Goran Miscevic

Goran Miscevic (pronounced [ɡǒran mǐʃtʃeʋitɕ];[1][2] born 26 March 1963) is a Canadian professional soccer coach and former player.

Goran Miscevic
Miscevic in Riyadh
Personal information
Full name Goran Miščević
Date of birth (1963-03-26) 26 March 1963
Place of birth Virovitica, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Teams managed
Years Team
1995–1997 VfR Pforzheim
2000 Glen Shields (assistant coach)
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– Al-Seeb

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 Huassa FC and later known as Kunshan F.C.. In 2018 he moved to another Chinese club Yunnan Kunlu FC and won two Chinese Cups - Yunnan Cup and CMCL Cup. In 2019 he went back to the Middle East and signed with the top division team Al-Seeb Club of the Oman Professional League.

References
  1. "gòra". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-21. Gòran
  2. "Mihòvil". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-21. Mìščević
  3. "CPSL - Canadian Professional Soccer League". web.archive.org. 2004-08-31. Archived from the original on August 31, 2004. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  4. "CPSL weekend futnotes". It's Called Futbol. August 11, 2003.
  5. "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)
  6. Hylton, Kamal. "A Canadian coach in the Middle East". www.rednationonline.ca. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  7. "Saudi Pro League Statistics 2010/2011". www.slstat.com. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  8. "Canadian coaches abroad". Major Ligue Soccer. 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
  9. "Goran Miscevic". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
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