Miro Stipić

Miro Stipić (born 15 August 1962) is a former Croatian football player. He played as a midfielder.

Miro Stipić
Personal information
Full name Miroslav Stipić
Date of birth (1962-08-15) 15 August 1962
Position(s) Midfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981-1983 Dinamo Zagreb
1983-1984 NK Zagreb
1984-1988 Iskra Bugojno
1988-1991 Rijeka 68 (4)
1991-1992 Sydney United 26 (1)
1992 Canberra Metro
1992-1994 SK Viktoria Aschaffenburg
1994-1995 Kickers Offenbach
Managerial career
2012 NK Croatia Sesvete
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 September 2023

Career

Stipić between 1981 and 1991 played in the Yugoslav First League and Yugoslav Second League for clubs Dinamo Zagreb, NK Zagreb, Iskra Bugojno, and Rijeka. At the end of the 1990/91 season with Rijeka, Miro went to Australia and joined Australian National Soccer League side, Sydney United then known as Sydney Croatia.[1] He was joined by fellow Rijeka teammate Fadil Muriqi.[2] Miro spent one season with Sydney United before briefly joining Canberra Metro in the NSW Super League but a family crisis saw Miro quit the club after three weeks and head back to Europe.[3] He ended up joining German club SK Viktoria Aschaffenburg, and later Kickers Offenbach.

Coaching career

Miro Stipić had one stint as head coach, which was with NK Croatia Sesvete in the Druga HNL - the second division of Croatian football. His appointment, which occurred on April 17th, 2012, came as a successor to Davor Pavlov. Notably, Stipić was the third individual to assume the coaching role for the team within that season. He stayed until the end of the season.

References
  1. "Australian Player Database". OzFootball.
  2. MatoBateman (April 6, 2017). "Miro Stipic and Fadil Muriqi". Twitter. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  3. Cooke, Grahame. "Stipic forced to quit club". Trove. The Canberra Times. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
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