- Igor Štimac
Football player infobox
playername= Igor Štimac
nickname=
fullname = Igor Štimac
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1967|9|6
cityofbirth =Metković
countryofbirth =SFR Yugoslavia
height = 6'2" (1.88 m)
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Sweeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1985–1992 1992–1994 1994–1995 1995–1999 1999–2001 2001–2002
clubs =Hajduk
Cadiz
Hajduk
Derby
West Ham
Hajduk
caps(goals) = 64 (3) 62 (4) 21 (2) 84 (3) 43 (1) 11 (2)
nationalyears = 1990–2002
nationalteam = Croatia
nationalcaps(goals) = 53 (2)
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ntupdate =Igor Štimac (born
6 September ,1967 inMetković ) is a retired Croatian football player. He is now a football agent.He played for the
Croatia national football team (53 matches/2 goals) and was a participant at the1998 FIFA World Cup , where Croatia won the bronze medals, and at club level he played forHajduk Split and, most notably,Derby County .Štimac arrived at the
Baseball Ground on the 31st October 1995 for a fee of £1.5million from Croatian club Hajduk Split. He scored a goal on his debut for the Rams away at Tranmere, but the Rams fell to a heavy 5-1 defeat. The rest of the season was more successful: Derby gained promotion and remained unbeaten in 20 consecutive matches.Igor Štimac had nearly four years with the Rams but the end of his
Derby County career came as he was criticised from certain quarters in the club for not playing enough games.Fact|date=February 2007 He was sold on 29th August 1999 toWest Ham United for £600,000.In all Štimac made 84 league appearances for the Rams, in addition to 7
FA Cup appearances and 2 League Cup appearances.Štimac returned to his native
Croatia and took over as manager ofHajduk Split . In the spring of 2006, he also spent two months coaching Croatian first division side Cibalia. He is currently also working as a co-commentator at theCroatian Radiotelevision during their broadcasts of the Croatian national team's matches.Štimac is also the agent of Shakhtar Donetsk and Croatia star
Darijo Srna .
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