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

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Personal life

Stipić was born in

Tomislavgrad Tomislavgrad ( Cyrl, Томиславград, ), also known by its former name Duvno ( Cyrl, Дувно, ), is a town and the seat of the Municipality of Tomislavgrad in Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosni ...

SR Bosnia and Herzegovina The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Социјалистичка Pепублика Босна и Херцеговина), commonly referred to as Socia ...

, back then part of

SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country ...

. 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 Falko Götz at

Erzgebirge Aue Fußball Club Erzgebirge Aue e.V., commonly known as simply FC Erzgebirge Aue or Erzgebirge Aue (), is a German football club based in Aue-Bad Schlema, Saxony. The former East German side was a founding member of the 3. Liga in 2008–09, ...

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

Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers. The club currently plays in the Regionalliga Südwest, the fourth tier of German footb ...

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

Slaven Belupo Nogometni klub Slaven Belupo (), often referred to as Slaven Belupo, is a Croatian professional football club based in the city of Koprivnica in the north of Croatia. They play their home matches at Gradski stadion in Koprivnica. They play in ...

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

FK Auda Futbola klubs Auda is a Latvian professional association football, football club, playing in the Latvian Higher League, the highest division of domestic football. They are based in Ķekava, near the capital Riga. Auda won their first ever major t ...

. 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

Riga Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni ...

. 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. On 4 June 2024, Stipić was appointed as head coach of the Bulgarian club

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sports Club of the Army'' ...

. After the away match with Arda Kardzhali, which resulted in a 2:1 loss, negotiations began with the club's management. He left the club on 25th August 2024, but also demanded that the management pay all of his salaries. He led the club for only five rounds, four of which were losses.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

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Latvian Cup The Latvian Football Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Latvian football. Since 2021, its full name is Responsible Gaming Latvian Football Cup (''Atbildīgas spēles Latvijas kauss'') due to the sponsorship by sports betting company ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

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Riga FC Riga Football Club, commonly referred to as Riga FC, is a Latvian Association football, football club, founded in 2014. The club is based at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Since 2016 Latvian Higher League, 2016, the club has been playing in the Latv ...

* Latvian Cup :

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