Jerko Tipurić
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jerko Tipurić | ||
| Date of birth | 14 June 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Konjic, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | BS Poperinge (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1980 | Igman Konjic | ||
| 1980–1983 | NK Zagreb | 54 | (3) |
| 1983–1984 | Čelik Zenica | 41 | (7) |
| 1985–1989 | Hajduk Split | 89 | (6) |
| 1989–1992 | Cercle Brugge | 99 | (6) |
| 1992–1994 | Beerschot | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1994–1997 | Cercle Brugge | ||
| Waregem | |||
| Roeselare | |||
| Roeselare | |||
| Roeselare (youth coach) | |||
| RC Zuid-West | |||
| 2002–2004 | Cercle Brugge | ||
| 2004–2005 | Antwerp | ||
| 2005–2006 | |||
| 2006–2007 | |||
| 2007–2011 | |||
| 2011– | Bredene | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 August 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 August 2008 | |||
Jerko Tipurić (born 14 June 1960 in Konjic) is a Croatian former football defender and football manager. He also has Belgian nationality since 1998.
He is known as a somewhat eccentric person. For example, he taught his players in which angle they had to look when they were dribbling the ball and he let his players wear special shoes during training to strengthen their back muscles. He also controlled the urine of his players. Tipurić even made it to één-television program with his special attention for these details. For the 2006-07 football season in Belgium, he was an analyst for the één-program .
Managerial career[]
Tipurić' main successes as manager were the 1996 Belgian Cup final and the 2002 second division championship, both as manager of Cercle Brugge. Also particular about his managerial career is the fact that he does not mind to train lower league teams when he receives no interest from professional clubs. Tipurić currently is manager of , playing in the highest level of West Flanders. That is the fifth level in Belgian football, just under the lowest nationwide division. He promoted with Poperinge in 2009 to 4th division. With BS Poperinge, Tipurić survived the battle against relegation in their first season, the second season was more relaxed. His contract was not renewed however because the board felt that it was time for a change.
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- 1960 births
- Living people
- People from Konjic
- Association football defenders
- Yugoslav footballers
- Croatian footballers
- NK Zagreb players
- NK Čelik Zenica players
- HNK Hajduk Split players
- Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players
- K. Beerschot V.A.C. players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Yugoslav expatriate footballers
- Croatian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Croatian football managers
- Belgian football managers
- Cercle Brugge K.S.V. managers
- K.S.V. Waregem managers
- K.S.V. Roeselare managers
- K.R.C. Zuid-West-Vlaanderen managers
- Royal Antwerp F.C. managers
- Expatriate football managers in Belgium
- Yugoslav expatriates in Belgium
- Croatian emigrants to Belgium