Mirko Jozić (; born 8 April 1940) is a Croatian retired professional
football
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manager
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and player.
Managerial career
As manager, he won the
1987 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Chile from 10 to 25 October 1987. The 1987 championship was the 6th contested and won for the first time by Yugoslavia. Remarkably, in the course of the tournament the Yugoslavs defeated each of ...
in Chile with the
Yugoslavia under-20 national team composed of famous names such as
Zvonimir Boban
Zvonimir "Zvone" Boban (; born 8 October 1968) is a Croatian former footballer who currently works at UEFA as the Chief of Football. Boban played as a midfielder and was usually deployed as an attacking midfielder. He played most of his professi ...
,
Predrag Mijatović
Predrag "Peđa" Mijatović ( sr-Cyrl, Предраг Мијатовић, ; born 19 January 1969) is a Montenegrin retired professional footballer who played as a striker. At club level, Mijatović played for six clubs: Budućnost, Partizan, Val ...
,
Robert Prosinečki
Robert Prosinečki (; born 12 January 1969) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Early in his career, he was part of the Red Star Belgrade team that won three Yugoslav First League titles and ...
and
Davor Šuker
Davor Šuker (; born 1 January 1968) is a Croatian football administrator and former Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. He served as president of the Croatian Football Federation from 2012 t ...
.
He coached Chilean side
Colo-Colo
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between 1989 and 1993, winning the
Copa Libertadores
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in 1991. Jozić is the first European to have won the Copa Libertadores.
He led the
Croatia national team at the
2002 FIFA World Cup
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.
Managerial statistics
Honours
Clubs
;Junak Sinj
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Yugoslav Third League
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Yugoslav or Yugoslavian may re ...
: 1970–71
;Colo-Colo
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Primera División (3): 1990, 1991, 1993
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Copa Apertura (1):
1990
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Copa Libertadores
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(1):
1991
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Recopa Sudamericana
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(1):
1992
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;Al-Hilal
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Asian Cup Winners' Cup
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(1):
1996–97
National team
;Yugoslavia U-20
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FIFA World Youth Championship
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:
1987
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Individual
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HNS's Trophy Trophies: 1984
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Matija Ljubek Award: 2011
Orders
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Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar - 1995
References
1940 births
Living people
People from Trilj
Association football midfielders
Yugoslav footballers
FK Tekstilac Derventa players
RNK Split players
NK Belišće players
NK Junak Sinj players
Yugoslav football managers
Croatian football managers
Colo-Colo managers
Chile national football team managers
Club América managers
HNK Hajduk Split managers
Al Hilal SFC managers
Newell's Old Boys managers
Sporting CP managers
Croatia national under-21 football team managers
Croatia national football team managers
Chilean Primera División managers
Liga MX managers
Saudi Professional League managers
Primeira Liga managers
2002 FIFA World Cup managers
Yugoslav expatriate football managers
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Chile
Croatian expatriate football managers
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Chile
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate football managers in Chile
Expatriate football managers in Mexico
Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia
Expatriate football managers in Argentina
Expatriate football managers in Portugal
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