Nikola Jurčević

Nikola Jurčević

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-09-14) 14 September 1966
Place of birth	Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Position(s)	Forward Midfielder
Team information
Current team	West Ham United (assistant)
Youth career
	Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1986	Dinamo Zagreb	4	(0)
1986–1988	NK Zagreb
1988–1989	Royal Antwerp	1	(0)
1989–1991	NK Zagreb
1991–1995	SV Austria Salzburg	130	(42)
1995–1997	SC Freiburg	45	(5)
1997–1999	SV Austria Salzburg	31	(4)
Total		211	(51)
International career
1990–1996	Croatia	19	(2)
Managerial career
2002–2003	NK Zagreb
2003–2004	Dinamo Zagreb
2005	SV Austria Salzburg
2005	Slaven Belupo
2006–2012	Croatia (assistant)
2012–2013	Lokomotiv Moscow (assistant)
2013–2015	Beşiktaş (assistant)
2015-	West Ham United (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nikola Jurčević (born 14 September 1966) is a retired Croatian footballer and current coach and assistant manager at West Ham United.

He played for clubs Dinamo Zagreb (before 1988), in Belgium with R. Antwerp F.C. (1988–1989), NK Zagreb (1989–1991), in Austria with SV Austria Salzburg (1991–1995 and 1997–1999), and in German Bundesliga with SC Freiburg (1995–1997). He played for the Croatia national football team (19 matches/2 goals) and was a participant at the UEFA Euro 1996.

Jurčević worked as an assistant coach for the Croatian national team, assisting his former international teammates Slaven Bilić and Aljoša Asanović. On 18 September 2015, he was appointed as assistant manager to Bilic at West Ham United.

International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 August 1994	Ramat Gan, Ramat Gan	Israel	3 – 0	4 – 0	Friendly
2	15 November 1995	Bežigrad, Ljubljana	Slovenia	2 – 1	2 – 1	Euro 1996 Qualifying

External links

• Nikola Jurčević – FIFA competition record
• Nikola Jurčević at National-Football-Teams.com
• Nikola Jurčević international stats at the Croatian Football Federation website