Srećko Juričić

Srećko Juričić (born 30 December 1954) is a Croatian former professional footballer, who is currently the sporting director for HNK Rijeka. Juričić has also had a career as a manager coaching: HNK Rijeka, Koper, Primorje, HIT Gorica, Istra, Al-Riffa, Ittihad Kalba, Al-Ahli Dubai, Sharjah FC, Qatar SC, Al Wasl FC, Al Taawoun FC and internationally the UAE, UAE U-20, Bahrain, Oman and Yemen national teams.^[1]

Srećko Juričić

Personal information
Full name	Srećko Juričić
Date of birth	(1954-12-30) 30 December 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth	Opatija, PR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Rijeka (sporting director)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1985	Rijeka	293	(5)
1985–1986	Winterslag	22	(1)
Managerial career
1990–1991	Koper
1991–1992	Primorje
1992	Rijeka
1993–1994	Rijeka
1994	Hit Gorica
1995	Istra
1995–1996	UAE (assistant)
1997	UAE U-20
1997–1998	Al-Riffa
1998–2002	Ittihad Kalba
1999	UAE
2002–2003	Al-Ahli Dubai
2003–2004	Bahrain
2005–2006	Oman
2006	Sharjah
2006	Al-Arabi
2007	Qatar SC
2007–2008	Al-Riffa
2008	Al Wasl FC
2009–2010	Yemen
2012	Al Taawoun
2013	Rijeka (interim)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Club

As a player, he was part of HNK Rijeka's golden generation which won the Yugoslav Cup in 1978 and 1979. He is also Rijeka's most capped player with 684 caps. Juričić has captained the team both against Juventus in 1980 and Real Madrid in 1984.^[2]

Managerial career

In his managerial career he has led HNK Rijeka and Al-Ahli Dubai. Internationally he has coached the Bahrain national football team, Oman national football team, United Arab Emirates national football team and Yemen national football team. He then moved to coach the Bahrain Riffa Club.

As a manager Juričić led HNK Rijeka to the 1994 Croatian Cup Final where they lost to Croatia Zagreb.^[3]

On 4 October 2008, it was announced that Juričić has moved back to the UAE to coach Al Wasl FC.

In June 2009, he was appointed as manager of Yemen national football team. In December 2010, he was sacked after a string of poor results at the 20th Arabian Gulf Cup which Yemen hosted.^[4]

In March 2012, Juričić was appointed director of sports in his first club HNK Rijeka.^[5]

Career statistics

Player statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Yugoslavia			League		Yugoslav Cup		Balkans Cup		Europe		Total
1972–73	NK Rijeka	Yugoslav Second League	–	0	–		–		–		–	0
1973–74			–	2	–		–		–		–	2
1974–75		Yugoslav First League	30	0	0	0	–		3[a]	0	33	0
1975–76			32	2	1	0	–		–		33	2
1976–77			34	0	2	0	–		–		36	0
1977–78			33	0	5	0	6	0	6[b]	0	47	0
1978–79			29	1	6	0	4	0	4[c]	0	43	1
1979–80			32	0	1	0	2	0	6[c]	0	41	0
1980–81			30	0	1	0	–		–		31	0
1981–82			–		–		–		–		0	0
1982–83			32	0	4	1	–		–		36	1
1983–84			26	0	3	0	–		–		29	0
1984–85			15	0	2	0	–		4[d]	0	21	0
Belgium			League		Belgian Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1985–86	KFC Winterslag	Belgian Second Division	22	1	0	0	-	-	–		22	1
Total	Yugoslavia		293	5	25	1	12	0	23	0	353	6
	Belgium		22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	1

Notes

1. Appearances in Mitropa Cup
2. Appearances in Intertoto Cup
3. Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup
4. Appearances in UEFA Cup

Source

Srečko Juričić statistics, NK Rijeka Seasons

Managerial statistics

As of 2 November 2018^[6][7][8]

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Primorje Ajdovščina	1 July 1991	30 June 1992	43	14	11	18	032.56
NK Rijeka	15 November 1992	5 December 1992	2	1	1	0	050.00
NK Rijeka	4 January 1993	30 June 1994	59	24	25	10	040.68
ND Hit Gorica	1 July 1994	31 September 1994	6	1	2	3	016.67
NK Istra	16, Apr, 1995	24 Sep 1995	18	4	7	7	022.22
Riffa SC	1 July 1997	31 June 1998	22	18	3	1	081.82
Al-Ittihad Kalba SC	1 July 1998	1 June 2002	131	48	28	55	036.64
UAE U-20	27 January 1997	24 June 1997	4	1	0	3	025.00
UAE	12 September 1999	22 December 1999	4	1	2	1	025.00
Al-Ahli Dubai	1 June 2002	30 June 2003	31	14	10	7	045.16
Bahrain	1 July 2003	30 June 2004	20	9	6	5	045.00
Oman	1 July 2005	30 June 2006	11	4	2	5	036.36
Sharjah FC	1 July 2006	1 November 2006	5	1	2	2	020.00
Al-Arabi	1 November 2006	31 December 2006	8	1	2	5	012.50
Qatar SC	1 Jan 2007	30 Jun 2007	14	5	1	8	035.71
Riffa SC	1 Jul 2007	31 Dec 2007	8	6	2	0	075.00
Al-Wasl F.C.	4 October 2008	1 December 2008	9	2	4	3	022.22
Yemen	1 June 2009	1 December 2010	13	5	2	6	038.46
Al Taawoun	1 January 2012	1 February 2012	3	0	2	1	000.00
HNK Rijeka	3 March 2013	3 March 2013	1	0	1	0	000.00
Total			412	159	113	140	038.59

Honours

Player

NK Rijeka

• Yugoslav Cup: 1978, 1979
• Balkans Cup: 1978
• Yugoslav Second League: 1973–74

Individual

• NK Rijeka all time XI^[9]

Manager

NK Primorje Ajdovščina

• MNZ Nova Gorica Cup: 1991–92

Riffa SC

• Bahraini Premier League: 1997–98
• Bahraini King's Cup: 1998

Al-Ittihad Kalba SC

• UAE Division One: 1998–99

Al-Ahli Dubai

• UAE President's Cup: 2002^[10]

Bahrain

• Arabian Gulf Cup Silver Medal: 2003