Ermin Šiljak
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ermin Šiljak | ||
| Date of birth | 11 May 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ilirija | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1993 | Svoboda | 40 | (16) |
| 1994–1996 | Olimpija | 78 | (58) |
| 1996–1998 | Bastia | 35 | (15) |
| 1998–2001 | Servette | 39 | (13) |
| 2001 | Hammarby | 8 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Panionios | 37 | (13) |
| 2003–2005 | Dalian Shide | 33 | (25) |
| 2005–2006 | Mouscron | 19 | (7) |
| National team | |||
| 1992–1995 | Slovenia U21 | 14 | (10) |
| 1994–2005 | Slovenia | 48 | (14) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012 | Olimpija Ljubljana | ||
| 2012–2013 | Olimpija Ljubljana | ||
| 2015 | Botev Plovdiv | ||
| 2016– | Dalian Transcendence | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Ermin Šiljak (born 11 May 1973 in Ljubljana) is a former Slovenian football player. He is renowned as a great finisher, and has top off the ball instincts to get into scoring positions.
Club career
He started his professional career at NK Svoboda. Later he has played for clubs such as NK Olimpija, SC Bastia (France), Servette FC Geneva (Switzerland), Hammarby IF (Sweden), Panionios FC (Greece), Dalian Shide (China) and R.E.Mouscron (Belgium).
Managing career
Early career
He managed Slovenian under-16 and under-19 national teams.
Ermin Šiljak was a manager of Olimpija Ljubljana in 2012.
Botev Plovdiv
Ermin Šiljak joined Botev Plovdiv on July 2015.[1] He made a debut in a match against the local rivals Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Plovdiv derby ended in a 1-1 draw.[2]
Šiljak achieved 5 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses in his first 13 games as a manager of Botev Plovdiv in A Grupa.[3] On 27 October, Botev Plovdiv was shockingly eliminated on the 1/8 finals of the Bulgarian Cup after 0-1 defeat by the outsiders FC Sozopol.[4] After that Šiljak took the controversial decision to expel Yordan Hristov, Mariyan Ognyanov, Plamen Nikolov and Joël Tshibamba from the first team.[5] The changes did not lead to any positive results with young players and his team lost twice in a row in A Grupa: 2-0 away defeat from Slavia Sofia and 1-3 home defeat from Beroe Stara Zagora.[6][7]
After less than 6 months, at the end of November 2015, Ermin Šiljak resigned as manager of Botev Plovdiv.[8]
Dalian Transcendence
On April 21, 2016, China League One club Dalian Transcendence signed Ermin Šiljak as manager for two years.[9]
International career
Šiljak played for the Slovenia national football team and was a participant at the Euro 2000. He scored nine goals in nine games in UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying.[10]
International goals
- Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first.
Honours
Olimpija Ljubljana
SC Bastia
Servette FC
Hammarby IF
Dalian Shide
- Chinese FA Cup:
- Runner-up: 2003
R.E. Mouscron
- Belgian Cup:
- Runner-up: 2005–06
Individual
- 1995–96 Slovenian PrvaLiga Topscorer, 28 Goals in 33 games
- 2004 AFC Champions League Topscorer, 8 Goals in 8 games
- Best scorer of all qualifications of the EURO 2004 (9 games/9 goals)
- Best player in Slovenian league 93/94
- Best young player in Slovenian league 94/95
References
- ↑ Ботев представи Ермин Шиляк
- ↑ Ботев изпусна победата в пловдивското дерби
- ↑ Botev Plovdiv 2015-16
- ↑ Ботев приключи участието си за Купата на България
- ↑ Ботев изхвърли четирима, Шиляк остава
- ↑ Славия 2:0 Ботев, "А" група; 30.10.2015 14:30
- ↑ Берое се развихри в "Коматево" и удари здраво Ботев Пд
- ↑ Ботев се раздели с Ермин Шиляк
- ↑ 埃尔敏·西利亚克出任大连超越足球俱乐部首位外籍主教练
- ↑ NZS profile
External links
- Player profile at NZS (Slovene)
- Player profile at LFP
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