Goran Meštrović (born June 13, 1966) is a Croatian retired

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who played as a

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and also served as a

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Playing career

Meštrović played in the

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in 1990 with

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. In 1992, he played in the

Croatian First Football League The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establishe ...

with

HNK Cibalia Hrvatski nogometni klub Cibalia, commonly known as Cibalia Vinkovci or simply Cibalia, is a Croatian football club from the town of Vinkovci in eastern Croatia. Cibalia currently play in the Prva NL, Croatia's second-tier league. Their stadium ...

. In 1996, he played with

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, and returned to Cibalia the following season. He featured in the 1999 Croatian Football Cup final against

. On June 17, 2001, he announced his retirement from professional football.

Managerial career

Meštrović served as an assistant coach under Davor Mladina for former club

in 2005. He served as a head coach for Cibalia for one match in 2006. In 2015, he was named the head coach for

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in the

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. On November 17, 2017, he was named the head coach for Cibalia's football academy.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Meštrović, Goran 1966 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers Croatian men's footballers Toronto Croatia players HNK Cibalia players NK Osijek players Canadian National Soccer League players Croatian Football League players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Canada Croatian football managers HNK Cibalia managers Croatian Football League managers