Željko Kopić

In his playing days, Željko Kopić played as a midfielder. He played in the younger age categories of Osijek and Dinamo Zagreb. In his senior career, he played for Croatian clubs Čakovec, Marsonia and Hrvatski Dragovoljac and an Australian club Sydney United.

After his playing career, Željko Kopić became a coach. In 2006, he received the UEFA B coaching diploma, and since 2013 he has the UEFA PRO coaching diploma. At the beginning of his coaching career, he worked at the football school of Hrvatski Dragovoljac, and later became an assistant coach of the first team. His first independent job in senior football was Zagorec from Krapina, after which he took over Segesta from Sisak. Then, he worked first as an assistant, and later as the first coach at Lučko, which was then playing in the Croatian top division. After that, he worked for a short time in Cibalia. In June 2014, he became the coach of NK Zagreb. Towards the beginning of the next season, he became the coach of Slaven Belupo from Koprivnica, where he stayed for 96 games and became the longest-serving coach in the 110-year-old history of the club. With Slaven Belupo, he played the final of the Croatian Football Cup against Dinamo Zagreb. He left them in October 2017. On 13 November 2017, he was named as the new Hajduk Split manager. In 34 official matches at Hajduk, he achieved 6 consecutive victories away from home and 6 consecutive victories in the national league and cup. In October 2018, he was appointed coach of the Cypriot first league side Pafos, where he won the Coach of the Month award and achieved significant victories against the big Cypriot clubs such as Apoel, Omonia and AEK. Upon his return to Croatia, he became the academy director of Dinamo Zagreb's football…

Manager

Hajduk Split

Croatian Cup runner-up: 2017–18