Mirko Jozić

Mirko Jozić interests me as a man whose life spans the modern history of the game itself. Born in 1940 in Trilj, a small Croatian town, he lived both sides of football: first as a player, then as a manager shaping others. I find the second act the more compelling one. Coaches leave fingerprints on careers they never get credit for, and a manager who kept working into his later years clearly loved the work, not just the wins. The data here is sparse, but the arc is rich. I'd take an evening of his stories over a stat sheet any day.

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Name (English)

Mirko Jozić

Name (Japanese)

ミルコ・ヨジッチ

Reading

みるこ・よじっち

Born

April 8, 1940 (age 86)

Origin

Trilj, Croatia

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Dragon

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirko%20Jozi%C4%87
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A8%E3%82%B8%E3%83%83%E3%83%81
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q383512

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.