Tomislav Stipić

Tomislav Stipić ( born 1 August 1979) is a Croatian-German professional football manager who currently serves as the head coach of the Bulgarian First League club CSKA Sofia.

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 season ending.

Manager

 * FK Auda
 * Latvian Cup : 2022
 * Riga FC
 * Latvian Cup : 2023