Mato Neretljak
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 3 June 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Orašje, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Zvijezda Gradačac (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
–1999 | Orašje | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2000 | Orašje | 23 | (2) |
2000–2002 | Osijek | 47 | (3) |
2002–2005 | Hajduk Split | 77 | (4) |
2005–2008 |
Suwon Bluewings | 110 | (17) |
2009–2010 | Omiya Ardija | 59 | (11) |
2011 |
Suwon Bluewings | 23 | (7) |
2012 | Hajduk Split | 12 | (1) |
2012–2014 | Rijeka | 25 | (1) |
2013–2014 | → Zadar (loan) | 24 | (0) |
Total | 400 | (46) | |
International career | |||
2000–2001 | Croatia U21 | 8 | (0) |
2001–2006 | Croatia | 10 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
2015–2016 | Orašje | ||
2016–2017 | Metalleghe-BSI | ||
2017–2018 | Orašje | ||
2018–2019 | GOŠK Gabela | ||
2019 | Orašje | ||
2019– | Croatia U20 (assistant) | ||
2020–2021 | Zvijezda Gradačac | ||
2022 | Rudeš | ||
2023– | Zvijezda Gradačac | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mato Neretljak (born 3 June 1979) is a Croatian professional football manager and former professional player who is the manager of First League of FBiH club Zvijezda Gradačac.
Club career
Neretljak started his professional career in 1999 with HNK Orašje. In 2000, he transferred to NK Osijek for which he played until 2002.
Then he transferred to Hajduk Split and spent three seasons with the club before leaving it for South Korean club Suwon Samsung Bluewings in 2005.
In 2009, he moved to Japanese club Omiya Ardija.
On 23 May 2012, he signed for HNK Rijeka on a two-year contract. In 2014, he announced his retirement.
In his career, he won many titles with Hajduk Split, Suwon Bluewings and even one Herzeg-Bosnia Cup with Orašje.
International career
Neretljak won eight international caps for the Croatia U21 national team in 2000 and 2001. While still playing for the U21 national team, he also made his full international debut for Croatia in a friendly match against Greece on 25 April 2001 in Varaždin, where he came on as a substitute for Boris Živković in the 88th minute.
His competitive international debut for Croatia came on 15 November 2003 in the
After the UEFA Euro 2004 finals, he only appeared in 4 international friendlies for Croatia, including both of their matches at the
Managerial career
Neretljak started off his managerial career after being appointed as manager of HNK Orašje in 2015. He managed Orašje until the end of the 2015–16 First League of FBiH season, where Orašje made a fantastic result coming in the third place.
On 14 November 2016, Neretljak was named the new manager of NK Metalleghe-BSI.[2] He left Metalleghe on 1 June 2017, after failing not to get relegated in the 2016–17 Premier League season.[3]
19 days after leaving Metalleghe, Neretljak came back to and became the new manager of Orašje once again.[4] In that First League FBiH season, Orašje finished in the 5th place. After the last game of the season in which Orašje beat NK Travnik 3–2, Neretljak stuck to his word and left the club after the end of the season.[5]
On 28 September 2018, after
In July 2019, it was announced that Neretljak became the new manager of Orašje for the third time in his career.[9] A few days later, he also accepted a job offer from the Croatian Football Federation as an assistant manager for the Croatia national under-20 team under manager Ognjen Vukojević.[10][11] He left Orašje only a few months after coming back to the club because of losing five out of six matches in the league and getting to last place.[12]
On 4 October 2020, Neretljak was named new manager of Zvijezda Gradačac.[13] In his first game as Zvijezda manager, Neretljak led his team to a league win over Čapljina.[14] His first loss as Zvijezda manager was against Radnik Hadžići also in a league match on 18 October 2020.[15] Neretljak left the club in October 2021.
In July 2022, Neretljak was appointed as manager of
Career statistics
International goals
- Results list Croatia's goal tally first.
Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition |
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18 February 2004 | Split, Croatia | Germany | 1–2 | Friendly match
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Honours
Player
Orašje
- Herzeg-Bosnia Cup: 1999–2000
Hajduk Split
- Croatian First League: 2003–04
- Croatian Cup: 2002–03
- Croatian Super Cup: 2004
Suwon Bluewings
- K League Classic: 2008
- Korean League Cup: 2008
- Korean Super Cup: 2005
Individual
- K-LeagueBest 11
- K-LeagueBest 11
- K-LeagueBest 11
References
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ A. Pašić (14 November 2016). "Bivši hrvatski reprezentativac preuzeo Metalleghe BSI" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ S. Mlaćo (1 June 2017). "Mato Neretljak više nije trener Metalleghea" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ S. Mlaćo (1 June 2017). "Mato Neretljak više nije trener Metalleghea" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ S. Mlaćo (2 June 2018). "Neretljak 'digao sidro': To je to, dosta od mene..." (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ S. Mlaćo (28 September 2018). "Mato Neretljak novi šef struke NK GOŠK" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ M. Šljivak (30 September 2018). "Muk na Grbavici: GOŠK odnio tri boda!" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ A. Lendo (12 March 2019). "Neretljak podnio ostavku na mjesto trenera NK GOŠK" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ E. Škorić (5 July 2019). "Mato Neretljak pronašao novi angažman u BiH" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ MAKARANIN DESNA RUKA IZBORNIKU U-20 REPREZENTACIJE HRVATSKE, makarsko-primorje.com, 18 July 2019
- ^ Hrvatska U-20 okuplja se po prvi put pod Vukojevićevim vodstvom, hns-cff.hr, 19 August 2019
- ^ S. Mlaćo (14 September 2019). "Mato Neretljak napustio Orašje" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ S. Mlaćo (4 October 2020). "Mato Neretljak na klupi Zvijezde" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ S. Mlaćo (10 October 2020). "Neretljak debitovao pobjedom: Do pauze osvojiti što više bodova, pa podvući crtu" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ S. Mlaćo (18 October 2020). "Domaći bolji nakon preokreta: Ljuca junak Radnika protiv Zvijezde!" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "Mato Neretljak dobio je otkaz u Rudešu nakon pet kola, iako ima isti broj bodova kao i vodeći sastav". Telesport.hr (in Croatian). 12 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
External links
- Mato Neretljak at the Croatian Football Federation
- Mato Neretljak at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mato Neretljak at guardian.co.uk
- Mato Neretljak at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Mato Neretljak – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)