Željko Mijač

Željko Mijač
Personal information
Full name	Željko Mijač
Date of birth	13 January 1954
Place of birth	Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death	14 February 2022 (aged 68)
Place of death	Split, Croatia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1972–1973	Rijeka
1973–1976	Hajduk Split
1976–1981	Rijeka
1981–1982	Toulon
1982–1983	Avignon
1983–1986	Istres
1986–1987	Castel di Sangro
Managerial career
1994-1995	Uskok
1995–1999	Standard de Liège (Assistant)
1999	Standard de Liège
2005–2007	Bahrain (Assistant)
2010	Hajduk Split (Assistant)
2010–2011	Persepolis (Assistant)
2011–2013	Rah Ahan (Assistant)
2015	Zadar (Assistant)
2015–2016	Saba Qom (Assistant)
2016–2017	Naft Tehran (Assistant)
2017–2019	Saipa (Assistant)
2020-2021	Urania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Željko Mijač (13 January 1954 – 14 February 2022) was a Croatian football manager and player.

Playing career

During his playing career he has played with HNK Hajduk Split (1974–76; 43/10) and NK Rijeka (1976–81; 72/7) in the Yugoslav First League. He made his debut for Hajduk in August 1973 in a Yugoslav Cup match and played 146 games for them in total, 83 of them in official matches.^[1] For Rijeka, Mijač played 117 official games (102 of them in the league), scoring 15 goals.^[2]

Later, he continued his career in France. He ended his career playing in Italy in 1987.

Managerial career

Mijač was the coach of Standard de Liège during 1999. He then worked as assistant coach of Bahrain national team, Hajduk Split, Persepolis and Rah Ahan. During his tenure at Rah Ahan, he managed a single match during 2011–12 Iran Pro League when the team's coach, Ali Daei was one of the guests of 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or at Zürich and couldn't coach the team in the next day's match. The match ended as a 1–0 loss to Malavan. In January 2020, he was appointed manager of Croatian third tier-club Urania Baška Voda,^[3] only to be sacked and replaced by former Australia goalkeeper Zeljko Kalac in October 2021.^[4]