Tomislav Stipić

Tomislav Stipić (Croatian pronunciation: [tǒmislaʋ stǐːpitɕ];[1][2] born 1 August 1979) is a Croatian-German professional football manager currently in charge as the head coach of Slaven Belupo.

Tomislav Stipić
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-08-01) 1 August 1979
Place of birth Tomislavgrad, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Club information
Current team
 Slaven Belupo (manager)
Teams managed
Years Team
2010–2013 Ingolstadt 04 (youth)
2013–2014 Ingolstadt 04 II
2014–2015 Erzgebirge Aue
2015–2016 Stuttgarter Kickers
2017 Nantong Zhiyun
2018–2019 Eintracht Frankfurt (youth)
2019 Grasshoppers
2019– Slaven Belupo

Personal life

Stipić was born in Tomislavgrad, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, back then part of SFR Yugoslavia. Aged ten, he moved with his mother and seven siblings as refugee to Germany. His father had already lived in Germany since 1968.[3]

Coaching career

He managed the youth team and the reserve team of Ingolstadt 04.[4][5] On 9 September 2014, he signed a two-year contract to replace Falko Götz at Erzgebirge Aue.[6] He was sacked on 27 May 2015.[7]

He was appointed as the head coach of the Stuttgarter Kickers on 4 November 2015.[8]

On 9 April, Grasshoppers announced the release of Stipić after 34 days in charge. [9]

References
  1. "Tòmislav". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-21. Tòmislav
  2. "Stjȅpān". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-21. Stípić
  3. "Ex-Aue-Trainer Tomislav Stipic im Interview" (in German). 9 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  4. "Nobody Stipic wird neuer Trainer in Aue" (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  5. "Tomislav Stipic übernimmt Schanzer-U23" (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  6. "ERZGEBIRGE AUE HOLT TOMISLAV STIPIC ALS NEUEN TRAINER" (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  7. "Trainer Stipic verlässt Absteiger Aue" (in German). dfb.de. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  8. "Stuttgarter Kickers entlassen Steffen - Stipic wird Nachfolger" (in German). Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  9. "Nach 34 Tage: Grasshopperschmeissen Fink-Nachfolger raus" (in German). Retrieved 4 April 2019.
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