Vatroslav Mihačić

Vatroslav Mihačić

Personal information
Date of birth	(1967-09-30) 30 September 1967
Place of birth	Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1994	Hajduk Split	61	(0)
1994–1995	Neretva	25	(0)
1995–1999	Gil Vicente	78	(0)
1999–2001	NK Zagreb	24	(0)
Total		110	(0)
Managerial career
2001-2002	NK Zagreb (GK coach)
2002-2006	Croatia (GK coach)
2013	Croatia U21 (GK coach)
2013-2015	Croatia (GK coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vatroslav Mihačić (born 30 September 1967) is a retired Croatian football player. He played as goalkeeper for Hajduk Split, Neretva and NK Zagreb in Croatia, and had a four-year spell at Portuguese side Gil Vicente.

He played for Hajduk in the 1990–91 Yugoslav First League, the last season before Croatian clubs decided to leave the league to form 1. HNL, and in the 1991 Yugoslav Cup Final in which Hajduk beat the reigning champions of Europe Red Star Belgrade 1–0 to lift the trophy, alongside club stars such as Igor Štimac, Slaven Bilić, Alen Bokšić and Robert Jarni.

With Hajduk he went on to win two Croatian league titles (1992 and 1994) and the 1993 Croatian Cup. After spending the 1994–95 season at NK Neretva he moved to Gil Vicente in Portugal, with whom he won the Liga de Honra in 1999. That same year he returned to Croatia and spent two seasons playing for NK Zagreb before retiring in 2001.

After retiring from football he worked as goalkeepers coach in coaching staff with three Croatia national football team managers: Otto Barić in 2004, Zlatko Kranjčar in 2006 and Niko Kovač in 2013.

He is director of the Croatian Football Federation coaching academy.

Honours

• 1 × Yugoslav Cup: 1991
• 2 × Croatian First League: 1992, 1994
• 1 × Croatian Cup: 1993
• 1 × Portuguese Second Division: 1999

External links

• Vatroslav Mihačić Croatian league stats at HRnogomet.com (Croatian)
• Vatroslav Mihačić at footballzz.co.uk