 Krstičević as manager ofShahin Bushehr in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mišo Krstičević | ||
| Date of birth | (1958-02-19)19 February 1958 (age 67) | ||
| Place of birth | Metković,FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Jadran LP (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1972–1975 | Jadran Ploče | ||
| 1975–1978 | Neretva Metković | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1983 | Hajduk Split | 115 | (21) |
| 1983–1984 | Rijeka | 15 | (0) |
| 1984–1986 | Velež Mostar | 53 | (8) |
| 1986–1988 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 38 | (8) |
| Total | 221 | (37) | |
| International career | |||
| 1979–1980 | Yugoslavia | 7 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| Jadran Ploče | |||
| 2004–2005 | Hajduk Split (assistant) | ||
| 2007 | Trogir | ||
| 2007–2011 | Jadran Ploče | ||
| 2011 | Tirana | ||
| 2011–2012 | Hajduk Split U19 | ||
| 2012–2013 | Hajduk Split | ||
| 2013 | Croatia (assistant) | ||
| 2015 | Zrinjski Mostar | ||
| 2015–2019 | Mes Rafsanjan | ||
| 2019–2020 | Shahin Bushehr | ||
| 2022– | Jadran LP | ||
Medal record | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mišo Krstičević (listenⓘ) (born 19 February 1958) is a Croatian professionalfootballmanager and formerplayer. He is currently the manager of third-tier clubJadran LP.
Krstičević began his career in 1972 when he made a senior debut as a 14-year-old forJadran Ploče. The same year he was spotted byNeretva Metković. After joining Neretva, he went to their youth academy. He debuted for them in 1975 and played with them until 1978 when he was spotted and bought byHajduk Split.
In his first season at Hajduk, he managed to win theYugoslav championship in1979. He played a huge part in that winning season by playing 33 times and becoming a first team regular. Despite having world class teammates such asZlatko Vujović andIvan Gudelj he still managed to hold his regular team status. He played in the1979–80 European Cup where Hajduk reached the quarter-finals. He made a total of 206 appearances and 36 goals for Hajduk. Krstičević is also remembered for scoring the last goal for Hajduk on their oldStari plac stadium in 1979.
In 1983, he left Hajduk and went toRijeka. After one year at Rijeka, he joinedVelež Mostar where he won theYugoslav Cup in1986. In 1986, he left Velež and went toRot-Weiß Oberhausen. After playing two more years at Oberhausen, he retired in 1988.
Krstičević made his international debut forYugoslavia on 1 April 1979 againstCyprus. He won a gold medal at the1979 Mediterranean Games and a bronze medal at the1980 Summer Olympics. He scored his only goal for Yugoslavia againstRomania in 1980 at theBalkan Cup. He played his last international game against Romania on 27 August 1980. He made a total of seven appearances and scored one goal for Yugoslavia.[1]
Krstičević began his managerial career in his first club,Jadran Ploče, before joiningHajduk Split in 2004 as an assistant toBlaž Slišković. Although he led Hajduk to the eventualtitle, Slišković was sacked before the championship ended and Krstičević left the club as well, taking overthird division teamTrogir. Krstičević led Trogir to promotion to thesecond division, but then he surprisingly left the club, once again taking over his first club Jadran Ploče in September 2007. He stayed in Jadran for four seasons, keeping the mediocre club constantly near the top of the league.In 2011, Krstičević took overKF Tirana, winning thenational cup but disappointingly finishing fifth in thenational championship.
He left Albania in the summer of 2011, taking over theunder-19 team of Hajduk Split. Under his guidance Hajduk's youth team dominated the national championship in front of recently much renownedDinamo Zagreb's youth team. His U-19 team won theCroatian U-19 league in 2012. After Hajduk's first team managerKrasimir Balakov left for1. FC Kaiserslautern, Krstičević was appointed as the new manager. He finished second in the2011–12 Prva HNL but it was thanks to Balakov's previous results. In the2012–13 UEFA Europa League he was kicked out in the third qualifying round byInter Milan after a 2–3 aggregate loss. In the2012–13 Prva HNL, he started well by finishing first after the starting four matches. After his first defeat in the new season againstLokomotiva, the team started to decline which caused bad results and low team morale. After the autumn part of the season, the team finished second in the league and qualified for the2012–13 Croatian Cup semi-final.
In late April 2013, after he suffered a 1–2 loss againstRijeka on home ground, he was sacked by Hajduk chairmanMarin Brbić due to a string of poor results.[2]
In May 2013, he joined thenational team of Croatia as an assistant manager toIgor Štimac. After a series of bad results he left the national team alongside Štimac on 16 October 2013.
At the beginning of 2015, Krstičević took a managerial place inZrinjski Mostar but it lasted only a few months.
Between 2015 and 2019, Krstičević was the manager ofIranian Second League clubMes Rafsanjan on three occasions (2015–2016, 2016–2017 and 2018–2019).
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 March 1980 | Omladinski Stadium,Karaburma |  Romania | 1 – 0 | 2 – 0 | Balkan Cup |
Hajduk Split
Velež Mostar
Yugoslavia
Trogir
Tirana
Hajduk Split U19
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