Josip Višnjić

Josip Višnjić (Cyrillic: Jocип Bишњић; born 17 November 1966) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and a coach. His first name has also been spelled as Josif.[1]

Josip Višnjić
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-11-17) 17 November 1966
Place of birth Belgrade, SR Serbia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1990 Radnički Niš 71 (19)
1990–1991 Partizan 35 (9)
1991–1992 Mérida 37 (4)
1992–1995 Rayo Vallecano 99 (7)
1995–2000 Hércules 111 (3)
Total 353 (42)
Managerial career
2001–2002 Hércules (youth)
2002–2003 Hércules B
2003 Hércules
2004–2005 Alcalá
2005–2006 Las Palmas
2006–2007 Granada
2008–2009 Alcalá
2009–2010 Logroñés
2011–2012 Alcalá
2012–2013 Hércules (youth)
2013–2014 Fuenlabrada
2014–2015 Toledo
2016 Fuenlabrada
2018 Hércules
2022 Villanovense
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

After starting out at Radnički Niš, he went on to spend the vast majority of his career in Spain, as both a player and manager. In La Liga, he represented Rayo Vallecano and Hércules.[2]

Playing career

In his country, Belgrade-born Višnjić played for FK Radnički Niš and FK Partizan. At nearly 25 he moved abroad, going on to spend the remaining years of his career in Spain, with three clubs: he started out with CP Mérida in the second division, then achieved both one promotion and relegation from La Liga with Madrid's Rayo Vallecano.[3]

In 1995, Višnjić signed with Hércules CF in Alicante, playing 30 matches in his first season which ended in top flight promotion, followed by immediate relegation. After the club's demotion into the third level in 1999, the 32-year-old retired one year later, having appeared in 88 games in the Spanish top division (238 with both major levels accounted for).

Coaching career

Višnjić started coaching one year after retiring, starting with the reserves of his last club (he also briefly managed the first team) and working mainly in Spain, never in higher than division three. In the 2004–05 campaign, he worked with former Hércules teammate Manolo Alfaro at RSD Alcalá. Višnjić returned to manage Hércules in 2018.[4]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 15 May 2022
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Hércules B Spain 1 July 2002 17 March 2003 25 18 4 3 55 23 +32 072.00 [5]
Hércules Spain 17 March 2003 30 June 2003 10 3 4 3 14 15 −1 030.00 [6]
Alcalá Spain 1 July 2004 30 June 2005 42 18 14 10 42 33 +9 042.86 [7]
Las Palmas Spain 1 July 2005 20 March 2006 32 14 12 6 37 22 +15 043.75 [8]
Granada Spain 1 July 2006 29 January 2007 22 7 6 9 23 22 +1 031.82 [9]
Alcalá Spain 1 July 2008 30 June 2009 46 29 10 7 75 28 +47 063.04 [10]
Logroñés Spain 1 July 2009 31 October 2010 53 18 18 17 54 47 +7 033.96 [11]
Alcalá Spain 28 September 2011 30 June 2012 32 9 14 9 32 34 −2 028.13 [12]
Fuenlabrada Spain 6 July 2013 30 June 2014 39 17 14 8 52 39 +13 043.59 [13]
Toledo Spain 1 July 2014 30 June 2015 39 16 9 14 48 56 −8 041.03 [14]
Fuenlabrada Spain 21 February 2016 24 October 2016 22 8 6 8 28 30 −2 036.36 [15]
Hércules Spain 13 February 2018 17 May 2018 13 4 5 4 13 9 +4 030.77 [16]
Villanovense Spain 15 March 2022 27 June 2022 9 3 3 3 10 9 +1 033.33 [17]
Career total 384 164 119 101 483 367 +116 042.71 —

References
  1. "Issue #1338, pg. 11" (in Serbo-Croatian). Tempo magazine. 16 October 1991. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. "Así eras, Josip" (in Spanish). Ideal. 30 September 2006.
  3. "Un mito se cruza en el camino del Mérida" (in Spanish). Hoy. 1 May 2022.
  4. "Josip Visnjic Jozelcic: «El tesoro del Hércules es la afición y noté su ilusión»" (in Spanish). Información. 11 March 2018.
  5. "Regional Preferente Valenciana (Grupo 4) 2002–03" [Regional Preferente Valenciana (Group 4) 2002–03] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
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  10. "Tercera División (Grupo 7) 2008–09" [Tercera División (Group 7) 2008–09] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
    "Fase de ascenso a Segunda División B 2008–09" [Promotion phase to Segunda División B 2008–09] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
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    "Visnjic: Josip Visnjic Jozelcic". BDFutbol. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  16. "Visnjic: Josip Visnjic Jozelcic". BDFutbol. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  17. "Visnjic: Josip Visnjic Jozelcic". BDFutbol. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
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