Mladen Vranković (2 July 1937 – 11 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. 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. He briefly coached Australian club Sydney Croatia in the now defunct Australian National Soccer League during the 1991–92 season.

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Managerial statistics

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

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Honours

Kansas City Spurs

NASL: 1969

Western Conference: 1968, 1969

References

1937 births

2021 deaths

Footballers from Rijeka

People from Zadar County

Men's association football defenders

Yugoslav men's footballers

HNK Rijeka players

Kansas City Spurs players

Yugoslav First League players

North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players

Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States

Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the United States

Yugoslav football managers

HNK Rijeka managers

HNK Šibenik managers

Croatian football managers

Sydney United 58 FC managers

HNK Orijent managers

NK Zadar managers

Croatian expatriate football managers

Expatriate soccer managers in Australia

Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Australia

National Soccer League (Australia) managers

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