Tomislav Stipić (; born 1 August 1979) is a Croatian-German professional

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who currently serves as the head coach of the Bulgarian First League club

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Personal life

Stipić was born in

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, back then part of

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. Aged ten, he moved with his mother and seven siblings as refugee to Germany. His father had already lived in Germany since 1968.

Coaching career

He managed the youth team and the reserve team of Ingolstadt 04. On 9 September 2014, he signed a two-year contract to replace

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. He was sacked on 27 May 2015. He was appointed as head coach of the

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on 4 November 2015. On 9 April, Grasshoppers announced the release of Stipić after 34 days in charge. On 8 October 2019, Stipić was appointed as head coach of the Croatian club

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. He left the club on 16 June 2021. On 1 January 2022, Stipić joined the Latvian club

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. On 19 october 2022, he led his club to win the 2022 Latvian Football Cup for the first time in history. On 7 January 2023, Stipić was appointed manager of

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. Stipić led Riga FC to win the 2023 Latvian Cup. After the season, Stipić was fired after losing the championship title with a one-point difference to RFS, after leading the table with three points with three rounds to go prior to season ending.Tomislav Stipić dobio otkaz
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Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

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* Latvian Cup :

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at scoreway.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stipic, Tomislav 1979 births Living people Footballers from Tomislavgrad German people of Croatian descent Croatian football managers German football managers FC Erzgebirge Aue managers Stuttgarter Kickers managers Nantong Zhiyun F.C. managers Grasshopper Club Zürich managers NK Slaven Belupo managers FK Auda managers Riga FC managers 2. Bundesliga managers 3. Liga managers Latvian Higher League managers German expatriate football managers Croatian expatriate football managers Latvian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in China Croatian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate football managers in Switzerland Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate football managers in Latvia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia