 Vulić as manager atLuch-Energiya in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zoran Vulić | ||
| Date of birth | (1961-10-04)4 October 1961 (age 64) | ||
| Place of birth | Split,PR Croatia,Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1988 | Hajduk Split | 167 | (25) |
| 1988–1991 | Mallorca | 95 | (11) |
| 1991–1993 | Nantes | 65 | (10) |
| 1993–1995 | Hajduk Split | 21 | (4) |
| Total | 348 | (50) | |
| International career | |||
| 1986–1991 | Yugoslavia | 25 | (1) |
| 1990–1993 | Croatia | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998 | Hajduk Split | ||
| 2000–2001 | Hajduk Split | ||
| 2002–2004 | Hajduk Split | ||
| 2006–2007 | Hajduk Split | ||
| 2008 | Luch-Energiya | ||
| 2009 | Rijeka | ||
| 2010 | Istra 1961 | ||
| 2010–2011 | Istra 1961 | ||
| 2012–2013 | RNK Split | ||
| 2014 | Croatia U19 | ||
| 2014–2015 | RNK Split | ||
| 2015–2016 | Sheriff Tiraspol | ||
| 2016–2017 | Atyrau | ||
| 2017 | Apollon Smyrni | ||
| 2018 | Hajduk Split | ||
| 2022 | Xanthi | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Zoran Vulić (Croatian pronunciation:[zǒranʋǔːlitɕ]; born 4 October 1961) is a Croatian professionalfootballmanager and former player who played as adefender. He is notable for having managedHajduk Split five separate times between 1998 and 2018, which is a record among all Hajduk managers.
Vulić was born inSplit. He is the son ofAnte, a famous goalkeeper forHajduk Split in the 1950s. Zoran Vulić joined Hajduk Split as a stopper with a powerful shot, and played for the club for nine seasons. He played a total of 167league games and scored 25 goals. He successfully continued his career abroad, with stints atRCD Mallorca andFC Nantes in the following five years. He was instrumental in Mallorca's return to theLa Liga duringhis debut season. He played 35 matches and scored five times.
Vulić returned to Hajduk in 1993 and retired after two years with the club, at age 34. In his first stint with the club, he conquered twoYugoslav Cups in 1984 and 1987, and in his second stint twoCroatian Leagues in 1994 and 1995, and one cup in 1995.
Vulić won 25 caps forYugoslavia, scoring once,[1] and participated at the1990 World Cup in Italy, where he played four of the team's five matches.[2] His national team debut was on 30 April 1986, when Yugoslavia lost 4–2 toBrazil in a friendly match.
He also played in threefriendly matches forCroatia: in October 1990 against theUnited States and in June 1991 againstSlovenia, both unofficial since Croatia was still part of Yugoslavia at the time, as well as againstUkraine in June 1993.[3]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yugoslavia goals | ||||||
| 1 | 16 May 1991 | Red Star Stadium,Belgrade, Yugoslavia |  Faroe Islands | 6–0 | 7–0 | Euro 1992 qualifying |
In 1998, Vulić continued his career as manager, with his first four spells all atHajduk Split. His biggest success as Hajduk manager was winning the2000–01 Croatian First League and the2002–03 Croatian Cup. In 2004, he was sacked three rounds before the end of the2003–04 Croatian First League season even though the team was sitting at the top of the table, and he was replaced by the new manager,Petar Nadoveza, who ended up winning that championship with Hajduk.
In January 2008, Vulić moved toRussian Premier League clubFC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok. He returned to Croatia in 2009, taking overHNK Rijeka. In February 2010, he took charge ofIstra 1961. Vulić also managedRNK Split on two occasions. His biggest success with that team was reaching the final of the2014–15 Croatian Cup where they were beaten on penalties byDinamo Zagreb.[4][5][6][7]
In 2015, he took overSheriff Tiraspol and managed to win the2015–16 Moldovan National Division.[8] He left the club in June 2016.[9] On 14 December 2016, Vulić was appointed as manager ofFC Atyrau.[10] On 11 April 2017, the club announced a mutually agreed contract termination, as Vulić wanted to return to Croatia. He was then manager ofApollon Smyrni from September to December 2017, when he was sacked after a poor run of results.[11]
His final stint with Hajduk was from 9 September to 27 November 2018, when he was sacked after having won only 3 of the 9 league matches.[12][13] In February 2022 he was named manager of Greek second-tier sideXanthi,[14] but was relieved of his duties after only a month.[15]
Additionally, Vulić also served as an assistant coach of theCroatia national team.
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Hajduk Split | 1998 | 1998 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 020.00 |
| Hajduk Split | 2000 | 2001 | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 80 | 26 | +54 | 061.11 |
| Hajduk Split | 2002 | 2004 | 82 | 54 | 13 | 15 | 151 | 61 | +90 | 065.85 |
| Hajduk Split | 2006 | 2007 | 31 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 59 | 23 | +36 | 070.97 |
| Hajduk Split | 2017 | 2018 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 045.45 |
| Total | 165 | 104 | 30 | 31 | 313 | 132 | +181 | 063.03 | ||
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