Miloš Hrstić

Miloš Hrstić (born 20 November 1955) is a Croatian football coach and former player. During his club career he played for HNK Rijeka, Deportivo de La Coruña and Olimpija Ljubljana. He earned ten caps for the Yugoslavia national team, and participated in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Club
Miloš Hrstić was born in Vojnić. He started his senior career in Rijeka, where he passed all the young selections and was a member of all Yugoslavia youth team selections, from U15 to U21. First coach that put him in the team was Dragutin Spasojević, who was head of staff when Rijeka won their two National cups in 1978 and 1979. From 1978 to 1984 Rijeka was the best Croatian club in the Yugoslav First League. In 1979, he had the debut for Yugoslavia, in friendly match against Argentina (4-1 win).

In the European competitions from 1978 to 1984 Rijeka was undefeated on her own stadium Kantrida Wrexham A.F.C. 3–0, K.S.K. Beveren 0–0, K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot 2–1, FC Lokomotíva Košice 3–0, Juventus FC 0–0, Real Valladolid 4–1, Real Madrid C.F. 3-1. The only two team who managed to get a draw where Juventus and Beveren. In 1984, with coach Josip Skoblar, Olympique de Marseille best player of all times, they lost the Championship title in the last match against Red Star Belgrade, later winner of the UEFA Champions League.

International
Hrstić made his debut in a November 1978 Balkan Cup match against Greece and earned a total of 10 caps, scoring no goals. He also played in the 1979 game against Argentina in Belgrade which was Dragan Džajić's official retirement match. After that he played in the qualifiers for the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain and on the same World Cup where he played the first match against Northern Ireland, which proved to be his final international appearance.

Coaching career
He started in the youth teams of Rijeka, coaching after that Croatian clubs Orijent, Pazinka, Grobničan. In 1994, he went in Oman as coach of their best and most trophied club, Dhofar. With them he won the silver medal in the Gulf Club Champions Cup and then was called by Bahrein club East Riffa Club where he stayed two years. In 1998, he was signed by then called Sichuan Quanxing FC, Sichuan Guancheng, biggest club in Sichuan province and achieved best results in club history, 3rd place in Chinese Super League. He was the first Croatian coach ever in China, where he is called Miluo Xi or 007 (famous movie character James Bond). He changed many clubs in China, in FC Hunan Shoking, he settled the bases of their team, introduced youngsters and nowadays they have the carriers of the clubs successes in Chinese Super League. His name and successes in China contributed that after five years away he again signed with Hunan Xiangtao FC, a new club founded in 2007. Every year they made a step ahead, winning the championship of China League Three and China League Two. They want now to make another step and win promotion to the Chinese Super League, and they hired Mr. Miloš as head coach who can put the foundations of the squad, introduce young players and at the same time make a good result.

Player
NK Rijeka
 * Yugoslav Cup: 1978, 1979
 * Balkans Cup: 1978

Individual
 * Player with most trophies and awards in NK Rijeka's history
 * Most capped NK Rijeka player ever in Yugoslavia National team
 * NK Rijeka player of the year: 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982

Yugoslavia
 * UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship: 1978
 * Mediterranean Games: Split 1979
 * Olympic Games Fourth place: Moscow 1980

Manager
NK Pazinka
 * Druga HNL - West: 1992

NK Grobničan
 * 4. HNL - West: 2007–08

Education

 * Certificate Head Football Coach - Department for coach education, Institute of Kinesiology of the University of Zagreb
 * Certificate UEFA PRO Licensed Coach - Croatian Football Federation