Željko Mijač

During his playing career he has played with HNK Hajduk Split (1974–76; 43/10) and NK Rijeka (1976–81; 72/7) in the Yugoslav First League. He made his debut for Hajduk in August 1973 in a Yugoslav Cup match and played 146 games for them in total, 83 of them in official matches. For Rijeka, Mijač played 117 official games (102 of them in the league), scoring 15 goals. Later, he continued his career in France. He ended his career playing in Italy in 1987.

Mijač was the coach of Standard de Liège during 1999. He then worked as assistant coach of Bahrain national team, Hajduk Split, Persepolis and Rah Ahan. During his tenure at Rah Ahan, he managed a single match during 2011–12 Iran Pro League when the team's coach, Ali Daei was one of the guests of 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or at Zürich and couldn't coach the team in the next day's match. The match ended as a 1–0 loss to Malavan. In January 2020, he was appointed manager of Croatian third tier-club Urania Baška Voda, only to be sacked and replaced by former Australia goalkeeper Zeljko Kalac in October 2021.

Death

He died in Split, Croatia after a short illness on 14 February 2022, at the age of 68.

Hajduk Split Yugoslav First League: 1973–74, 1974–75 Yugoslav Cup: 1976 Rijeka Yugoslav Cup: 1978, 1979 Balkans Cup: 1979