Vatroslav Mihačić
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-09-30) 30 September 1967
Place of birth Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 AS Monaco (assistant goalkeeper)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1988 Junak Sinj
1988–1989 Kolektivac Postira
1989–1990 Primorac
1990–1994 Hajduk Split 61 (0)
1994–1995 Neretva 25 (0)
1995–1999 Gil Vicente 78 (0)
1999–2001 NK Zagreb 24 (0)
Total 110 (0)
Managerial career
2001–2002 NK Zagreb (GK coach)
2002–2006 Croatia (GK coach)
2013 Croatia U21 (GK coach)
2013–2015 Croatia (GK coach)
2020–present Monaco (GK coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vatroslav Mihačić (born 30 September 1967) is a retired Croatian football player. He played as goalkeeper for Hajduk Split, Neretva and NK Zagreb in Croatia, and had a four-year spell at Portuguese side Gil Vicente.

Playing career

He played for Hajduk in the 1990–91 Yugoslav First League, the last season before Croatian clubs decided to leave the league to form 1. HNL, and in the 1991 Yugoslav Cup Final in which Hajduk beat the reigning champions of Europe Red Star Belgrade 1–0 to lift the trophy, alongside club stars such as Igor Štimac, Slaven Bilić, Alen Bokšić and Robert Jarni.[1]

With Hajduk he went on to win two Croatian league titles (1992 and 1994) and the 1993 Croatian Cup. After spending the 1994–95 season at NK Neretva he moved to Gil Vicente in Portugal, with whom he won the Liga de Honra in 1999. That same year he returned to Croatia and spent two seasons playing for NK Zagreb before retiring in 2001.

Managerial career

After retiring from football he worked as goalkeepers coach in coaching staff with three Croatia national football team managers: Otto Barić in 2004, Zlatko Kranjčar in 2006 and Niko Kovač in 2013.[2][3]

He is director of the Croatian Football Federation coaching academy.[4]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Yugoslavia - Cup Final Details 1947-2001". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  2. ↑ Kačić-Karlin, Andrija (26 May 2004). "Barić traži najspremnije". Vjesnik (in Croatian). Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  3. ↑ Kačić-Karlin, Andrija (3 March 2006). "Kako pobijediti Argentinu bez rizika?". Vjesnik (in Croatian). Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  4. ↑ Flak, Igor (28 January 2011). "Prosinečki: Imam diplomu, ali s njom ne mogu voditi Zvezdu". Večernji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  • Vatroslav Mihačić at Croatian Football Statistics (archived) (in Croatian)
  • article in SD (season 1985/86)
  • article in SD (season 1988/89)
  • article in SD (season 1989/90)
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