Miloš Hrstić (born 20 November 1955) is a Croatian

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coach and former player. During his club career he played for

HNK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka (), commonly referred to as HNK Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka competes in Croatia's top division, Croatian First Football League, Supersport HNL, o ...

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

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Playing career

Club

Miloš Hrstić was born in

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. He started his senior career in

Rijeka Rijeka (; Fiume ( �fjuːme in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Ba ...

, 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 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) ...

. In 1979, he had the debut for

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, 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,

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0–0, K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot 2–1,

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3–0,

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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

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and

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. In 1984, with coach Josip Skoblar,

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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 referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

, 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

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which was

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's official retirement match. After that he played in the qualifiers for the

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 to Oman as coach of their best and most trophied club,

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. With them he won the silver medal in the

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

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. 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

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

, and they hired Mr. Miloš 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 (; ; , ), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup (; , and between 1947 and 1991 as the Marshal Tito Cup (; ; ; ), was one of two major association football, football competitions in Socialist Federal Re ...

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

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 song ...

Balkans Cup The Balkans Cup was an international football competition for clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. It was introduced in 1961 and was very popular in the 1960s (the 1967 final attracted 42,000 spectators), being ...

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:

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

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 comp ...

Mediterranean Games The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event organised by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years among athletes from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The fi ...

: Split 1979 *

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Fourth place: Moscow 1980

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

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* Certificate UEFA PRO Licensed Coach -

Croatian Football Federation The Croatian Football Federation (, HNS) is the national governing body of football in Croatia. It was originally formed in 1912 and is based in the capital city of Zagreb. The organisation is a member of both FIFA and UEFA, and is responsible f ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hrstic, Milos 1955 births Living people Footballers from Rijeka Serbs of Croatia Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers HNK Rijeka players Deportivo de La Coruña players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players Yugoslavia men's under-21 international footballers Yugoslavia men's 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 for Yugoslavia Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Yugoslav First League players Segunda División players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's 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 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