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Samir Toplak (born 23 April 1970) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is current manager of Croatian First Football League club Gorica.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 April 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Varaždin, Croatia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Gorica (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1998 | Varteks | ||
| 1998–2002 | VfL Bochum | 69 | (3) |
| 2002–2005 | Varteks | ||
| National team | |||
| 1994 | Croatia | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003–2005 | Varteks (youth) | ||
| 2005–2007 | Varteks (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2011 | Varaždin | ||
| 2011–2012 | Cibalia | ||
| 2012–2013 | Gorica | ||
| 2013–2014 | Zelina | ||
| 2014–2019 | Inter Zaprešić | ||
| 2020 | Varaždin | ||
| 2021 | Lokomotiva | ||
| 2022 | Gorica | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
 | This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. (June 2021) |
Born in Varaždin, Toplak spent most of his playing and managerial career at his hometown club Varteks.
Playing career
Toplak started his career with Varteks, in Varaždin, and spent the first ten seasons of his career there. After proving himself to be one of the best defenders in the top level Prva HNL, Toplak transferred to German Bundesliga club VfL Bochum.[1] He spent four seasons in Germany, where the club floated between first and second division. Toplak returned to Varteks in the summer of 2002, for the last season of his top-level football career.[1]
Managerial career
During his last two years as a player, Toplak had started working as a youth coach in the Varteks system. Upon retirement, he became a club director and became an assistant manager (2005–2007) with the senior team. In 2010, Toplak was hired as manager of the senior team, the same year that it changed its name to NK Varaždin. He led the relatively young team, consisting mainly of Varaždin's home grown players, to a successful 2011–12 UEFA Europa League campaign, beating FC Lusitanos and Iskra-Stal before they were stopped in the third qualifying round by Romanian powerhouse Dinamo București in a narrow two leg encounter. However, the success in UEFA play was soon overshadowed when the club went bankrupt and was demoted to the very bottom of the Croatian football league system.
In August 2011 Toplak took over another Prva HNL club, HNK Cibalia, from Vinkovci. In the 2011–12 Prva HNL season, Toplak led Cibalia to a top table position and the semi-finals of the Croatian Cup. However, due to disagreements with the club's executive board, Toplak chose to leave Vinkovci in July 2012.
In December 2012, Toplak was appointed as manager of HNK Gorica, a second-level Druga HNL side located in Velika Gorica. Gorica's first half of the 2012–13 Druga HNL season had been disastrous, and they finished the first half in the relegation zone. Toplak was hired to bring the club back to the top of the chart by the end of the season. After failing to move Gorica out of the relegation zone, Toplak resigned on 20 April 2013, six games before the end of the season (Gorica did avoid relegation when other teams dropped below them during those last six games).
After leaving Gorica, Toplak took over the managerial position for another Druga HNL side, NK Zelina. After a disastrous 2013–14 season, during which Zelina struggled on the bottom of the table, Toplak resigned in April 2014.
Toplak was soon hired by Druga HNL side Inter Zaprešić. Inter and Toplak's primary goal was to secure promotion to the Prva HNL, and this goal was accomplished by finishing as champion of the 2014–15 season. They played in the Prva HNL the following season, their only goal being to avoid relegation. However, they exceeded their target by finishing the season in the middle of the league chart. The club played in the Prva HNL through the next four seasons, but during the first half of the 2019–20 season, with the club in near the bottom (8th) of the league table, Toplak was sacked on 4 January 2020.
On 10 February 2020, just a few weeks after leaving Inter Zaprešić, Toplak was hired to manage Prva HNL side NK Varaždin (no relation to the long defunct Varteks/Varaždin club he previously worked with), which was at the bottom (10th) of the league table. Toplak was able to guide the team to an 8th-place finish, while Inter Zaprešić fell to last place and was relegated to Druga HNL for the 2020–21 season.
On 14 March 2021, he succeeded Jerko Leko as manager of Prva HNL side NK Lokomotiva.[2]
Personal life
In 1994 Toplak married his girlfriend of two years, Vesna. Two years later, they had their first daughter, Lana, and three years after that, while living in Bochum, Germany, daughter Bianka was born. In 2004 Toplak settled down with his family in a small village outside of Varaždin.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| NK Varteks | 1992–93 | Prva HNL | 27 | 0 | ||||
| 1993–94 | 28 | 1 | ||||||
| 1994–95 | 29 | 0 | ||||||
| 1995–96 | 24 | 0 | ||||||
| 1996–97 | 14 | 0 | ||||||
| 1997–98 | 28 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 150 | 2 | ||||||
| VfL Bochum | 1998–99 | Bundesliga | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| 1999–00 | 2. Bundesliga | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| 2000–01 | Bundesliga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2001–02 | 2. Bundesliga | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
| Total | 65 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 69 | 3 | ||
| NK Varteks | 2002–03 | Prva HNL | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 2003–04 | ||||||||
| 2004–05 | ||||||||
| Total | ||||||||
| Career total | ||||||||
Managerial statistics
- As of 26 August 2022
- Managerial record by team and tenure
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Varaždin | 13 March 2010 | 12 August 2011 | 52 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 30.77 |
| Cibalia | 23 August 2011 | 15 July 2012 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 45.83 |
| Gorica | 1 December 2012 | 4 March 2013 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 22.22 |
| Zelina | 2 September 2013 | 17 March 2014 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16.67 |
| Inter Zaprešić | 29 April 2014 | 10 January 2020 | 213 | 69 | 56 | 88 | 32.39 |
| Varaždin | 23 February 2020 | 7 December 2020 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 35.48 |
| Lokomotiva | 14 March 2021 | 28 May 2021 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 27.27 |
| Gorica | 04 March 2022 | "Present" | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 27.27 |
| Total | 375 | 120 | 102 | 153 | 32.00 | ||
References
- "Toplak, Samir". Kicker (in German). Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- "Samir Toplak je novi trener Lokomotive" (in Croatian). NK Lokomotiva. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- "Samir Toplak". Fussball Daten (in German). Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- "Samir Toplak". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
External links
- Samir Toplak at National-Football-Teams.com
- Samir Toplak at WorldFootball.net
На других языках
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