in 2015, he took over sheriff tiraspol and managed to win the 2015–16 moldovan national division. he left the club in june 2016. on 14 december 2016, vulić was appointed as manager of fc atyrau. on 11 april 2017, fc atyrau announced a mutually agreed contract termination, as vulić wanted to return to croatia. he was then manager of apollon smyrni from september to december 2017 (he was sacked after a poor run of results). his final stint with hajduk was from 9 september to 27 november 2018 (he was sacked after having won only 3 of the 9 league matches).