Ivan Toplak: Serbian-Slovenian footballer
Ivan Toplak (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Toплaк; 21 September 1931 — 26 July 2021) was a Serbian football player and manager.
Toplak played for NK Olimpija Ljubljana and Red Star Belgrade. He also represented the Yugoslavia national team. Toplak was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
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| Date of birth | 21 September 1931 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 July 2021 (aged 89) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Maribor, Slovenia | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1945–1950 | Branik Maribor | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1951–1954 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 25 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 1954–1961 | Red Star Belgrade | 92 | (48) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 117 | (62) | |||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | Yugoslavia | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1966 | Red Star Belgrade | ||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1968 | California Clippers | ||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1971 | Stanford University | ||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1975 | San Jose Earthquakes | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1977 | Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1980 | Yugoslavia U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1980 | Yugoslavia U21 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | Yugoslavia U23 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | Yugoslavia (co-manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | Indonesia | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||||||||||||||||
Toplak died on 26 July 2021 in Maribor, Slovenia at the age of 89.
Honours
Player
Olimpija Ljubljana
- Slovenian Republic League: 1952
Red Star Belgrade
- Yugoslav First League: 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60
- Yugoslav Cup: 1957–58, 1958–59
- Mitropa Cup: 1958
Manager
Yugoslavia
- Summer Olympics Third place: 1984
References
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