Nenad Gračan

Nenad Gračan
Personal information
Full name Nenad Gračan
Date of birth (1962-01-23) 23 January 1962
Place of birth Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Croatia U21 (coach)
Youth career
Rijeka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1980 Orijent
1980–1986 Rijeka 136 (31)
1986–1989 Hajduk Split 25 (2)
1989–1993 Oviedo 90 (1)
1995–1996 Rijeka 10 (1)
Total 291 (43)
National team
1984 Yugoslavia Olympic 6 (1)
1984–1986 Yugoslavia 10 (2)
Teams managed
1995–1996 Rijeka
1998–2000 Rijeka
2001 Hajduk Split
2001–2002 FC Koper
2002–2003 Osijek
2003–2004 Kamen Ingrad
2004 Dinamo Zagreb
2005–2006 Pomorac Kostrena
2007 Pula Staročeško
2008 Nafta Lendava
2009 Croatia Sesvete
2009–2010 Rijeka
2010–2011 Rijeka
2013–present Croatia U21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Nenad Gračan (born 23 January 1962) is a retired Croatian footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a current coach.

Club career

Born in Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia, Gračan started playing professionally for hometown's NK Orijent and, soon thereafter, HNK Rijeka, amassing nearly 150 official appearances. He then moved to another club in his native Croatia, HNK Hajduk Split. During his first match at Hajduk Gračan was injured while playing against his former club by Mladen Mladenović who nearly broke Gračan's leg. Because of this injury he appeared intermittently for Hajduk over the course of four full seasons.[1]

Late into 1989, Gračan signed with La Liga club Real Oviedo. Joined by compatriots Janko Janković and Nikola Jerkan in his second season, he helped the Asturians finish sixth and qualify for the UEFA Cup by contributing with 26 matches, and eventually appeared in more than 100 games overall.

Aged almost 31, Gračan left Oviedo and returned to his country, now independent. After two years of inactivity he played a handful of games with first professional club Rijeka, but retired shortly after. In the following decade, he took up coaching, starting with his last team as a player, but he rarely settled.

International career

Gračan was capped ten times for Yugoslavia, but never attended any major international tournament. In 1984, the 21-year-old helped the Olympic squad win the bronze medal in Los Angeles, featuring in all but one games and scoring in the quarterfinals against West Germany (5–2).[2]

International appearances

Yugoslavia national team
YearAppsGoals
198430
198540
198632
Total102

International goals

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 30 April 1986 Arruda, Recife  Brazil
1 – 1
4 – 2
 Friendly
2 19 May 1986 Heizelstadion, Brussels  Belgium
0 – 2
1 – 3
 Friendly

[3]

Career statistics

As a player

[4] [5]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Yugoslavia League Yugoslav Cup League Cup Europe Total
1980-81NK RijekaYugoslav First League0000––--00
1981-8211400––--114
1982-8331542––--367
1983-8431831––--349
1984-8529710––40347
1985-8630710––--317
1986-87NK Hajduk SplitYugoslav First League1100––--11
1987-882000––--20
1988-8916010––--170
1989-906110––--71
Spain League Copa del Rey Supercopa de España Europe Total
1989-90Real OviedoLa Liga23100––--231
1990-9126000––--260
1991-9216000––--160
1992-9325000––--160
Croatia League Croatian Cup Super Cup Europe Total
1995-96HNK RijekaPrva HNL10130––--131
CountryYugoslavia 15733103004017136
Spain 901000000901
Croatia 101300000131
Total 25735133004027438

Managerial statistics

As of 13 November 2017[6]
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
HNK Rijeka 26 November, 1995 22 May, 1996 16 8 2 6 050.00
HNK Rijeka 15 March, 1998 11 November, 2000 100 49 18 33 049.00
HNK Hajduk Split 4 August, 2001 17 November, 2001 22 13 3 6 059.09
NK Osijek 10 May, 2003 31 May, 2003 4 1 1 2 025.00
NK Kamen Ingrad 26 July, 2003 28 August, 2004 48 19 8 21 039.58
GNK Dinamo Zagreb 11 September, 2004 20 November, 2004 21 9 3 9 042.86
Pomorac Kostrena 1 July, 2005 30 June, 2006 34 15 13 6 044.12
Pula Staročeško 17 February, 2007 12 May, 2007 14 2 4 8 014.29
NK Nafta Lendava 1 March, 2008 22 March, 2008 4 0 1 3 000.00
NK Croatia Sesvete 12 September, 2009 7 November, 2009 8 1 2 5 012.50
HNK Rijeka 21 November, 2009 6 November, 2011 26 13 3 10 050.00
Croatia U-21 25 October, 2013 Present 31 16 8 7 051.61
Total 294 131 53 110 044.56

Honours

Player

Hajduk Split
Yugoslavia
Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Mladenović Gračanu slomio nogu". index.hr. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Nenad Gračan – FIFA competition record (archive)
  3. ↑ Nenad Gračan Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Nenad Gračan statistics". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "HNK Rijeka". nk-rijeka.hr. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Nenad Gračan's Managerial statistics in Prva HNL". hrnogomet.com. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
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