Samir Toplak
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 April 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Varaždin, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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NK Inter Zaprešić (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1998 | Varteks | ||
| 1998–2002 | VfL Bochum | 69 | (3) |
| 2002–2005 | Varteks | ||
| 2005–2006 | Graničar Tučenik | ||
| National team | |||
| 1994 | Croatia | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003–2005 | Varteks (youth coach) | ||
| 2005–2007 | Varteks (assistant manager) | ||
| 2009–2010 | Varteks (director of football) | ||
| 2010–2011 | Varaždin | ||
| 2011–2012 | Cibalia | ||
| 2012–2013 | Gorica | ||
| 2013–2014 | Zelina | ||
| 2014– | NK Inter Zaprešić | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Samir Toplak (born 23 April 1970) is a Croatian football coach and a former professional player. Toplak was born in Varaždin and spent most of his playing and managerial career in his hometown club NK Varteks.
Toplak started his career in NK Varteks and spent the first ten seasons of his career there. After proving himself to be one of the best defenders in Croatian first division, Toplak transferred to Bundesliga team VfL Bochum. He spent four seasons in Germany, floating between first and second division. Toplak returned to Varteks in summer of 2002, for the last season of his top level football career. In 2003, he moved to lower league side Graničar Tučenik and stayed there until the summer of 2006.
Updated 28 September 2014."
Four years after retirement Toplak took over as NK Varaždin manager, previously working as youth coach, assistant manager and club director. He led the young team, consisted mainly from Varaždin's home grown players, to a successful Europa League campaign beating FC Lusitanos and Iskra-Stal before they were stopped in the third qualifying round by Romanian powerhouse Dinamo Bucureşti in a narrow two leg encounter. But the nice European story eventually led to misery as the club went bankrupt and was dissolved.
In August 2011 Toplak took over another Croatian first division club, HNK Cibalia. In 2011–12 Prva HNL Toplak led Cibalia to a top table position and semifinals of Croatian Cup. However, due to disagreements with Cibalia's Ultras, Toplak chose to leave Vinkovci in July 2012.
In December 2012 Toplak was appointed as a manager of the ambitious second division HNK Gorica. HNK Gorica's first half of the season was disastrous, and they finished in relegation zone. Toplak was given an assignment to bring the club back to the top of the chart. After failing to move Gorica out of the relegation zone, Toplak resigned on April 20, six rounds before end of the season.
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