Krunoslav "Kruno" Jurčić (ˈkrunɔslaːʋ ˈjuːrtʃiːtɕ; born 26 November 1969 in Ljubuški

Ljubuški

Ljubuški is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in thewestern part of Herzegovina.-1971:28.269 total* Croats - 26.198 * Muslims by nationality - 1.812 * Serbs - 118 * Yugoslavs - 49...

, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Croatian

Croats

Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

 professional footballer who is now a coach.

Club career

He started his professional career at Dinamo Zagreb in 1988, before moving to Inker Zaprešić

NK Inter Zaprešic

NK Inter Zaprešić is a Croatian football club based in Zaprešić, a town northwest of the capital Zagreb originally founded in 1929. They play in the Prva HNL after they were promoted from Druga HNL at the end of the 2006–07 season...

 in 1991 and Uljanik Pula

NK Istra

NK Istra is a Croatian football club, from city of Pula. The club currently plays in the Treća HNL but Istra has also played in Prva HNL .Istra was found in 1961 from a merger of NK Pula and NK Uljanik.-Seasons:...

 in 1993. He went on join Belgian

Belgium

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 side Beveren

K.S.K. Beveren

Koninklijke Sportkring Beveren was a Belgian association football club from the town of Beveren in East Flanders. It was famous for its goalkeeping school that has produced such players as Jean-Marie Pfaff, Filip De Wilde, Geert De Vlieger, Erwin Lemmens, and Tristan Peersman, all of whom have...

 in 1995, but returned to Dinamo Zagreb after one season following Beveren's relegation from the top flight. He subsequently spent three seasons with Dinamo Zagreb, also playing for them in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

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 in 1998. He then went on to spend three seasons in Italy

Italy

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 with Torino

Torino F.C.

Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is a professional Italian football club based in Turin, Piedmont, that was founded in 1906. The club has spent most of its history in the top tier in Italian football....

 and Sampdoria

U.C. Sampdoria

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, before returning to Croatia by signing with Slaven Belupo

NK Slaven Belupo

NK Slaven Belupo, often referred to simply as Slaven and known internationally as NK Slaven Koprivnica, is a Croatian football club based in the city of Koprivnica in the north of the country...

 in 2002. He finished his career with Slaven in 2004.

National team

He has been capped 21 times for the Croatian national team

Croatia national football team

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 and also played three full matches at the 1998 FIFA World Cup

1998 FIFA World Cup

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 finals, where Croatia won the bronze medals.

Managerial career

Jurčić started his managerial career at Croatian First League

Croatian First League

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 side NK Istra 1961 in 2005 and 2006, before he went on to coach NK Slaven Belupo. He left the club in 2008 and went on to join the reigning Croatian champions and his former club, Dinamo Zagreb, on the 5th of March 2009. With Dinamo he won his first managerial titles by winning the 2008–09 and 2009–10

2009–10 Prva HNL

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 Prva HNL and Croatian Cup

Croatian Cup

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 in 2009. On 19 May 2010 Krunoslav Jurčić resigned as the coach of Dinamo Zagreb.
He returned to Dinamo after Vahid Halilhodžić

Vahid Halilhodžic

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 resigned in 2011 and is the current manager of the Croatian powerhouse..

Player

Inter Zaprešić

• • Croatian Cup
    Croatian Cup
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    : 1992

Dinamo Zagreb

Dinamo Zagreb

GNK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb , or by their nickname Modri are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won thirteen Croatian championship titles, ten...

• • Croatian champions: 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–09, 1999–00
  • Croatian Cup
    Croatian Cup
    The Croatian Cup is an annually held football tournament for Croatian football clubs and is the second most important competition in Croatian football after the Prva HNL league championship. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation and usually runs from late August to May...
    
    : 1997, 1998

Manager

Dinamo Zagreb

• • Croatian champions: 2008–09, 2009–10
    2009–10 Prva HNL
    The 2009–10 Prva HNL season was the nineteenth season of the Prva HNL since its establishment in 1992. It began on 24 July 2009 and ended on 13 May 2010...
    
    
  • Croatian Cup
    Croatian Cup
    The Croatian Cup is an annually held football tournament for Croatian football clubs and is the second most important competition in Croatian football after the Prva HNL league championship. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation and usually runs from late August to May...
    
    : 2009

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