Ante Miše

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ante Miše

| image =

| fullname = Ante Miše

| height =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|6|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Vukovar, SR Croatia,
SFR Yugoslavia

| currentclub =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Borovo

| years1 = 1985–1994

| years2 = 1989–1990

| years3 = 1994–1997

| years4 = 1997–2003

| years5 = 2003–2005

| clubs1 = Hajduk Split

| clubs2 = → Borac Banja Luka (loan)

| clubs3 = Vitesse

| clubs4 = Hajduk Split

| clubs5 = Mura

| caps1 = 120

| goals1 = 18

| caps2 = 28

| goals2 = 4

| caps3 = 40

| goals3 = 1

| caps4 = 89

| goals4 = 0

| caps5 = 28

| goals5 = 1

| totalcaps = 305

| totalgoals = 24

| nationalyears1 = 1992–1994

| nationalteam1 = Croatia

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate =

| ntupdate =

| manageryears1 =

| manageryears2 =

| manageryears3 = 2008

| manageryears4 = 2008–2009

| manageryears5 = 2010

| manageryears6 = 2011

| manageryears7 = 2011–2012

| manageryears8 = 2013–2014

| manageryears9 = 2014–2015

| manageryears10= 2015–2017

| manageryears11= 2018

| manageryears12= 2019–2020

| manageryears13= 2020–2022

| manageryears14= 2022–2023

| manageryears15= 2023

| manageryears16= 2024–

| managerclubs1 = Dugopolje

| managerclubs2 = Mosor

| managerclubs3 = Trogir

| managerclubs4 = Hajduk Split

| managerclubs5 = Istra 1961

| managerclubs6 = Hajduk Split

| managerclubs7 = Dugopolje

| managerclubs8 = Vitez

| managerclubs9 = Vitez

| managerclubs10= Croatia (assistant)

| managerclubs11= Zrinjski Mostar

| managerclubs12= Turkmenistan

| managerclubs13= Al-Arabi SC

| managerclubs14= Al-Faisaly

| managerclubs15= Al-Adalah

| managerclubs16= Al-Salmiya

}}

Ante Miše (born 14 June 1967) is a Croatian football manager and former professional football player who played as a midfielder.

As a player, he earned 7 caps in friendlies for Croatia in the period from 1992 to 1994.{{cite web | title= A reprezentacija - statistike | publisher=Croatian Football Federation | url=http://www.hns-cff.hr/?ln=hr&w=statistike&repka=A&id=106350 | access-date=7 December 2008 |language=hr}}

Playing career

=Club=

In the 1980s and 90s spent most of his career at Hajduk Split. During his playing career with Hajduk he won the Yugoslav cup, three Croatian titles and three Croatian cups. He started his football career in NK Borovo and also played for Vitesse Arnhem[http://stats.sv-vitesse.nl/spelers/72.html Vitesse stats] - Vitesse in the Netherlands and Mura Murska Sobota in Slovenia.

=International=

He made his debut for Croatia in a July 1992 friendly match away against Australia and earned a total of 7 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an April 1994 friendly away against Slovakia.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=14111|title=Player Database|accessdate=30 October 2022|website=EU-football}}

Managerial career

After retirement he started coaching and after spending a few seasons coaching lower level sides became Goran Vučević's assistant at Hajduk in the 2008–09 season. Following Vučević's resignation in October 2008, he was appointed caretaker manager at the club{{cite web|url=https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/hajduk-split-stelt-voormalig-vitessespeler-aan-als-trainer|title=Hajduk Split stelt voormalig Vitesse-speler aan als trainer|date=18 December 2008|access-date=19 January 2025|language=nl|publisher=Voetbal International}} and Hajduk immediately improved performance, with Hajduk winning in all of their next six league fixtures which saw them rise to second place just 1 point behind their fierce rivals Dinamo Zagreb at the winter break. He was sacked as manager at Hajduk Split on 3 August 2009, one day after a 1–0 defeat at home to NK Zadar in their second league match of the 2009–10 season.

In May 2010, he was appointed new manager at Istra 1961 in the Croatian first division. However, after losing the opening two matches of the 2010–11 league season (6–1 at Hajduk Split and 2–0 at home to NK Zagreb), he was sacked on 3 August 2010 and replaced by Robert Jarni the following day.

From November 2013 until June 2014, and from September 2014 to April 2015, Miše managed Bosnian Premier League Vitez. In September 2015, he became an assistant coach of the Croatia national team in the staff of head coach Ante Čačić.

From June to August 2018, Miše managed another Bosnian Premier League club, Zrinjski Mostar.{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/ante-mise-novi-trener-zrinjskog/279748|title=Ante Miše novi trener Zrinjskog|date=12 June 2018|access-date=6 March 2019|language=bs|author=E. Čaušević|publisher=sportsport.ba}}{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/mise-bivsi-baka-sliskovic-se-vraca-na-klupu-zrinjskog/286589|title=Miše bivši, Baka Slišković se vraća na klupu Zrinjskog|date=13 August 2018|access-date=6 March 2019|language=bs|author=E. Čaušević|publisher=sportsport.ba}}

=Turkmenistan=

In March 2019, the Football Federation of Turkmenistan named Miše as the head coach of the Turkmenistan national football team, signing a one-year contract.[https://turkmenportal.com/blog/18194/ante-mishe-ya-ne-garri-potter-chtoby-bornaya-turkmenistana-srazu-zaigrala-na-vysokom-urovne Анте Мише: «Я не Гарри Поттер, чтобы сборная Туркменистана сразу заиграла на высоком уровне»] at turkmenportal.com, 28 March 2019 Croatian specialist Sandro Tomić will help to train the national team of Turkmenistan. Croatian coaches are set to develop the overall football in Turkmenistan, not just the national team. His first game, 3-month later, was a 0–0 draw at friendly match with Uganda.[https://turkmenportal.com/blog/19596/cbornye-turkmenistana-i-ugandy-sygrali-vnichyu-v-tovarishcheskimi-matche Сборные Туркменистана и Уганды сыграли вничью в товарищеском матче]

In March 2020, due to the expiration of the contract and the postponement of matches of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification in Asia, left from Turkmenistan with goalkeeper coach Sandro Tomic.[https://turkmenportal.com/blog/25957/horvatskie-specialisty-ante-mishe-i-sandro-tomich-pokinuli-sbornuyu-turkmenistana-po-futbolu Хорватские специалисты Анте Мише и Сандро Томич покинули сборную Туркменистана по футболу]{{Cite web |url=https://sportnet.rtl.hr/vijesti/536081/nogomet-nogometni-svijet/nema-utakmica-nema-ni-posla-ante-mise-nije-vise-izbornik-turkmenistana/ |title=Nema utakmica, nema ni posla: Ante Miše nije više izbornik Turkmenistana |access-date=14 March 2020 |archive-date=3 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203165010/https://sportnet.rtl.hr/vijesti/536081/nogomet-nogometni-svijet/nema-utakmica-nema-ni-posla-ante-mise-nije-vise-izbornik-turkmenistana/ |url-status=dead }} The national team of Turkmenistan, playing in the qualifying tournament of the World Cup 2022, took first place in the group at the time of his departure for the first time ever.[https://turkmenportal.com/blog/23203/sbornaya-turkmenistana-po-futbolu-zavershila-god-na-pervom-meste-otborochnoi-kampanii-chm2022 Сборная Туркменистана по футболу завершила год на первом месте отборочной кампании ЧМ-2022]

=Al-Arabi SC=

In December of 2020, Miše was named manager of Al-Arabi Sporting Club. In his first season, he led the team to win the Kuwait Premier League for the first time in 19 years in the 2020–21 season without any loss. In the following season, he won the 2021 Kuwait Super Cup which was played in February 2022 against Kuwait SC, and won the Kuwait Crown Prince Cup 2021–22.

=Al-Faisaly=

On 12 July 2022, Miše was appointed as manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Faisaly.{{cite web |title=الكرواتي " أنتي ميشا " مُدرباً للفيصلي |url=https://www.al-madina.com/article/796016/}} On 19 January 2023, Miše was sacked.{{cite web |title=الفيصلي ينهي ارتباطه بالمدرب ميشا |url=https://www.alriyadh.com/1993574}} He was assisted by Ardian Kozniku at both Arabi and Faisaly.

=Al-Adalah=

On 16 June 2023, Miše was appointed as manager of Saudi First Division side Al-Adalah.{{cite web |title=رسميا.. أنتي ميشا مدرباً للعدالة |url=https://www.alyaum.com/article/6472855}} He was sacked on 15 December 2023.{{cite web |title=بعد تقييم دقيق لوضع الفريق الأول في نادي العدالة ، إدارة النادي تقرر إنهاء الحالة التعاقدية مع المدرب الكرواتي آنتي ميشا |url=https://twitter.com/aladalahclub/status/1735645450273800601}}

Managerial statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|From !rowspan="2"\|To !colspan="5"\|Record
{{Tooltip\|G\|Games managed}} !{{Tooltip\|W\|Games won}} !{{Tooltip\|D\|Games drawn}} !{{Tooltip\|L\|Games lost}} !{{Tooltip\|Win %\|Winning percentage}}
Trogir \|align=left\|January 2008 \|align=left\|May 2008 {{WDL\|13\|5\|4\|4}}
Hajduk Split \|align=left\|November 2008 \|align=left\|August 2009 {{WDL\|8\|6\|2\|0}}
Istra 1961 \|align=left\|May 2010 \|align=left\|July 2010 {{WDL\|2\|0\|2\|0}}
Hajduk Split \|align=left\|April 2011 \|align=left\|May 2011 {{WDL\|5\|2\|2\|1}}
Vitez \|align=left\|November 2013 \|align=left\|June 2014 {{WDL\|17\|8\|2\|7}}
Vitez \|align=left\|September 2014 \|align=left\|April 2015 {{WDL\|18\|3\|5\|10}}
Zrinjski Mostar \|align=left\|June 2018 \|align=left\|August 2018 {{WDL\|9\|3\|2\|4}}
Turkmenistan \|align=left\|March 2019 \|align=left\|March 2020 {{WDL\|7\|3\|2\|2}}
Al-Arabi \|align=left\|December 2020 \|align=left\|July 2022 {{WDL\|48\|29\|10\|9}}
Al-Faisaly \|align=left\|12 July 2022 \|align=left\|19 January 2023 {{WDL\|17\|10\|4\|3}}
Al-Adalah \|align=left\|16 June 2023 \|align=left\|15 December 2023 {{WDL\|14\|8\|2\|4}}
colspan="3"\|Total {{WDLtot\|158\|77\|37\|44}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

rowspan="2"|Team

!rowspan="2"|From

!rowspan="2"|To

!colspan="5"|Record

!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}

!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}

Trogir

|align=left|January 2008

|align=left|May 2008

Hajduk Split

|align=left|November 2008

|align=left|August 2009

Istra 1961

|align=left|May 2010

|align=left|July 2010

Hajduk Split

|align=left|April 2011

|align=left|May 2011

Vitez

|align=left|November 2013

|align=left|June 2014

Vitez

|align=left|September 2014

|align=left|April 2015

Zrinjski Mostar

|align=left|June 2018

|align=left|August 2018

Turkmenistan

|align=left|March 2019

|align=left|March 2020

Al-Arabi

|align=left|December 2020

|align=left|July 2022

Al-Faisaly

|align=left|12 July 2022

|align=left|19 January 2023

Al-Adalah

|align=left|16 June 2023

|align=left|15 December 2023

colspan="3"|Total

Personal life

In addition of his Croatian, Ante also learned to speak English and Russian when he coached Turkmenistan.

Honours

=Player=

Hajduk Split

1. HNL: 1992, 1993–94, 2000–01
Yugoslav Cup: 1990–91
Croatian Cup: 1992–93, 1999–2000, 2002–03

=Individual=

Awards

Heart of Hajduk Award: 1994

= Manager =

= Al-Arabi SC =

References

External links

{{sports links}}
[http://www.hns-cff.hr/?ln=hr&w=statistike&repka=A&id=106350 Ante Miše Croatia stats] at the Croatian Football Federation website {{in lang|hr}}

{{Succession box|title=Heart of Hajduk Award|before=None|after=Nenad Pralija|years=1994}}

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