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| Full name | Marijan Mrmić | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1965-05-06)6 May 1965 (age 60) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sisak,SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Croatia (goalkeeping coach) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Željezničar Sunja[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1988 | Mladost Petrinja | 111 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1993 | Cibalia | 106 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1996 | Varteks | 94 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Beşiktaş | 51 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Varteks | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Charleroi | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 384 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Croatia B | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1999 | Croatia | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006– | Croatia (goalkeeping coach) | |||||||||||||||||||
| –2012 | Varteks (goalkeeping coach) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Beşiktas (goalkeeping coach) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Antalyaspor (goalkeeping coach) | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Marijan Mrmić (born 6 May 1965)[3] is a Croatian former professionalfootballer who played as agoalkeeper. He currently works as the goalkeeping coach of theCroatia national team.
Mrmić started his career at hometown in Mladost Petrinja in 1983 and moved toDinamo Vinkovci in 1988. He left the club in 1993, when it was already renamed to Cibalia, and moved toVarteks. In 1996, Mrmić left Varteks for Turkish clubBeşiktaş and spent two seasons there before eventually returning to the Varteks in 1998. By the end of his playing career, he also had a short spell with Belgian clubCharleroi, but made only seven league appearances for the club and returned to Varteks, where he finished his playing career in 2000[4] and continued to work for the club as the first assistant coach, as well as the goalkeeping coach.
Between 1995 and 1999, Mrmić won a total of 14 international caps forCroatia, mainly being the national team's second-choice goalkeeper during the period.
He made his international debut on 11 June 1995 in a 1–0 defeat toUkraine in Kyiv during theUEFA Euro 1996 qualifying, coming on as a substitute forDubravko Pavličić in the 27th minute, following a red card toTonči Gabrić. He made his second appearance in the qualifying on 3 September 1995 in a 7–1 win at home toEstonia, coming on as a substitute forDražen Ladić in the 29th minute.
Prior to theUEFA Euro 1996 finals, Mrmić appeared in three friendly matches, also playing the full 90 minutes in a goalless draw againstEngland atWembley. During the finals, he was Croatia's second-choice goalkeeper, with Dražen Ladić being the first choice, and made his only appearance in their final group match, a 3–0 defeat toPortugal.
Mrmić went on to make three appearances in the1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying, which included playing the full 90 minutes in the second leg of the playoffs against Ukraine. He was also part of the 22-man squad that won the bronze medals at the1998 FIFA World Cup finals, but did not make an appearance during the tournament.
In January 1999, Mrmić won his only international cap for Croatia B in a friendly match againstFrance B. He also continued to be Croatia's second-choice goalkeeper during theUEFA Euro 2000 qualifying. His only appearance in the qualifying came in a 2–1 win at home toMalta on 21 August 1999. It eventually turned out to be his final international appearance,[5] as he retired from international football two months later, following Croatia's failure to qualify for thefinals.
Mrmić has been the goalkeeping coach of theCroatia national team since 2006, also working as the goalkeeping coach ofVarteks and Turkish sides,Beşiktaş andAntalyaspor, between 2006 and 2019.[6]
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