Mladen Vranković

Mladen Vranković
Personal information
Full name Mladen Vranković
Date of birth 2 July 1937
Place of birth Rtina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 12 February 2021(2021-02-12) (aged 83)
Place of death Rijeka, Croatia
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1968 Rijeka 350 (5)
1968–1971 Kansas City Spurs 56 (1)
Managerial career
1987–1989 Rijeka
1989–1990 Šibenik
1991 Rijeka
1991 Sydney Croatia
1991–1992 Orijent
1995 Rijeka
2000 Zadar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mladen Vranković (2 July 1937[1] – 12 February 2021) was a Croatian football player and manager.

Career

Born in Rtina, he played for his hometown club, HNK Rijeka, for eight seasons, collecting 350 caps. He also spent three years in the North American Soccer League playing for Kansas City Spurs.[2] Following the end of his career he became a manager. He was Rijeka's manager between 1987 and 1989, leading the club to the 1986–87 Yugoslav Cup final against Hajduk Split.[3] He briefly coached Australian club Sydney Croatia in the now defunct Australian National Soccer League during the 1991–92 season.[4]

Managerial statistics

[5]

Club From To Competition Record
P W D L Win %
NK Rijeka 22 February 1987 16 December 1990 First League 85 30 26 29 035.29
Yugoslav Cup 5 1 2 2 020.00
NK Rijeka 16 February 1992 16 February 1992 First League 1 0 1 0 000.00
HNK Rijeka 2 April 1995 9 April 1995 Prva HNL 2 1 1 0 050.00
Totals 93 32 30 31 034.41
*Dates of first and last games under Vranković; not dates of official appointments

Honours

Kansas City Spurs

References

  1. ^ "IN MEMORIAM Preminuo Mladen Vranković". 11 February 2021.
  2. ^ "NASL-Mladen Vrankovic".
  3. ^ Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0, pp. 378–9.
  4. ^ "Sydney Croatia in Disarray as Mistakes Bring Hat-trick Horror". Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Vladimir Lukarić statistics". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.


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