Željko Mijač

Željko Mijač (13 January 1954 – 14 February 2022) was a Croatian football manager and player.

Željko Mijač
Personal information
Full name Željko Mijač
Date of birth (1954-01-13)13 January 1954
Place of birth Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death 14 February 2022(2022-02-14) (aged 68)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1973 Rijeka 30 (7)
1973–1976 Hajduk Split 43 (10)
1976–1981 Rijeka 72 (7)
1981–1982 Toulon
1982–1983 Avignon
1983–1986 Istres
1986–1987 Castel di Sangro
Managerial career
1994-1995 Uskok
1995–1999 Standard de Liège (Assistant)
1999 Standard de Liège
2005–2007 Bahrain (Assistant)
2010 Hajduk Split (Assistant)
2010–2011 Persepolis (Assistant)
2011–2013 Rah Ahan (Assistant)
2015 Zadar (Assistant)
2015–2016 Saba Qom (Assistant)
2016–2017 Naft Tehran (Assistant)
2017–2019 Saipa (Assistant)
2020-2021 Urania
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

During his playing career he has played with HNK Hajduk Split (1974–76; 43/10) and NK Rijeka (1976–81; 72/7) in the Yugoslav First League. He made his debut for Hajduk in August 1973 in a Yugoslav Cup match and played 146 games for them in total, 83 of them in official matches.[1] For Rijeka, Mijač played 117 official games (102 of them in the league), scoring 15 goals.[2]

Later, he continued his career in France. He ended his career playing in Italy in 1987.

Managerial career

Mijač was the coach of Standard de Liège during 1999. He then worked as assistant coach of Bahrain national team, Hajduk Split, Persepolis and Rah Ahan. During his tenure at Rah Ahan, he managed a single match during 2011–12 Iran Pro League when the team's coach, Ali Daei was one of the guests of 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or at Zürich and couldn't coach the team in the next day's match. The match ended as a 1–0 loss to Malavan. In January 2020, he was appointed manager of Croatian third tier-club Urania Baška Voda,[3] only to be sacked and replaced by former Australia goalkeeper Zeljko Kalac in October 2021.[4]

Personal life

Death

He died after a short illness[5] on 14 February 2022, at the age of 68.[6]

Honours
Hajduk Split
Rijeka

References
  1. TUŽNA VIJESTU: 69. GODINI PREMINUO ŽELJKO MIJAČ - HNS-CFF (in Croatian)
  2. In memoriam: Željko Mijač (1954. – 2022.) - NK Rijeka (in Croatian)
  3. Željko Mijač novi trener Uranije: ovim izborom uprava je pokazala da najozbiljnije računa na osvajanje prvog mjesta - Sloboda Dalmacija (in Croatian)
  4. Željko Mijač bivši, a Željko Kalac novi trener Uranije - Sloboda Dalmacija (in Croatian)
  5. PREMINUO ŽELJKO MIJAČ - Hajduk (in Croatian)
  6. "Tužna Vijest: Preminuo Željko Mijač". Dalmatinski. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.


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