 2014 as the assistant of Prosinečki at the Azerbaijan national team.[12][13] On 27 October 2017, Prosinečki left the Azerbaijan national team together with his assistants.[14][15]

In January 2018, he was appointed as the assistant of Prosinečki at the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.[16][17] 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.[18]

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.[19][20][21] 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.[22]

In August 2020, four days after leaving Kayserispor, he was named the assistant manager of Prosinečki at Turkish Super Lig club Denizlispor.[23] On 24 November, he left Denizlispor together with Prosinečki after his resignation.[24]

In March 2022, he was named assistant manager to Prosinečki at Slovenian PrvaLiga club Olimpija Ljubljana.[25]

In February 2024, he and Prosinečki took charge of the Montenegro national team.[26]

References

  1. ^ "Sportske novosti". Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Kutija šibica".
  3. ^ a b c "Luka Pavlović podnio ostavku, Ciprić trener Zagreba". prva-hnl.hr (in Croatian). 27 September 2011. Archived from the original on 14 October 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Gordan Ciprić". Sportnet.
  5. ^ http://www.gnkdinamo.hr/predstavljamo-zagreb-spremni-iskoristiti-svako-opu%C5%A1tanje.html Archived 31 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Bijeli nisu izašli iz tunela". October 2011.
  7. ^ "Skaut Ciprić gledao 14 utakmica Iraca: Često zabijaju gol ni iz čega".
  8. ^ "Karabogdan ostaje u Koprivnici". Večernji list.
  9. ^ "Bilić i Ciprić o reprezentaciji Irske prije ogleda sa Norvežanima". 31 May 2012.
  10. ^ "Šuškovi pomoćnici u mladoj reprezentaciji Ciprić i Mihačić". Večernji list.
  11. ^ "Prosinečki novi trener turskog Kayserispora!". Večernji list.
  12. ^ "LUDNICA ZA HRVATIMA Prosinečkom je protukandidat za klupu Azera bio i Bilić". Jutarnji list. 4 December 2014.
  13. ^ "PROSINEČKI IZBORNIK AZERA 'Daleko je dvoboj s Kovačem da bih o tome već sad razmišljao'". Jutarnji list.
  14. ^ "Prosinecki leaves job as Azerbaijan national team coach". National Post. 27 October 2017.
  15. ^ "Prosinečki hört als Aserbaidschan-Coach auf". sport.de.
  16. ^ PORTAL, OSLOBOĐENJE (4 January 2018). "U stručnom štabu Prosinečkog Ciprić, Spasić, Rahimić i Hasagić". Oslobođenje d.o.o.
  17. ^ "Prosinečki izabrao svoje pomoćnike u stručnom štabu". Avaz.ba. 4 January 2018.
  18. ^ "Prosinečki napustio BiH! Ušao je u play-off, a neće ga igrati".
  19. ^ "SON DAKİKA! Kayserisporda Robert Prosinecki dönemi".
  20. ^ https://www.aa.com.tr/ba/sport/prosine%C4%8Dki-se-vratio-na-klupu-turskog-kayserispora/1687164
  21. ^ "Novi angažman: Prosinečki vodi u Kayserispor pomoćnike iz reprezentacije BiH".
  22. ^ "Robert Prosinečki napustio klupu Kayserispora".
  23. ^ "Jutarnji list - Zašto Slovenija uz puno strože mjere ne usporava zarazu brže nego Hrvatska?". 8 December 2020.
  24. ^ "Prosinecki istifa etti!".
  25. ^ "Prosinečki preuzima Olimpiju, Ciprić prvi suradnik!". sportske-vijesti.com.
  26. ^ "Prosinečki: Crna Gora će igrati ponosno i nikog se neće bojati; Savićević: Jedino smo s Robijem pričali". Vijesti (in Serbian). 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.