Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Nikica Cukrov | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 6 March 1954 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Šibenik, FPR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1971–1975 | Šibenik | ||||||||||||||||
1975–1979 | Rijeka | 135 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
1980–1985 | Hajduk Split | 90 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
1985–1986 | Toulon | 17 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
1986–1990 | Šibenik | ||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1977–1983 | Yugoslavia | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
1990–1992 | Šibenik | ||||||||||||||||
1999–2000 | Zadar | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Šibenik | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nikica Cukrov (born 6 March 1954) is a Croatian professional football manager and retired player.
He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a November 1977 Balkan Cup friendly match against Greece, coming on as a 69th-minute substitute for Momčilo Vukotić, and earned a total of 14 caps scoring no goals. His final international was an October 1983 friendly match away against Switzerland. [1]
Cukrov was diagnosed with cancer in 2014, which forced him to retire from managing Šibenik. Fortunately he recovered and worked as a scout for football in his county. [2]
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