Goran Miscevic
![]() Miscevic in 2007 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Goran Miščević | ||
Date of birth | 26 March 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Virovitica, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Rot-Weiß Erfurt (manager) | ||
Teams managed | |||
Years | Team | ||
1995–1997 | VfR Pforzheim | ||
2000 | Glen Shields (assistant) | ||
2000–2002 | Ontario U19 | ||
2003–2004 | Metro Lions | ||
2007 | Canadian Lions | ||
2008–2009 | Al-Wakrah | ||
2010–2011 | Al-Hazm | ||
2011–2012 | Salalah | ||
2012–2013 | Al Urooba | ||
2013 | Al-Ittihad Kalba | ||
2014–2016 | Al-Arabi | ||
2017 | Kunshan | ||
2018 | Yunnan Kunlu | ||
2019–2020 | Al-Seeb | ||
2020– | Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
Goran Miscevic (pronounced [ɡǒran mǐʃtʃeʋitɕ];[1][2] born 26 March 1963) is a Croatian-Canadian professional soccer coach and former player. He is the manager of German club Rot-Weiß Erfurt.
Career[]
Miscevic was born in Virovitica, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia to a Serbian family and he played professionally in Yugoslavia and Germany. After his retirement from competitive soccer he obtained a coaching license from the German Football Association. Miscevic managed VfR Pforzheim in Germany for two years. In 1997, he immigrated to Canada and in 2000 he served as an assistant coach for Glen Shields of the Canadian Professional Soccer League. In 2003, he was appointed the head coach for the Metro Lions, and in the 2004 season led the team to a second-place position in the Eastern Conference.[3][4]
He returned to the Lions organization this time under the name Canadian Lions, and secured the team a postseason berth by finishing fourth in the International Division.[5] In 2008, he went overseas to coach Al-Wakrah Sport Club in the Qatar Stars League.[6][5] In 2010, he went to Saudi Arabia to coach Al-Hazm F.C. of the Saudi Professional League.[7] In 2011, he went to Oman to coach Salalah SC of the Oman Professional League. In 2012, he moved to the United Arab Emirates and had stints with Al Urooba and was unbeaten for 12 games in row, it was a league record, lost only 3 games in season, Al-Ittihad Kalba SC, and Al-Arabi.[8][9]
In 2017 he moved to China to coach Zhenjiang Huasa. In 2018 he moved to another Chinese club Yunnan Kunlu and led them into winning the that year as well as a 10th place finish in 2018 Chinese Champions League, enough for gaining promotion to China League Two. In 2019 he went back to the Middle East and signed with the top division team Al-Seeb Club of the Oman Professional League. Season 2019/2020 he won Oman Professional League Championship. In 2020, he was named the head coach for FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt in the NOFV-Oberliga Süd.[10]
References[]
- ^ "gòra". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-21.
Gòran
- ^ "Mihòvil". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-21.
Mìščević
- ^ "CPSL - Canadian Professional Soccer League". 2004-08-31. Archived from the original on August 31, 2004. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ "CPSL weekend futnotes". It's Called Futbol. August 11, 2003.
- ^ a b "Brampton Lions Powered by Goalline Sports Administration Software". 2009-05-08. Archived from the original on 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2016-12-31.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- ^ Hylton, Kamal. "A Canadian coach in the Middle East". www.rednationonline.ca. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
- ^ "Saudi Pro League Statistics 2010/2011". www.slstat.com. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
- ^ "Canadian coaches abroad". Major Ligue Soccer. 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
- ^ "Goran Miscevic". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ Steinhorst, Frank (2020-09-09). "RWE hat Goran Miscevic als Trainer verpflichtet". www.thueringer-allgemeine.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-09-13.
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Virovitica
- Serbs of Croatia
- Croatian emigrants to Canada
- Naturalized citizens of Canada
- Canadian people of Serbian descent
- Canadian soccer coaches
- Al-Wakrah SC managers
- Al-Hazm FC managers
- Salalah SC managers
- Al-Ittihad Kalba SC managers
- Al-Seeb Club managers
- FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt managers
- Canadian expatriate soccer coaches
- Expatriate football managers in Germany
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate football managers in Qatar
- Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate football managers in Oman
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Oman
- Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Expatriate football managers in China
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in China
- Saudi Professional League managers
- UAE Pro League managers
- Oman Professional League managers
- Canadian Professional Soccer League (1998-2005) managers
- Canadian Soccer League (2006-present) managers