Krunoslav "Kruno" Jurčić (; born 26 November 1969) is a Croatian professional

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and former player.

Playing career

Club

Jurčić started his professional career at Dinamo Zagreb in 1988, before moving to Inker Zaprešić in 1991 and Istra in 1993. He joined Belgian side Beveren in 1995, but returned to Dinamo Zagreb after one season following Beveren's relegation from the top flight. He subsequently spent three seasons with Dinamo Zagreb, also playing for them in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League in 1998. He then went on to spend three seasons in Italy with Torino and

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, before returning to Croatia by signing with

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in 2002. He finished his career with Slaven in 2004.

International

Jurčić made his debut for Croatia in a June 1997 Kirin Cup match against hosts

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, coming on as a 59th-minute substitute for

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, and earned a total of 21 caps, scoring no goals. He played three full matches at the

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finals, where Croatia finished in third place. His final international was a September 2000

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match away against Belgium.

Managerial career

Jurčić started his managerial career at Croatian First League side

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. In his first season as head coach, Pula finished the 2005–06 season in sixth place, which was the highest ever top division placement for the club. In 2007, he was offered the head coaching position at

. They finished the season in second place (best ever league position in club history) and qualified for the

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. He left the club in 2008 and went on to join the reigning Croatian champions and his former club, Dinamo Zagreb, on 5 March 2009. With Dinamo he won his first managerial titles by winning the 2008–09 and 2009–10 Prva HNL and

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. On 19 May 2010 Krunoslav Jurčić resigned as the coach of Dinamo Zagreb. He returned to Dinamo after Vahid Halilhodžić resigned in 2011 and remained manager until December of the same year, when he was fired after Zagreb's final group game of the UEFA Champions League against Lyon, having failed to pick up any points. After appearing as a football pundit in various sports papers and during football matches broadcasting, Jurčić was included in Igor Štimac's staff that took charge of Croatia national football team after

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. In late November 2012 Jurčić once again returned to Dinamo Zagreb, replacing sacked

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. On 22 August 2013, Jurčić was sacked after Dinamo Zagreb lost 2–0 at home to

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in the Europa League play-off round. On 29 February 2016, he was sacked from

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after a 1–0 home defeat against

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. Jurčić was appointed manager of Turkish club Adanaspor on 28 August 2016 on a two-year contract. In November 2017, Jurčić signed a contract with the Saudi Arabian Football Federation to become the new head of youth player development. In 2018, he signed with Saudi Arabian side

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. On 28 May 2018, he was named the head coach of Baniyas Club. In October 2019, Jurčić moved back to the UAE where he was appointed as the head coach of Al Nasr. In February 2021, Jurčić left Al Nasr despite winning the

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, due to mediocre results in the league.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

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* Dinamo Zagreb ** Croatian champions: 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000 **

: 1997, 1998

Manager

*Dinamo Zagreb ** Croatian champions: 2008–09, 2009–10,

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** Croatian Supercup:

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*Al Nasr ** Emirati League Cup: 2019–20

Orders

Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar – 1995 * Ribbon of an Order of the Croatian Trefoil

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– 1998

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