Goran Miscevic (; born 26 March 1963) is a Canadian professional soccer coach and former player. He was most recently the manager of German club Rot-Weiß Erfurt.

Career

Miscevic was born in

Virovitica Virovitica () is a Croatian city near the Hungary, Hungarian border. It is situated near the Drava river and belongs to the historic region of Slavonia. Virovitica has a population of 14,688, with 21,291 people in the municipality (census 2011). I ...

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to a

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family. He played professionally in Yugoslavia and Germany. After his retirement from competitive soccer, he obtained a coaching license from the

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. Miscevic managed

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in Germany for two years. In 1997, he immigrated to Canada and in 2000 served as an assistant coach for

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of the Canadian Professional Soccer League. In 2003, he was appointed the head coach for the

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, and in the 2004 season led the team to a second-place position in the Eastern Conference. He returned to the Lions in 2007 (this time under the name Canadian Lions) with his assistant being former

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international

Blagoje Bratić Blagoje "Blažo" Bratić (March 1, 1946 – July 31, 2008) was a professional footballer and manager. Playing career Club Born in Sarajevo, he started playing football in Pretis Vogošća (later known as UNIS, and today as FK Vogošća) at the a ...

. His tenure with the club was notable as he promoted

Dejan Jakovic Dejan Jakovic ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Јаковић, ; born 16 July 1985) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a centre-back for the Serbian White Eagles. Internationally, he represented the Canada national team from 2008 to 2018. Early life ...

to the first team and secured the team a postseason berth by finishing fourth in the International Division. In 2008, he went overseas to coach

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in the

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. In 2010, he went to Saudi Arabia to coach Al-Hazm F.C. of the

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. In 2011, he went to Oman to coach

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of the

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. In 2012, he moved to the United Arab Emirates and had stints with

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and was unbeaten for 12 games in row, it was a league record, lost only 3 games in season,

Al-Ittihad Kalba SC Kalba Football Club (Arabic: نادي كلباء الرياضي الثقافي), more colloquially abbreviated as Al-Ittihad, is a professional football club founded in 1972 and based in the city of Kalba, in the Emirate of Sharjah in the United ...

, and Al-Arabi. In 2017 he moved to China to coach Zhenjiang Huasa/Kunshan FC. In 2018 he moved to another Chinese club

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and led them into winning that year as well as a 10th place finish in

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, enough for gaining promotion to

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. In 2019 he went back to the Middle East and signed with the top division team

Al-Seeb Club Al-Seeb Club (; also known as ''The Emperor'', "Master of the Clubs", Al-Seeb or Seeb Club) is an Football in Oman, Omani professional Association football, football club based in Seeb, Al-Seeb, that competes in the Oman Professional League, the ...

of the

. Season 2019–20 he won

Championship. In 2020, he was named the head coach for Rot-Weiß Erfurt in the

NOFV-Oberliga Süd The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of the former East Germany. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Saxony and southern Brandenburg. It is one of fourteen Ob ...

gaining promotion to Regional League North East. In the summer of 2022, he left Rot-Weiss Erfurt.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miscevic, Goran 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Virovitica Serbs of Croatia Croatian emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada Canadian people of Serbian descent Canadian soccer coaches Serbian White Eagles FC non-playing staff Al-Wakrah SC managers Al-Hazem F.C. managers Salalah SC managers Al-Ittihad Kalba SC managers Al-Seeb Club managers FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt managers Canadian expatriate soccer coaches Expatriate football managers in Germany Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate football managers in Qatar Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate football managers in Oman Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Oman Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate football managers in China Canadian expatriate sportspeople in China Saudi Pro League managers UAE Pro League managers Oman Professional League managers Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) coaches