Tomislav Stipić (; born 1 August 1979) is a Bosnian professional football manager.
Personal life Stipić was born in Tomislavgrad, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, back then part of SFR Yugoslavia. Aged ten, he moved with his mother and seven siblings as refugee to Germany. His father had already lived in Germany since 1968.
Coaching career He managed the youth team and the reserve team of Ingolstadt 04. On 9 September 2014, he signed a two-year contract to replace Falko Götz at Erzgebirge Aue. He was sacked on 27 May 2015.
He was appointed as head coach of the Stuttgarter Kickers on 4 November 2015.
On 9 April, Grasshoppers announced the release of Stipić after 34 days in charge.
On 8 October 2019, Stipić was appointed as head coach of the Croatian club Slaven Belupo. He left the club on 16 June 2021.
On 1 January 2022, Stipić joined the Latvian club FK Auda. On 19 october 2022, he led his club to win the 2022 Latvian Football Cup for the first time in history.
On 7 January 2023, Stipić was appointed manager of Riga. Stipić led Riga FC to win the 2023 Latvian Cup. After the season, Stipić was fired after losing the championship title with a one-point difference to RFS, after leading the table with three points with three rounds to go prior to the season's ending.Tomislav Stipić dobio otkaz, dalmatinskiportal.hr
On 4 June 2024, Stipić was appointed as head coach of the Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia. After the away match with Arda Kardzhali, which resulted in a 2:1 loss, negotiations began with the club's management. He left the club on 25th August 2024, but also demanded that the management pay all of his salaries. He led the club for only five rounds, four of which were losses.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamFromToRecordGWDLWin % Ingolstadt 04 II July 2013 September 2014 Erzgebirge Aue September 2014 May 2015 Stuttgarter Kickers 1 November 2015 4 July 2016 Nantong Zhiyun 2 November 2016 17 July 2017 Eintracht Frankfurt (youth) 29 July 2018 10 March 2019 Grasshoppers 21 March 2019 7 April 2019 Slaven Belupo 8 October 2019 10 June 2021 FK Auda 1 January 2022 31 December 2022 Riga FC 1 January 2023 15 November 2023 CSKA Sofia 4 June 2024 25 August 2024 Fez 5 March 2025 3 June 2025 Total
Honours Manager FK Auda Latvian Cup : 2022 Riga FC Latvian Cup : 2023
References
External links Profile at scoreway.com