Miro Stipić (born 15 August 1962) is a former Croatian football player. He played as a midfielder.

Career

Stipić between 1981 and 1991 played in the Yugoslav First League and Yugoslav Second League for clubs Dinamo Zagreb, NK Zagreb, Iskra Bugojno, and Rijeka. At the end of the 1990/91 season with Rijeka, Miro went to Australia and joined Australian National Soccer League side, Sydney United then known as Sydney Croatia. He was joined by fellow Rijeka teammate Fadil Muriqi. Miro spent one season with Sydney United before briefly joining Canberra Metro in the NSW Super League but a family crisis saw Miro quit the club after three weeks and head back to Europe. He ended up joining German club SK Viktoria Aschaffenburg, and later Kickers Offenbach.

Miro Stipić

Coaching career

Miro Stipić had one stint as head coach, which was with NK Croatia Sesvete in the Druga HNL - the second division of Croatian football. His appointment, which occurred on April 17th, 2012, came as a successor to Davor Pavlov. Notably, Stipić was the third individual to assume the coaching role for the team within that season. He stayed until the end of the season.

Miro Stipić

External Links

Australian Player Database

References

1962 births

Living people

Croatian footballers

Men's association football midfielders

GNK Dinamo Zagreb players

HNK Rijeka players

NK Zagreb players

NK Iskra Bugojno players

Sydney United 58 FC players

Viktoria Aschaffenburg players

Kickers Offenbach players

National Soccer League (Australia) players

Yugoslav First League players

Yugoslav Second League players

NK Croatia Sesvete managers

Croatian football managers

Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia

Miro Stipić