Ermin Šiljak (born 11 May 1973) is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as a centre forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 May 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | 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) |
| 2004–2005 | Dalian Shide | 35 | (18) |
| 2005–2006 | Mouscron | 19 | (7) |
| Total | 278 | (135) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992–1995 | Slovenia U21 | 14 | (10) |
| 1994–2005 | Slovenia | 48 | (14) |
| 2003 | Slovenia B | 2 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012 | Olimpija Ljubljana | ||
| 2015 | Botev Plovdiv | ||
| 2016 | Dalian Transcendence | ||
| 2017 | Baoding Yingli (Assistant Coach) | ||
| 2023 | Aris Saloniki | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
International career
editŠiljak made his debut for Slovenia in a March 1994 away friendly match against Macedonia. He earned a total of 48 caps for the national team, scoring 14 goals.[1] He was a participant at the Euro 2000 and scored nine goals in nine games in UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying.[2] His final international was an October 2005 World Cup qualification match against Scotland.[3]
Managerial career
editEarly career
editŠiljak managed Slovenian under-16 and under-19 national teams.
In 2012, he was a manager of Olimpija Ljubljana.[4]
Botev Plovdiv
editŠiljak joined Botev Plovdiv in July 2015.[5] He made a debut in a match against the local rivals Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Plovdiv derby ended in a 1–1 draw.[6]
Šiljak achieved five wins, three draws, and five defeats in his first thirteen games as a manager of Botev Plovdiv in A Grupa.[7] On 27 October 2015, Botev Plovdiv was eliminated in the Round of 16 of the Bulgarian Cup after a 1–0 defeat to FC Sozopol.[8] After that, Šiljak expelled Yordan Hristov, Mariyan Ognyanov, Plamen Nikolov, and Joël Tshibamba from the first team.[9] The changes did not lead to any positive results with young players as his team lost twice in a row in A Grupa: a 2–0 away defeat to Slavia Sofia and a 3–1 home defeat to Beroe Stara Zagora.[10][11]
After less than six months, at the end of November 2015, Šiljak resigned as a manager of Botev Plovdiv.[12]
Dalian Transcendence
editOn 21 April 2016, China League One club Dalian Transcendence signed Ermin Šiljak as manager for two years.[13] By August however, Šiljak was sacked by the team due to financial reasons.[14]
Baoding Yingli
editSince Ermin Šiljak was very familiar with China League One in spring 2017 got offer to help newly promoted team Baoding Yingli Yitong. At the end of April 2017 Šiljak became Assistant Coach to Jo Bonfrere.[15] Seven games before the end of season owner out of nowhere sacked all coaching staff in club and among them was also Šiljak.
Aris Thessaloniki
editOn 29th of April 2023 Ermin Šiljak unexpectedly took over Greece Super League Team Aris Thessaloniki Football Club[16] to help achieve European spot in Championship Group. He signed short term contract until 30th of June 2023 and was for the first time on bench in game against PAOK on 30th of April 2023. Goal and successful mission was accomplished in next round when Aris on 3rd of May 2023 won against Volos and Aris two games before the end of Championship secured spot which guarantee playing Qualification matches for Conference League in season 2023/24. Šiljak was only coach in theory, though, as Greek manager Apostolos Terzis did not have the proper licence yet.[17]
Career statistics
edit- Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first.
Honours
editOlimpija Ljubljana
- Prva liga: 1993–94, 1994–95; runner-up: 1995–96
- Slovenian Cup: 1995–96
- Slovenian Super Cup: 1995
Bastia
Servette
Hammarby IF
Dalian Shide
- Chinese FA Cup: runner-up 2003
Mouscron
- Belgian Cup: runner-up 2005–06
Individual
- Slovenian PrvaLiga top scorer: 1995–96 (28 goals in 33 games)
- UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying top scorer (9 goals in 9 games)
References
edit- ^ "Appearances for Slovenia National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ NZS profile
- ^ "Ermin Šiljak, international football player". EU-football. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "Šiljak trener Olimpije še naslednja tri leta". 24ur.com (in Slovenian). 22 May 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ Ботев представи Ермин Шиляк
- ^ Ботев изпусна победата в пловдивското дерби
- ^ "Botev Plovdiv 2015-16". Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ^ Ботев приключи участието си за Купата на България
- ^ Ботев изхвърли четирима, Шиляк остава
- ^ "Славия 2:0 Ботев, "А" група; 30.10.2015 14:30". Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ 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
- ^ "曝超越本赛季第二次换帅 希里亚克下课助教接任". 网易体育. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "官方：保定容大与荷兰名帅邦弗雷雷签约一年". 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Technical Staff".
- ^ "Ermin Šiljak je postal trener grškega velikana". SportKlub (in Slovenian). 8 May 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
External links
edit- Ermin Šiljak at NZS (in Slovene)
- Ermin Šiljak at WorldFootball.net
- Ermin Šiljak at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ermin Šiljak at kicker (in German)
- Ermin Šiljak at FBref.com
- Ermin Šiljak at EU-Football.info
