Nikola Jurčević


Nikola Jurčević is a Croatian former professional footballer and current manager who most recently managed the Azerbaijan national team.

Managerial career

Jurčević started as a manager of NK Zagreb in 2002, but a year later he became the manager for Dinamo Zagreb. He celebrated Prva HNL and Croatian Cup in 2004. Later, he managed NK Slaven Belupo. He also worked as an assistant manager for the Croatia national team, assisting his former international teammates Slaven Bilić and Aljoša Asanović. On 18 September 2015, he was appointed as the assistant manager to Bilić at West Ham United. He left the club along with Bilić's other coaching staff when the manager was sacked on 6 November 2017. On 12 March 2018, he was named the manager of Croatian First Football League club Dinamo Zagreb, but he was sacked by club on 15 May 2018, after poor performance in the club. On 11 February 2019, he was named the new head coach for the Azerbaijan football team.
On 13 Decembar 2019 he was sacked as manager of Azerbaijan national team due to the team's poor performance in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying, despite managed a respectable 1–1 draw to his home country Croatia at home.

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Honours

As a player

NK Zagreb
Austria Salzburg
Individual
Dinamo Zagreb