Mario Cvitanović

Mario Cvitanović
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-05-06) 6 May 1975
Place of birth Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
Radnik Velika Gorica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2000 Dinamo Zagreb 91 (3)
2000–2001 Hellas Verona 16 (0)
2001–2002 Venezia 7 (0)
2002–2003 Genoa 33 (0)
2003–2004 Napoli 9 (0)
2004–2006 Germinal Beerschot 46 (2)
2006–2007 Dinamo Zagreb 17 (2)
2007–2009 Energie Cottbus 71 (0)
Total 290 (7)
National team
1998–1999 Croatia B 2 (0)
1998–2001 Croatia 7 (0)
Teams managed
2015–2017 Dinamo Zagreb II
2017–2018 Dinamo Zagreb
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Mario Cvitanović (pronounced [tsʋitǎːnoʋitɕ, - tsʋǐta-]; born 6 May 1975) is a Croatian football coach and a former defender. He has made seven appearances for the Croatia national football team.

Career

Playing

In 1995, Cvitanović started his career in the Croatian capital, where he won five consecutive national championships with Dinamo Zagreb (formerly Croatia Zagreb).[1] He then spent four seasons in the Italian league, playing for Hellas Verona, Venezia, Genoa and Napoli before moving to Belgian side Germinal Beerschot. Following two seasons in the Belgian league, Cvitanović re-joined Dinamo for their 2006–07 Champions League campaign,[2] before leaving after their early exit on a free transfer to German side Energie Cottbus.[3] Cvitanović played three seasons with Cottbus until being released in 2009.[4]

Coaching

From 2015 to 2017, after succeeding Ivaylo Petev as coach, he trained Dinamo Zagreb II, second team of Dinamo Zagreb, in the Croatian Second Football League.[5]

On 13 July 2017 he signed one-year contract as head coach of Dinamo Zagreb, first team. On 21 September 2017 Mario Cvitanović was severely beaten by two masked assailants in front of his apartment in Zagreb, Croatia.[6][7]

On 10 March 2018 he finished his contract with Dinamo Zagreb following two successive defeats from fierce rivals HNK Rijeka and feeder-club NK Lokomotiva, both of which were by a score of 4–1.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Croatia – Championship Winning Squads". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Things you need to know about Croatia Zagreb". Square Football. 9 August 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Cottbus swoop for Croat". Football.co.uk. 18 January 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2008 – via archive.is.
  4. ↑ "Cottbus-Duo freigestellt" (in German). DFL. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  5. ↑ Miroslav Herceg (13 July 2017). "Mario Cvitanović privremeno preuzima momčad Dinama" [Mario Cvitanovic temporarily takes over the team at Dinamo]. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Masked assailants attack Dinamo Zagreb coach". 21 September 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  7. ↑ Tomo Ničota (21 September 2017). "TKO NAPADA HRVATSKE TRENERE?! MARIO CVITANOVIĆ NAŽALOST NIJE PRVI NITI JEDINI Na isti je način napadnut i Luka Bonačić, napadači nikad nisu pronađeni!" (in Croatian). Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  8. ↑ Marko Pavić (10 March 2018). "Mario Cvitanović podnio ostavku nakon sramotnog poraza od Lokomotive!" [Mario Cvitanović resigned after a shameful defeat by Lokomotive!]. Večernji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 10 March 2018.


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