 Simunić withDPMM in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vjeran Simunić | ||
| Date of birth | (1953-04-26)26 April 1953 (age 71) | ||
| Place of birth | Split,PR Croatia,Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974 | Hajduk Split | 7 | (0) |
| 1975 | Šibenik | ||
| 1975–1976 | Dinamo Vinkovci | 11 | (0) |
| 1976–1982 | NK Zagreb | 72 | (0) |
| 1982–1983 | Sporting CP | ||
| 1983–1986 | Yomiuri Soccer Club | 1 | (0) |
| 1986–1987 | Catanzaro | ||
| 1987–1988 | Vigor Lamezia | ||
| 1988–1989 | Mosor | ||
| 1989–1991 | Posušje | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1994 | Lipik | ||
| Čazmatrans | |||
| Čakovec | |||
| 1998–1999 | East Riffa Club | ||
| 1999–2000 | RNK Split | ||
| Mosor | |||
| Uskok Klis | |||
| Slavonac Stari Perkovci | |||
| Mladost Zabok | |||
| 2000 | Posušje | ||
| 2001 | Zrinjski Mostar | ||
| 2002 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | ||
| 2002 | Kamen Ingrad | ||
| 2002–2003 | Zadar | ||
| 2003–2004 | Cibalia | ||
| 2005 | Zadar | ||
| 2005 | Segesta | ||
| 2006 | Čelik Zenica | ||
| 2006 | Trnje | ||
| 2006 | Marsonia | ||
| 2007 | Dugopolje | ||
| 2007–2008 | Imotski | ||
| 2008–2009 | DPMM | ||
| 2008–2009 | Brunei | ||
| 2009 | Imotski | ||
| 2010 | Mosor | ||
| 2010 | Međimurje | ||
| 2010–2011 | Ho Chi Minh City | ||
| 2011–2013 | DPMM | ||
| 2013–2014 | Brunei | ||
| 2014 | Segesta | ||
| 2014 | Perak | ||
| 2015 | Perak | ||
| 2015–2016 | Sabah | ||
| 2017–2018 | Zadar | ||
| 2018 | Solin | ||
| 2018–2019 | Vitez | ||
| 2019–2020 | Zagora Unešić | ||
| 2020 | Vodice | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Vjeran Simunić (born 26 April 1953) is a Croatian professionalfootballmanager and formerplayer.
Simunić started his playing career inHajduk Split in the 1970s. He did not get too many chances in Hajduk as the competition was very big at the time. After Hajduk, his next station wasHNK Šibenik, thenDinamo Vinkovci andNK Zagreb, where he spent most of the playing career.[1] In 1982 he made transfer toSporting Lisabon. After one season he moved to Japan. He was first European player to play in Japan. The club wasTokyo Verdy. After two more challenges in Italy, he returned to native country. He finished his playing career in Bosnia and Herzegovina, withNK Posušje.
Simunić started his rich managerial career inLipik, in 1994. Then he changed a couple of Croatian clubs before moving to Bahrain. However, he could not stay too much abroad, and he returned to Croatia, starting impressive row of 13 Croatian clubs, interrupted by 3 Bosnian clubs (Posušje,Zrinjski Mostar andČelik Zenica) in 8 years. He said that his mission is to improve table situation of every club he takes, and in most cases he did that. That is why he had so many offers. Searching for new challenge, he moved to Asia, this time Brunei. He managed clubDPMM, soon after his good results with that club made him coach of theBrunei national team. He was very popular, had lot of fans in country and even got Happy Birthday song chanted by fans during one match. But, he suddenly returned to Croatia, and took manager chair ofNK Imotski, where he stayed for only one month. Then he tookNK Mosor once again but left that club also, and after one half-season. He tookCroatian second division clubNK Međimurje, at the start of 2010–11 season.
He returned to coach Brunei's only professional clubDPMM FC in 2012 after FIFA allowed it to rejoinS.League after 20 months of suspension due to government interference inFootball Association of Brunei Darussalam. Simunić lead Brunei DPMM FC to a successful season in2012 S.League as he guided them to win2012 Singapore League Cup and finished second in the2012 S.League after two seasons without competitive football.[2] Simunić was named as Coach of the Year atS.League Awards Night for his achievement in 2012 S.League.
In January 2013, Simunić was appointed as the Brunei national football team head coach.[3]
On 16 September 2014, Simunić was appointed as the head coach and technical director ofPerak FA on a two-year contract,[4] but after only two months he was replaced withM. Karathu before the season even started. Simunić were reassigned to youth development academy of Perak FA. Eventually however, in August 2015, he was reappointed as the head coach of Perak after Karathu were relieved of his position in July 2015 due to poor performances of Perak in the league.[5]
He was released by Perak at the end of unsuccessful Malaysia Cup 2015 campaign, and subsequently joined another Malaysian team,Sabah FA, on December the same year.[6] He only hold the post as the head coach of Sabah until June 2016, when he stepped down following unsatisfactory performances by the team during his tenure.[7]
After Sabah, Simunić returned to manage Zadar. After Zadar, he managedSolin, Bosnian clubVitez andZagora Unešić.
Since 21 September 2020, Simunić has managedCroatian third division clubNK Vodice.[8]
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