Tomislav Stipić

Tomislav Stipić (Croatian pronunciation: [tǒmislaʋ stǐːpitɕ];[1][2] born 1 August 1979) is a Croatian-German professional football manager currently serving as the head coach of the Latvian Higher League club Riga.

Tomislav Stipić
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-08-01) 1 August 1979
Place of birth Tomislavgrad, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Riga (Manager)
Managerial career
Years Team
2010–2013 Ingolstadt 04 (youth)
2013–2014 Ingolstadt 04 II
2014–2015 Erzgebirge Aue
2015–2016 Stuttgarter Kickers
2017 Nantong Zhiyun
2018–2019 Eintracht Frankfurt (youth)
2019 Grasshoppers
2019–2021 Slaven Belupo
2021–2023 Auda
2023– Riga

Personal life

Stipić was born in Tomislavgrad, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, back then part of SFR Yugoslavia. Aged ten, he moved with his mother and seven siblings as refugee to Germany. His father had already lived in Germany since 1968.[3]

Coaching career

He managed the youth team and the reserve team of Ingolstadt 04.[4][5] On 9 September 2014, he signed a two-year contract to replace Falko Götz at Erzgebirge Aue.[6] He was sacked on 27 May 2015.[7]

He was appointed as head coach of the Stuttgarter Kickers on 4 November 2015.[8]

On 9 April, Grasshoppers announced the release of Stipić after 34 days in charge.[9]

On 8 October 2019, Stipić was appointed as head coach of the Croatian club Slaven Belupo. He left the club on 16 June 2021.

On 1 January 2022, Stipić joined the Latvian club FK Auda. On 19 october 2022, he led his club to the 2022 Latvian Football Cup for the first time in history.

On 7 January 2023, Stipić was appointed manager of Riga.[10]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 12 November 2022
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Ingolstadt 04 II July 2013 September 2014 46 21 13 12 045.65
Erzgebirge Aue September 2014 May 2015 31 9 9 13 029.03
Stuttgarter Kickers 1 November 2015 4 July 2016 24 8 6 10 033.33
Nantong Zhiyun 2 November 2016 17 July 2017 2 1 0 1 050.00
Eintracht Frankfurt (youth) 29 July 2018 10 March 2019 19 5 5 9 026.32
Grasshoppers 21 March 2019 7 April 2019 5 0 3 2 000.00
Slaven Belupo 8 October 2019 10 June 2021 66 18 20 28 027.27
FK Auda 1 January 2022 31 December 2022 40 19 6 15 047.50
Riga FC 1 January 2023 Present 15 12 3 0 080.00
Total 248 93 65 90 037.50

Honours

Manager
FK Auda

References
  1. "Tòmislav". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 21 March 2018. Tòmislav
  2. "Stjȅpān". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 21 March 2018. Stípić
  3. "Ex-Aue-Trainer Tomislav Stipic im Interview" (in German). spox.com. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  4. "Nobody Stipic wird neuer Trainer in Aue" (in German). rp-online.de. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  5. "Tomislav Stipic übernimmt Schanzer-U23" (in German). fupa.net. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  6. "Erzgebirge Aue Holt Tomislav Stipic Als Neuen Trainer" (in German). bundesliga.de. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  7. "Trainer Stipic verlässt Absteiger Aue" (in German). dfb.de. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  8. "Stuttgarter Kickers entlassen Steffen - Stipic wird Nachfolger" (in German). dfb.de. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  9. "Nach 34 Tage: Grasshopperschmeissen Fink-Nachfolger raus" (in German). sport.de. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  10. "TOMISLAV STIPIĆ - "RIGA FOOTBALL CLUB" HEAD COACH". rigafc.lv/en. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
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