Mirko Jozić (; born 8 April 1940) is a Croatian retired professional football

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and player.

Managerial career

As manager, he won the

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in Chile with the Yugoslavia under-20 national team composed of famous names such as

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and

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. He coached Chilean side

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between 1989 and 1993, winning the

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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

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Managerial statistics

Honours

Clubs

;Junak Sinj *

Yugoslav Third League Yugoslav Third League ( Serbo-Croat: ''3. Savezna liga'', 3. Савезна лига) was the third tier football league of SFR Yugoslavia. The top clubs were promoted to the second tier, the Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav or Yugoslavian may r ...

: 1970–71 ;Colo-Colo * Primera División (3): 1990, 1991, 1993 * Copa Apertura (1):

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Recopa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana ( pt, CONMEBOL Recopa Sul-Americana), known also as the Recopa Sudamericana or CONMEBOL Recopa, and simply as the Recopa (, ; "Winners' Cup"), is an annual international club football competition organized by CO ...

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;Al-Hilal *

Asian Cup Winners' Cup The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition was started in 1991 as a tournament for all the domestic cup winners from countries affiliated to the AFC. The winne ...

(1): 1996–97

National team

;Yugoslavia U-20 *

FIFA World Youth Championship The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 wh ...

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Individual

* HNS's Trophy Trophies: 1984 * Matija Ljubek Award: 2011

Orders

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 {{Croatia-footy-bio-stub