Mirko Jozić

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Mirko Jozić (born April 8, 1940 in Trilj) is a retired Croatian football player and currently an active football manager.

As a coach, he won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile, with the Yugoslavia u-21 national team composed of names such as Predrag Mijatović, Robert Prosinečki, Zvonimir Boban and Davor Šuker. During 1989 and 1993, when he coached Chilean club Colo-Colo, he managed to win the Copa Libertadores in 1991. Today, he is the only coach who ever won Copa Libertadores with a Chilean team.

He coached Croatia at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

[edit] Teams as coach (incomplete)


Sporting positions
Preceded by
Miroslav Blažević		 Croatia national football team manager
2000-2002		 Succeeded by
Otto Barić
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Chile national football team – Managers

Bertola (1917) • Bertone (1920–22) • Rosetti (1926) • Powell (1928) • Orth (1930) • Mazullo (1936–39) • Garay (1941) • Platko (1941–53) • Salerno (1956–57) • Pakozdi (1957) • Riera (1962–66) • Alamos (1966) • Scopelli (1966–67) • Nocetti (1968–69) • Hormazábal (1970) • Riera (1970) • Vera (1971) • Pino (1971–72) • Gutendorf (1972) • Alamos (1973–74) • Morales (1974–75) • Peña (1976–77) • Santibanez (1977–82) • Ibarra (1982–83) • Carrasco (1984) • Cantatore (1984) • Morales (1985) • Ibarra (1986) • Aravena (1987) • Rodríguez (1987) • Aravena (1988–89) • Salah (1990–93) • Acosta (1993) • Jozić (1994) • Azkargorta (1995–96) • Acosta (1996–2000) • García (2001) • Garcés (2001) • Vaccia (2002) • Olmos (2003–05) • Acosta (2005–07) • Bielsa (2007–)
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Croatia squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Pletikosa • 2 Šerić • 3 Šimunić • 4 Tomas • 5 Rapaić • 6 Živković • 7 Vugrinec • 8 Prosinečki • 9 Šuker • 10 N. Kovač • 11 Bokšić • 12 Butina • 13 Stanić • 14 Soldo • 15 Šarić • 16 Vranješ • 17 Jarni • 18 Olić • 19 Vlaović • 20 Šimić • 21 R. Kovač • 22 Balaban • 23 Vasilj • Coach: Jozić
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