Mladen Vranković

Mladen Vranković

Personal information
Full name	Mladen Vranković
Date of birth	2 July 1937
Place of birth	Rtina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	12 February 2021(2021-02-12) (aged 83)
Place of death	Rijeka, Croatia
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960–1968	Rijeka	350	(5)
1968–1971	Kansas City Spurs	56	(1)
Managerial career
1987–1989	Rijeka
1989–1990	Šibenik
1991	Rijeka
1991	Sydney Croatia
1991–1992	Orijent
1995	Rijeka
2000	Zadar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mladen Vranković (2 July 1937^[1] – 12 February 2021) was a Croatian football player and manager.

Career

Born in Rtina, he played for his hometown club, HNK Rijeka, for eight seasons, collecting 350 caps. He also spent three years in the North American Soccer League playing for Kansas City Spurs.^[2] Following the end of his career he became a manager. He was Rijeka's manager between 1987 and 1989, leading the club to the 1986–87 Yugoslav Cup final against Hajduk Split.^[3] He briefly coached Australian club Sydney Croatia in the now defunct Australian National Soccer League during the 1991–92 season.^[4]

Managerial statistics

^[5]

Club	From	To	Competition	Record
				P	W	D	L	Win %
NK Rijeka	22 February 1987	16 December 1990	First League	85	30	26	29	035.29
			Yugoslav Cup	5	1	2	2	020.00
NK Rijeka	16 February 1992	16 February 1992	First League	1	0	1	0	000.00
HNK Rijeka	2 April 1995	9 April 1995	Prva HNL	2	1	1	0	050.00
Totals				93	32	30	31	034.41

*Dates of first and last games under Vranković; not dates of official appointments

Honours

Kansas City Spurs

• NASL: 1969
• Western Conference: 1968, 1969

References

1. "IN MEMORIAM Preminuo Mladen Vranković". 11 February 2021.
2. "NASL-Mladen Vrankovic".
3. Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0, pp. 378–9.
4. "Sydney Croatia in Disarray as Mistakes Bring Hat-trick Horror". Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
5. "Vladimir Lukarić statistics". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.