Miro Stipić

Miro Stipić
Personal information
Full name Miroslav Stipić
Date of birth (1962-08-15) 15 August 1962
Place of birth Šuica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981-1983 Dinamo Zagreb
1983-1984 NK Zagreb
1984-1988 Iskra Bugojno
1988-1991 Rijeka 68 (4)
1991-1992 Sydney United 26 (1)
1992 Canberra Croatia
1992-1994 SK Viktoria Aschaffenburg
1994-1995 Kickers Offenbach 2 (0)
Managerial career
2007-2008 NK Sesvete Under 19's
2010-2011 NK HAŠK 1903 Under 19's
2011-2012 NK Sesvete Under 17's
2014-2016 NK Sesvete Under 17's
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 September 2023

Miro Stipić (born 15 August 1962) is a former Croatian football player. He played as a midfielder.

Career

Stipić between 1981 and 1991 played in the Yugoslav First League and Yugoslav Second League for clubs Dinamo Zagreb, NK Zagreb, Iskra Bugojno, and Rijeka. At the end of the 1990/91 season with Rijeka, Miro went to Australia and joined Australian National Soccer League side, Sydney United then known as Sydney Croatia.[1] He was joined by fellow Rijeka teammate Fadil Muriqi.[2] Miro spent one season with Sydney United before briefly joining Canberra Croatia, then known as Canberra Metro, in the NSW Super League but a family crisis saw Miro quit the club after three weeks and head back to Europe.[3] He ended up joining German club SK Viktoria Aschaffenburg, and later Kickers Offenbach.[4]

Manager Career

Between 2007 and 2016, Miro served as head coach of the NK Sesvete Under-17 and Under-19 academy teams. He also held a brief tenure as manager of the NK HAŠK 1903 Under-19 squad.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Australian Player Database". OzFootball.
  2. ^ MatoBateman (6 April 2017). "Miro Stipic and Fadil Muriqi". Twitter. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  3. ^ Cooke, Grahame. "Stipic forced to quit club". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 29 September 2023 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "Miro Stipić". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Miro Stipić". semafor.hns.family. Retrieved 6 December 2025.