Mladen Vranković (2 July 1937[1] – 12 February 2021) was a Croatian football player and manager.
| 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 (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 | |||
Career
editBorn 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
edit| Club | From | To | Competition | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| NK Rijeka | 22 February 1987 | 16 December 1990 | First League | 85 | 30 | 26 | 29 | 35.29 |
| Yugoslav Cup | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20.00 | |||
| NK Rijeka | 16 February 1992 | 16 February 1992 | First League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| HNK Rijeka | 2 April 1995 | 9 April 1995 | Prva HNL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Totals | 93 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 34.41 | |||
- *Dates of first and last games under Vranković; not dates of official appointments
Honours
editKansas City Spurs
References
edit- ^ "IN MEMORIAM Preminuo Mladen Vranković". 11 February 2021.
- ^ "NASL-Mladen Vrankovic".
- ^ Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0, pp. 378–9.
- ^ "Sydney Croatia in Disarray as Mistakes Bring Hat-trick Horror". Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ "Vladimir Lukarić statistics". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
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