Stjepan Čordaš (born 18 November 1951) is a Croatian football manager and former player.

Playing career

Čordaš is the record holder for the number of competitive years he spent with

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, playing 13 seasons with the club and captaining them to the Yugoslav First League in 1977. He played as a

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Managerial career

In 2007, he took charge of

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, replacing Borimir Perković. In October 2015 he became boss at

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. Čordaš was named manager of

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in September 2016, succeeding Krešimir Sunar in the job.Stjepan Čordaš novi trener Vrapča
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Personal life

He is the father of

Darko Čordaš Darko Čordaš (born 16 December 1976) is a Croatian retired football player, who last played for NK Samobor. Club career Cordaš used to play for Pohang Steelers in South Korea, NK Posušje in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Neftchi Baku in Azerbaij ...

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* 1951 births Living people Yugoslav men's footballers Men's association football forwards Yugoslav First League players NK Osijek players Croatian football managers Croatian Football League managers NK Osijek managers Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. managers NK Kamen Ingrad managers NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac managers NK Sesvete managers NK Međimurje managers HNK Segesta managers Croatian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in China Croatian expatriate sportspeople in China {{Croatia-footy-bio-stub