Zoran Vulić

Zoran Vulić (Croatian pronunciation: [zǒran ʋǔːlitɕ]; born 4 October 1961) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is notable for having managed Hajduk Split five separate times between 1998 and 2018, which is a record among all Hajduk managers.

Zoran Vulić
Vulić as manager at Luch-Energiya in 2008
Personal information
Full name Zoran Vulić
Date of birth (1961-10-04) 4 October 1961
Place of birth Split, PR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1988 Hajduk Split 167 (25)
1988–1991 Mallorca 95 (11)
1991–1993 Nantes 65 (10)
1993–1995 Hajduk Split 21 (4)
Total 348 (50)
International career
1986–1991 Yugoslavia 25 (1)
1990–1993 Croatia 3 (0)
Managerial career
1998 Hajduk Split
2000–2001 Hajduk Split
2002–2004 Hajduk Split
2006–2007 Hajduk Split
2008 Luch-Energiya
2009 Rijeka
2010 Istra 1961
2010–2011 Istra 1961
2012–2013 RNK Split
2014 Croatia U19
2014–2015 RNK Split
2015–2016 Sheriff Tiraspol
2016–2017 Atyrau
2017 Apollon Smyrni
2018 Hajduk Split
2022 Xanthi
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Club

Vulić was born in Split. He is the son of Ante, a famous goalkeeper for Hajduk Split in the 1950s. Zoran Vulić joined Hajduk Split as a stopper with a powerful shot, and played for the club for nine seasons. He played a total of 167 league games and scored 25 goals. He successfully continued his career abroad, with stints at RCD Mallorca and FC Nantes in the following five years. He was instrumental in Mallorca's return to the La Liga during his debut season. He played 35 matches and scored five times.

Vulić returned to Hajduk in 1993 and retired after two years with the club, at age 34. In his first stint with the club, he conquered two Yugoslav Cups in 1984 and 1987, and in his second stint two Croatian Leagues in 1994 and 1995, and one cup in 1995.

International

Vulić won 25 caps for Yugoslavia, scoring once,[1] and participated at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, where he played four of the team's five matches.[2] His national team debut was on 30 April 1986, when Yugoslavia lost 4–2 to Brazil in a friendly match.

He also played in three friendly matches for Croatia: in October 1990 against the United States and in June 1991 against Slovenia, both unofficial since Croatia was still part of Yugoslavia at the time, as well as against Ukraine in June 1993.[3]

International goals
Results list Yugoslavia's and Croatia's goal tallies first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
Yugoslavia goals
1 16 May 1991 Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia  Faroe Islands
6–0
7–0
 Euro 1992 qualifying

Managerial career

In 1998, Vulić continued his career as manager, with his first four spells all at Hajduk Split. His biggest success as Hajduk manager was winning the 2000–01 Croatian First League and the 2002–03 Croatian Cup. In 2004, he was sacked three rounds before the end of the 2003–04 Croatian First League season even though the team was sitting at the top of the table, and he was replaced by the new manager, Petar Nadoveza, who ended up winning that championship with Hajduk.

In January 2008, Vulić moved to Russian Premier League club FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok. He returned to Croatia in 2009, taking over HNK Rijeka. In February 2010, he took charge of Istra 1961. Vulić also managed RNK Split on two occasions. His biggest success with that team was reaching the final of the 2014–15 Croatian Cup where they were beaten on penalties by Dinamo Zagreb.[4][5][6][7]

In 2015, he took over Sheriff Tiraspol and managed to win the 2015–16 Moldovan National Division.[8] He left the club in June 2016.[9] On 14 December 2016, Vulić was appointed as manager of FC Atyrau.[10] On 11 April 2017, the club announced a mutually agreed contract termination, as Vulić wanted to return to Croatia. He was then manager of Apollon Smyrni from September to December 2017, when he was sacked after a poor run of results.[11]

His final stint with Hajduk was from 9 September to 27 November 2018, when he was sacked after having won only 3 of the 9 league matches.[12][13] In February 2022 he was named manager of Greek second-tier side Xanthi,[14] but was relieved of his duties after only a month.[15]

Additionally, Vulić also served as an assistant coach of the Croatia national team.

Managerial statistics
As of 25 November 2018[16]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Hajduk Split 1998 1998 5 1 2 2 7 10 −3 020.00
Hajduk Split 2000 2001 36 22 7 7 80 26 +54 061.11
Hajduk Split 2002 2004 82 54 13 15 151 61 +90 065.85
Hajduk Split 2006 2007 31 22 4 5 59 23 +36 070.97
Hajduk Split 2017 2018 11 5 4 2 16 12 +4 045.45
Total 165 104 30 31 313 132 +181 063.03

Honours

Player

Hajduk Split

Manager

Hajduk Split

Sheriff Tiraspol

References
  1. "Appearances for Yugoslavia/Serbia National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  2. Zoran Vulić – FIFA competition record (archived)
  3. "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  4. "Zoran Vulić novi trener Splita". novilist.hr (in Croatian). 23 December 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  5. "Vulić: Finale kupa za nas je povijesna utakmica". ezadar.net.hr (in Croatian). 19 May 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  6. I.J. (21 May 2015). "Dinamo slomio hrabri Split tek nakon penala u finalu Kupa!". tportal.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  7. B.Š. (30 September 2015). "Zoranu Vuliću otkaz, Sablić preuzeo klupu RNK Splita". tportal.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  8. "Zoran Vulić preuzeo moldavski Sheriff". hr.n1info.com (in Croatian). 8 October 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  9. "Zoran Vulić više nije trener Sheriff Tiraspola". dalmatinskiportal.hr (in Croatian). 16 June 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  10. "Zoran Vulić novi trener momčadi Atyrau". dalmatinskiportal.hr (in Croatian). 14 December 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  11. T.R. (28 September 2017). "SLUŽBENO: Zoran Vulić preuzeo grčkog prvoligaša". nogometplus.net (in Croatian). Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  12. "ZORAN VULIĆ NOVI JE TRENER HAJDUKA!". hajduk.hr (in Croatian). 9 September 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  13. "ZORAN VULIĆ VIŠE NIJE TRENER HAJDUKA, KLUPU PREUZIMA SINIŠA OREŠČANIN". hajduk.hr (in Croatian). 27 November 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  14. Zoran Vulić preuzeo grčkog drugoligaša s kojim će se boriti za ulazak u elitno društvo - Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian)
  15. Zoran Vulić se kratko zadržao u Grčkoj, dogovoren raskid s Xanthijem - Germanijak (in Croatian)
  16. "Croatia - Z. Vulić - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
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