Miron Muslic (Bosnian: Miron Muslić; born 14 September 1982) is an Austrian professional football coach and a former player who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 September 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Bihać, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994-1999 | Wacker Innsbruck | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | Wacker Innsbruck | ||
| 2000–2002 | Wörgl | 10 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Novalja | ||
| 2003–2005 | Wörgl | 47 | (10) |
| 2005–2006 | Reichenau | ||
| 2006–2007 | Hall | ||
| 2007–2008 | Ried | 4 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Gmunden | ||
| 2010–2012 | Sattledt | ||
| 2012–2015 | Union Weißkirchen | ||
| 2015–2017 | Ried II | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014 | Union Weißkirchen (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2017 | Ried II (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Ried (assistant) | ||
| 2018 | Ried (caretaker) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Ried (U-15) | ||
| 2020 | Floridsdorfer AC | ||
| 2021 | Ried | ||
| 2021–2022 | Cercle Brugge (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2024 | Cercle Brugge | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Coaching career
editOn 14 July 2020, he was hired as a manager by Austrian Football Second League club Floridsdorfer AC.[1]
Muslic was brought in as assistant coach to Dominik Thalhammer at Cercle Brugge in 2021, and was promoted to the main first-team coaching role the following year, replacing Thalhammer in the hot seat on 19 September 2022.[2]
Helped by the goals of Japan international Ayase Ueda, Muslic steered Cercle from the relegation zone to a regular-season finishing position of eighth for that 2022-23 campaign, qualifying them for a streamlined version of the Belgian Pro League's European play-offs. They finished runners-up to Gent in these play-offs for the final European qualifying place, seeing them officially finish in sixth position.
With Ueda moving to Feyenoord, and Kevin Denkey promoted to become Muslic's first-choice striker, Cercle would qualify for the title play-offs for the first time,[3] going on to finish fourth for the 2023-24 season, their highest finish since 2008, qualifying them for Europe for the first time in 14 years, and only the fourth time ever.[4]
Early season struggles for the 2024-25 season did not clear, and after a 2-0 lead over bottom side Beerschot turned into a 3-2 defeat, Muslic was dismissed as Cercle coach on 2 December 2024.[5]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 1 December 2024[6]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W% | ||||
| Ried (caretaker) | 12 November 2018 | 25 November 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.0 | |
| Floridsdorfer AC | 1 August 2020 | 31 December 2020 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 27 | +0 | 43.8 | |
| Ried | 1 January 2021 | 25 March 2021 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 0.0 | |
| Cercle Brugge | 19 September 2022 | 2 December 2024 | 101 | 43 | 24 | 34 | 163 | 140 | +23 | 42.6 | |
| Total | 128 | 51 | 29 | 48 | 195 | 185 | +10 | 39.8 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Willkommen beim FAC, Miron Muslic!" (in German). Floridsdorfer AC. 14 July 2020.
- ^ "OFFICIAL: CERCLE BRUGGE REPLACE DOMINIK THALHAMMER WITH ASSISTANT MANAGER MIRON MUSLIC". Get Football News. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ "De man die van Cercle een machine maakte, wil nu ook verbazen in de play-offs: "Schrik bestaat niet bij ons"" [The man who turned Cercle into a machine now also wants to surprise in the play-offs: "We are not afraid"] (in Dutch). Sporza. 31 March 2024.
- ^ ""Wij zijn dromers die elke dag opstaan en onze dromen najagen": Cercle Brugge in zevende hemel na zege op Antwerp" ["We are dreamers who get up every day and chase our dreams": Cercle Brugge in seventh heaven after victory over Antwerp] (in Dutch). Sporza. 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Pijnlijke nederlaag op Beerschot geeft doorslag: Miron Muslic is niet langer trainer van Cercle Brugge" [Painful defeat at Beerschot is decisive: Miron Muslic is no longer coach of Cercle Brugge] (in Dutch). Sporza. 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Miron Muslic manager profile". 16 December 2023.
External links
edit- Miron Muslic at WorldFootball.net
