Mirko Hrgović
Personal information
Full name Mirko Hrgović
Date of birth (1979-02-05) 5 February 1979
Place of birth Sinj, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Youth career
NK Junak Sinj
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 Junak
1999–2000 Hajduk Split 2 (0)
2000–2001 Posušje
2001 Gamba Osaka 4 (0)
2001–2003 Široki Brijeg 35 (15)
2003–2006 VfL Wolfsburg 23 (0)
2006–2008 Hajduk Split 63 (6)
2008 JEF United 7 (0)
2008–2009 Dinamo Zagreb 25 (2)
2009 Greuther Fürth 7 (0)
2010 Široki Brijeg 13 (0)
2010–2011 Kavala 23 (0)
2011–2013 Split 39 (1)
2013–2015 Zadar 20 (2)
International career‡
2003–2009 Bosnia and Herzegovina 29 (2)
Managerial career
2017–2018 Široki Brijeg (assistant)
2018–2019 Sheriff Tiraspol (assistant)
2022– Šibenik (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 July 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2008

Mirko Hrgović (born 5 February 1979) is a Bosnian football coach and former player. He serves as an assistant coach at HNK Šibenik.[1] Hrgović most notably played for Croatian rivals Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb as well as VfL Wolfsburg of German Bundesliga among others.

Club career

NK Široki Brijeg

Hrgović, who is an ethnic Croatian, decided to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina after his games went unnoticed in Croatia. Hrgović decided to take Bosnia and Herzegovina nationality while playing for the Bosnian-Herzegovinian club NK Široki Brijeg and take up the call by Blaž Slišković. Hrgović has played for NK Posušje and NK Široki Brijeg in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Gamba Osaka and JEF United Chiba in J1 League, VfL Wolfsburg in German Bundesliga, Hajduk Split, Dinamo Zagreb in 1.HNL.

NK Dinamo Zagreb

On 18 July 2008, Hrgović signed a three-year contract. His move, albeit not directly from Hajduk to Dinamo, has stirred quite a controversy among both Hajduk and Dinamo fans. While Hajduk fans tend to see the move as a treason to their beloved club, Dinamo fans cannot forgive the physical altercation between Hrgović and a couple of them that occurred seven months earlier during the national futsal competition. Graffiti against Hrgović and death threats (including a puppet of him being hanged by the Dinamo stadium fence) have been registered.[2]

Greuther Fürth

On 17 July 2009, he signed a two-year contract with SpVgg Greuther Fürth[3] and was released on 25 November 2009.[4][5]

NK Široki Brijeg

After his release in November 2009 by SpVgg Greuther Fürth,[6] Hrgović signed in March 2010 a contract with his former club NK Široki Brijeg.

International career

Bosnia-Herzegovina squad during UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying.

He made his debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a February 2003 friendly match away against Wales and has earned a total of 29 caps, scoring 2 goals.[7] He played as a standard player during Blaž Slišković's reign as national coach. After Slišković's resignation in 2006, he played under new coach Fuad Muzurović and later on for Meho Kodro. When Miroslav Blažević became coach, he was dropped for several games because he was not playing well for his club. His move to Greuther Fürth proved to be a good one as he was called back to represent Bosnia in the last World Cup 2010 qualifiers against Estonia and Spain. His final international was an October 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Spain.[8]

Career statistics

Club

Club performance League
Season Club League AppsGoals
Croatia League
1999–00Hajduk SplitPrva HNL00
2000–0120
Japan League
2001Gamba OsakaJ1 League40
Bosnia and Herzegovina League
2001–02Široki BrijegPremier League00
2002–033515
Germany League
2003–04WolfsburgBundesliga160
2004–0570
Croatia League
2005–06Hajduk SplitPrva HNL134
2006–07300
2007–08192
Japan League
2008JEF United ChibaJ1 League70
Croatia League
2008–09Dinamo ZagrebPrva HNL252
Germany League
2009–10Greuther Fürth2. Bundesliga70
Bosnia and Herzegovina League
2009–10Široki BrijegPremier League120
CountryCroatia 898
Japan 110
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4715
Germany 300
Total 17723

National team

Bosnia and Herzegovina national team
YearAppsGoals
200370
200440
200520
200682
200761
200810
200910
Total293

International goals

Scores and results list Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first:
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.2 September 2006Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali Malta2–15–2Euro 2008 qualifier
2.13 October 2007Olympic Stadium (Athens), Athens Greece1–12–3Euro 2008 qualifier

References

  1. ↑ "Coaching Staff". fc-sheriff.com. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Hrgović se ne osjeća ugroženim!" (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
  3. ↑ "Hrgović i službeno u Fürthu". Bosnian. 17 July 2009. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Mirko Hrgović". SpVgg Greuther Fürth.
  5. ↑ "SpVgg beendet Zusammenarbeit mit Hrgovic" (in German). SpVgg Greuther Fürth. 25 November 2009. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Greuther Fürth raskinuo ugovor s Hrgovićem" (in Bosnian). klix.ba. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  7. ↑ Mamrud, Roberto (16 July 2009). "Bosnia and Herzegovina – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
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