Miloš Hrstić (born 20 November 1955) is a Croatian football coach and former player. During his club career he played for

HNK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top division, HT Prva lig ...

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. They currently play in the Primera División RFEF – ...

and Olimpija Ljubljana. He earned ten caps for the Yugoslavia national team, and participated in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Playing career

Club

Miloš Hrstić was born in

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. He started his senior career in Rijeka, where he passed all the young selections and was a member of all Yugoslavia youth team selections, from U15 to U21. First coach that put him in the team was Dragutin Spasojević, who was head of staff when Rijeka won their two National cups in 1978 and 1979. From 1978 to 1984 Rijeka was the best Croatian club in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

. In 1979, he had the debut for

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

, in friendly match against

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(4-1 win). In the European competitions from 1978 to 1984 Rijeka was undefeated on her own stadium Kantrida

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3–0, K.S.K. Beveren 0–0,

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2–1,

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3–0,

Juventus F.C. )''I Bianconeri'' (The White and Blacks)''Le Zebre'' (The Zebras)''La Signora Omicidi'' (The Killer Lady)''La Gheuba'' (: The Hunchback) , founded = as Sport-Club Juventus , ground = Juventus Stadium , capacity = 41,507 , owner = Agnell ...

0–0,

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4–1,

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3-1. The only two team who managed to get a draw where Juventus and

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. In 1984, with coach

Josip Skoblar Josip Skoblar (born 12 March 1941) is a Croatian former professional football player and manager. He was primarily a forward, and also capable of playing on both wings. He played for Zadar, OFK Belgrade, Hannover 96, Marseille and NK Rijeka. Wh ...

, Olympique de Marseille best player of all times, they lost the Championship title in the last match against

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

, later winner of the

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International

Hrstić made his debut in a November 1978

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match against

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and earned a total of 10 caps, scoring no goals. He also played in the 1979 game against

in Belgrade which was

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's official retirement match. After that he played in the qualifiers for the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain and on the same World Cup where he played the first match against

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, which proved to be his final international appearance.

Coaching career

He started in the youth teams of Rijeka, coaching after that Croatian clubs Orijent, Pazinka, Grobničan. In 1994, he went in Oman as coach of their best and most trophied club,

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. With them he won the silver medal in the

Gulf Club Champions Cup The GCC Champions League ( ar, دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية), formerly known as the Gulf Cup for Clubs ( ar, كأس الخليج للأندية), was an annually organized football league tournament for clubs of the Arabian penin ...

and then was called by Bahrein club

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where he stayed two years. In 1998, he was signed by then called Sichuan Quanxing FC,

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, biggest club in Sichuan province and achieved best results in club history, 3rd place in

Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Association Super League, commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the China Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional association ...

. He was the first Croatian coach ever in China, where he is called Miluo Xi or 007 (famous movie character James Bond). He changed many clubs in China, in FC Hunan Shoking, he settled the bases of their team, introduced youngsters and nowadays they have the carriers of the clubs successes in

. His name and successes in China contributed that after five years away he again signed with Hunan Xiangtao FC, a new club founded in 2007. Every year they made a step ahead, winning the championship of China League Three and

China League Two The Chinese Football Association Division Two League (Simplified Chinese: 中国足球协会乙级联赛), or China League Two, is the third tier league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football As ...

. They want now to make another step and win promotion to the

, and they hired Mr. Milos as head coach who can put the foundations of the squad, introduce young players and at the same time make a good result.

Career statistics

Honours

Player

NK Rijeka *

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

: 1978,

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...

* Balkans Cup: 1978 Individual * Player with most trophies and awards in NK Rijeka's history * Most capped NK Rijeka player ever in Yugoslavia National team * NK Rijeka player of the year: 1978,

, 1980,

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

, 1982 Yugoslavia *

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship The UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the UEFA Under-21 Championship or simply the Euro Under-21, is a biennial football competition contested by the European men's under-21 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Since 1992, the compe ...

: 1978 * Mediterranean Games: Split 1979 *

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...

Fourth place:

Moscow 1980 The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

Manager

NK Pazinka * Druga HNL - West: 1992 NK Grobničan * 4. HNL - West: 2007–08

Education

* Certificate Head Football Coach - Department for coach education, Institute of Kinesiology of the

University of Zagreb The University of Zagreb ( hr, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, ; la, Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis) is the largest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of ...

* Certificate UEFA PRO Licensed Coach - Croatian Football Federation

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hrstic, Milos 1955 births Living people Footballers from Rijeka Serbs of Croatia Association football defenders Yugoslav footballers HNK Rijeka players Deportivo de La Coruña players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players Yugoslavia under-21 international footballers Yugoslavia international footballers 1982 FIFA World Cup players Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games medalists in football Olympic footballers of Yugoslavia Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Yugoslav First League players Segunda División players Yugoslav expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Spain Croatian football managers HNK Orijent managers HNK Rijeka non-playing staff Dhofar Club managers East Riffa Club managers Al-Ittihad Kalba SC managers Henan Songshan Longmen F.C. managers Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. managers Busaiteen Club managers Hunan Billows F.C. managers Al-Taawoun FC managers Croatian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Oman Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Oman Expatriate football managers in Bahrain Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates Croatian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate football managers in China Croatian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia