Ermin Šiljak

Ermin Šiljak
Personal information
Full name Ermin Šiljak
Date of birth (1973-05-11) 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)
2003 Slovenia B 2 (1)
Teams managed
2012 Olimpija Ljubljana
2015 Botev Plovdiv
2016 Dalian Transcendence
* 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] By August however, Šiljak was sacked by the team.[10]

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.[11]

International goals

Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
16 December 1995Estadio Héroe de Nacozari, Hermosillo Mexico1–21–2Friendly match
27 February 1996Ta'Qali Stadium, Valletta Iceland7–17–1Friendly match
321 May 1996Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana United Arab Emirates1–22–2Friendly match
418 March 1997Linzer Stadion, Linz Austria2–02–0Friendly match
511 November 2000Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana  Switzerland1–12–2FIFA World Cup 2002 qualification
67 September 2002Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana Malta2–03–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
72 April 2003Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana Cyprus1–04–1UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
82 April 2003Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana Cyprus2–14–1UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
930 April 2003Ta'Qali Stadium, Valletta Malta2–03–1UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
1030 April 2003Ta'Qali Stadium, Valletta Malta3–03–1UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
116 September 2003Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana Israel1–03–1UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
1211 October 2003Tsirion, Limassol Cyprus1–02–2UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
1311 October 2003Tsirion, Limassol Cyprus2–02–2UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
1415 November 2003Maksimir, Zagreb Croatia1–11–1UEFA Euro 2004 Play-offs

Honours

Olimpija Ljubljana

SC Bastia

Servette FC

Hammarby IF

Dalian Shide

R.E. Mouscron

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Ботев представи Ермин Шиляк
  2. ↑ Ботев изпусна победата в пловдивското дерби
  3. ↑ Botev Plovdiv 2015-16
  4. ↑ Ботев приключи участието си за Купата на България
  5. ↑ Ботев изхвърли четирима, Шиляк остава
  6. ↑ Славия 2:0 Ботев, "А" група; 30.10.2015 14:30
  7. ↑ Берое се развихри в "Коматево" и удари здраво Ботев Пд
  8. ↑ Ботев се раздели с Ермин Шиляк
  9. ↑ 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
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ NZS profile
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