Miron Muslic

Miron Muslic
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-09-14) 14 September 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Bihać, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1994-1999 Wacker Innsbruck
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Wacker Innsbruck
2000–2002 Wörgl 10 (0)
2002–2003 Novalja
2003–2005 Wörgl 47 (10)
2005–2006 Reichenau
2006–2007 Hall
2007–2008 Ried 4 (0)
2008–2010 Gmunden
2010–2012 Sattledt
2012–2015 Union Weißkirchen
2015–2017 Ried II
Managerial career
2014 Union Weißkirchen (assistant)
2015–2017 Ried II (assistant)
2018–2019 Ried (assistant)
2018 Ried (caretaker)
2019–2020 Ried (U-15)
2020 Floridsdorfer AC
2021 Ried
2021–2022 Cercle Brugge (assistant)
2022–2024 Cercle Brugge
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miron Muslic (Bosnian: Miron Muslić; born 14 September 1982) is an Austrian professional football coach and a former player who played as a forward.

Coaching career

On 14 July 2020, he was hired as a manager by Austrian Football Second League club Floridsdorfer AC.[1]

Muslic was brought in as assistant coach to Dominik Thalhammer at Cercle Brugge in 2021, and was promoted to the main first-team coaching role the following year, replacing Thalhammer in the hot seat on 19 September 2022.[2]

Helped by the goals of Japan international Ayase Ueda, Muslic steered Cercle from the relegation zone to a regular-season finishing position of eighth for the 2022–23 campaign, qualifying them for a streamlined version of the Belgian Pro League's European play-offs. They finished runners-up to Gent in these play-offs for the final European qualifying place, seeing them officially finish in sixth position.

With Ueda moving to Feyenoord, and Kevin Denkey promoted to become Muslic's first-choice striker, Cercle would qualify for the title play-offs for the first time,[3] going on to finish fourth for the 2023–24 season, their highest finish since 2008, qualifying them for Europe for the first time in 14 years, and only the fourth time ever.[4]

Early season struggles for the 2024–25 season did not clear, and after a 2–0 lead over bottom side Beerschot turned into a 2–3 defeat, Muslic was dismissed as Cercle coach on 2 December 2024.[5]

Managerial statistics

As of 1 December 2024[6]
Team Nat From To Record
P W D L GF GA GD W%
Ried (caretaker) Austria 12 November 2018 25 November 2018 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.0
Floridsdorfer AC Austria 1 August 2020 31 December 2020 16 7 2 7 27 27 +0 043.8
Ried Austria 1 January 2021 25 March 2021 10 0 3 7 4 18 −14 000.0
Cercle Brugge Belgium 19 September 2022 2 December 2024 101 43 24 34 163 140 +23 042.6
Total 128 51 29 48 195 185 +10 039.8

References

  1. ^ "Willkommen beim FAC, Miron Muslic!" (in German). Floridsdorfer AC. 14 July 2020.
  2. ^ "OFFICIAL: CERCLE BRUGGE REPLACE DOMINIK THALHAMMER WITH ASSISTANT MANAGER MIRON MUSLIC". Get Football News. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. ^ "De man die van Cercle een machine maakte, wil nu ook verbazen in de play-offs: "Schrik bestaat niet bij ons"" [The man who turned Cercle into a machine now also wants to surprise in the play-offs: "We are not afraid"] (in Dutch). Sporza. 31 March 2024.
  4. ^ ""Wij zijn dromers die elke dag opstaan en onze dromen najagen": Cercle Brugge in zevende hemel na zege op Antwerp" ["We are dreamers who get up every day and chase our dreams": Cercle Brugge in seventh heaven after victory over Antwerp] (in Dutch). Sporza. 13 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Pijnlijke nederlaag op Beerschot geeft doorslag: Miron Muslic is niet langer trainer van Cercle Brugge" [Painful defeat at Beerschot is decisive: Miron Muslic is no longer coach of Cercle Brugge] (in Dutch). Sporza. 2 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Miron Muslic manager profile". 16 December 2023.


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