Željko Sopić
 Sopić with Al-Ain in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Željko Sopić | ||
| Date of birth | 26 July 1974 | ||
| Place of birth |
Republic of Croatia | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rijeka (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1998 | NK Zagreb | 94 | (3) |
| 1998–2000 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 52 | (3) |
| 2000–2005 | LR Ahlen | 126 | (20) |
| 2005–2006 | NK Zagreb | 20 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Slaven Belupo | 62 | (2) |
| 2008–2011 |
Lokomotiva | 87 | (9) |
| Total | 441 | (37) | |
| International career | |||
| 1998–1999 | Croatia B | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012–2015 | Rudeš | ||
| 2015–2016 | Dinamo Zagreb II | ||
| 2016 | Dinamo Zagreb (caretaker) | ||
| 2017–2019 | Al-Ain B | ||
| 2019 | Al-Ain (caretaker) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Sabah | ||
| 2022–2023 | Gorica | ||
| 2023– | Rijeka | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Željko Sopić (born 26 July 1974) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Croatian Football League club Rijeka.
Club career
Sopić started his professional career with
Croatian First Football League
.
International career
He also won two international caps for the Croatian B national team, against Romania in 1998 and France in 1999.[1]
Managerial career
Sopić started as a manager with
Croatian Second Football League, and after as the assistant manager for Ivaylo Petev in Dinamo Zagreb. On 30 January 2017, Sopić became the assistant for Zoran Mamić in Al-Ain, but two years later, on 30 January 2019, Mamić left Al-Ain and Sopić became the manager for club.[2]
On 26 November, Sabah announced the appointment of Sopić on an 18-month contract.[3] He was named manager of Gorica in November 2022, replacing Igor Angelovski.[4]
Personal life
Sopić is the father of the German-born footballer Leon Sopić.[5]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 21 April 2024
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Dinamo Zagreb II | 22 September 2015 | 30 June 2016 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 32.00 |
| Dinamo Zagreb (caretaker) | 19 September 2016 | 29 September 2016 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 66.67 |
| Sabah FK | 27 November 2019 | 3 July 2020 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 27.27 |
| Gorica | 28 November 2022 | 22 August 2023 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 29.17 |
| Rijeka | 23 August 2023 | Present | 31 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 64 | 19 | +45 | 74.19 |
| Career total | 94 | 43 | 24 | 27 | 133 | 96 | +37 | 45.74 | ||
References
- ^ Croatia National Team – "B" Internationals
- ^ Zoran Mamić napustio Al-Ain, prema informacijama Sportnewsa klupu preuzima Željko Sopić - Nogomet+ (in Croatian)
- ^ ""SABAH" FK-DA YENİ BAŞ MƏŞQÇİ". sabahfc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ Željko Sopić novi je trener Gorice: 'Ispadanje nije opcija!' - HNK Gorica (in Croatian)
- ^ "Welkom, Leon Sopić!".
External links
- Željko Sopić at FBref.com
- Željko Sopić at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Željko Sopić at Soccerway.com
- Željko Sopić at WorldFootball.net
