Zlatko Kranjčar
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Kranjčar as Iran U23 manager in 2019 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 15 November 1956 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth |
Zagreb, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1 March 2021 (aged 64) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Zagreb, Croatia | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1966–1973 | Dinamo Zagreb | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1973–1983 | Dinamo Zagreb | 261 | (98) | |||||||||||
| 1983–1990 | Rapid Wien | 201 | (106) | |||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | VSE St. Pölten | 12 | (2) | |||||||||||
| Total | 474 | (206) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1972–1975 | Yugoslavia U19 | 19 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1977–1983 | Yugoslavia | 11 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 1990 | Croatia | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Austria Klagenfurt | |||||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | Segesta | |||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Croatia Zagreb | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | FC Linz | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | Slaven Belupo | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | Segesta | |||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Samobor | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | Dinamo Zagreb | |||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | El-Masry | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | Mura | |||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Marsonia | |||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | NK Zagreb | |||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Rijeka | |||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | NK Zagreb | |||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Croatia | |||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Croatia Sesvete | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | Al-Shaab Sharjah | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | DAC Dunajská Streda | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | Persepolis | |||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Montenegro | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Sepahan | |||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Al-Ahli | |||||||||||||
| 2016 | Dinamo Zagreb | |||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Sepahan | |||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Iran U23 | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Zlatko "Cico" Kranjčar (Croatian pronunciation: [zlâtko tsǐːtso krâɲtʃaːr]; 15 November 1956 – 1 March 2021) was a Croatian professional football manager and player.
Kranjčar started his career as a player with Dinamo Zagreb where he won the Yugoslav First League in 1981–82, then Yugoslav Cup twice in 1980 and 1983. He later became the manager of the club which is now part of independent Croatia and went on to win Croatian First League in 1995–96 and 1997–98 and the Croatian Cup twice in 1996 and 1998.
Kranjčar also played for Rapid Wien where he had success winning the Austrian Bundesliga twice in 1986–87 and 1987–88; the Austrian Cup in 1984, 1985 and 1987; and the Austrian Supercup in 1986, 1987 and 1988.
Kranjčar was appointed manager of the Croatia national team and took them to the 2006 World Cup. He also had a short spell with the Montenegro national team. In 2009 he went to Iran and managed Persepolis. While there he had two spells with Sepahan where he went on to win the Iran Pro League in 2011–12 and the Hazfi Cup in 2012–13.