Mišo Krstičević () (born 19 February 1958) is a Croatian professional

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and former

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. He is currently the manager of third-tier club Jadran LP.

Club career

Krstičević began his career in 1972 when he made a senior debut as a 14-year-old for Jadran Ploče. The same year he was spotted by Neretva Metković. After joining Neretva, he went to their youth academy. He debuted for them in 1975 and played with them until 1978 when he was spotted and bought by Hajduk Split. In his first season at Hajduk, he managed to win the Yugoslav championship in

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. He played a huge part in that winning season by playing 33 times and becoming a first team regular. Despite having world class teammates such as

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and Ivan Gudelj he still managed to hold his regular team status. He played in the

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where Hajduk reached the quarter-finals. He made a total of 206 appearances and 36 goals for Hajduk. Krstičević is also remembered for scoring the last goal for Hajduk on their old Stari plac stadium in 1979. In 1983, he left Hajduk and went to

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. After one year at Rijeka, he joined Velež Mostar where he won the

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in 1986. In 1986, he left Velež and went to

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. After playing two more years at Oberhausen, he retired in 1988.

International career

Krstičević made his international debut for

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on 1 April 1979 against

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. He won a gold medal at the

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and a bronze medal at the

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. He scored his only goal for Yugoslavia against

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in 1980 at the Balkan Cup. He played his last international game against Romania on 27 August 1980. He made a total of seven appearances and scored one goal for Yugoslavia.

Managerial career

Early career

Krstičević began his managerial career in his first club, Jadran Ploče, before joining Hajduk Split in 2004 as an assistant to

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. Although he led Hajduk to the eventual

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, Slišković was sacked before the championship ended and Krstičević left the club as well, taking over third division team

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. Krstičević led Trogir to promotion to the second division, but then he surprisingly left the club, once again taking over his first club Jadran Ploče in September 2007. He stayed in Jadran for four seasons, keeping the mediocre club constantly near the top of the league. In 2011, Krstičević took over

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, winning the

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but disappointingly finishing fifth in the

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Hajduk Split

He left Albania in the summer of 2011, taking over the under-19 team of Hajduk Split. Under his guidance Hajduk's youth team dominated the national championship in front of recently much renowned

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's youth team. His U-19 team won the Croatian U-19 league in 2012. After Hajduk's first team manager Krasimir Balakov left for

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, Krstičević was appointed as the new manager. He finished second in the 2011–12 Prva HNL but it was thanks to Balakov's previous results. In the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League he was kicked out in the third qualifying round by

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after a 2–3 aggregate loss. In the 2012–13 Prva HNL, he started well by finishing first after the starting four matches. After his first defeat in the new season against Lokomotiva, the team started to decline which caused bad results and low team morale. After the autumn part of the season, the team finished second in the league and qualified for the 2012–13 Croatian Cup semi-final. In late April 2013, after he suffered a 1–2 loss against

on home ground, he was sacked by Hajduk chairman Marin Brbić due to a string of poor results.

Later career

In May 2013, he joined the national team of Croatia as an assistant manager to Igor Štimac. After a series of bad results he left the national team alongside Štimac on 16 October 2013. At the beginning of 2015, Krstičević took a managerial place in Zrinjski Mostar but it lasted only a few months. Between 2015 and 2019, Krstičević was the manager of Iranian Second League club Mes Rafsanjan on three occasions (2015–2016, 2016–2017 and 2018–2019).

Career statistics

International goals

Honours

Player

Hajduk Split *

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

: 1978–79 Velež Mostar *

: 1985–86 Yugoslavia *

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Fourth place:

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Manager

Trogir * Croatian Third League (South): 2006–07 Tirana * Albanian Cup: 2010–11 Hajduk Split U19 * Croatian U-19 League: 2011–12

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krsticevic, Miso 1958 births Living people Sportspeople from Metković Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games medalists in football Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics HNK Hajduk Split players HNK Rijeka players FK Velež Mostar players Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players Yugoslav First League players 2. Bundesliga players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Croatian football managers HNK Trogir managers KF Tirana managers HNK Hajduk Split managers HŠK Zrinjski managers Mes Rafsanjan F.C. managers Shahin Bushehr F.C. managers Kategoria Superiore managers Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina managers Croatian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Albania Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Albania Expatriate football managers in Iran Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Iran Persian Gulf Pro League managers