Željko Sopić

Željko Sopić

Sopić playing for Lokomotiva Zagreb in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Željko Sopić
Date of birth	26 July 1974
Place of birth	Zagreb, Croatia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	GNK Dinamo Zagreb (assistant manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1998	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 Zagreb	87	(9)
Total		441	(37)
National team
1998–1999	Croatia B	2	(0)
Teams managed
2014–2015	Rudeš
2015–2016	Dinamo Zagreb II
2016	GNK Dinamo Zagreb (assistant and caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Željko Sopić (born 26 July 1974) is a Croatian football manager and former footballer, who played as a midfielder. He was an assistant coach of Croatian Prva HNL club GNK Dinamo Zagreb .

Sopić started his professional career with NK Zagreb in 1994 and spent four years with the club's first team before leaving for Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1998. He made 23 appearances and scored two goals in his only season in the German top flight. He went on to spend another season with Mönchengladbach in the 2. Bundesliga, following their relegation from the first division in 1999, before moving to league rivals LR Ahlen in the summer of 2000. He played for Ahlen until 2005, bringing his record in the 2. Bundesliga to a total of 155 appearances and 21 goals. He then returned to NK Zagreb for the 2005–06 season, before joining to NK Slaven Belupo, in the summer of 2006. In 2008. he came back to Zagreb but he has played for NK Lokomotiva Zagreb in the Croatian First Football League.

He also won two international caps for the Croatian B national team, against Romania in 1998 and France in 1999.^[1]

References

1. Croatia National Team – "B" Internationals

External links

• Željko Sopić at Weltfussball.de (German)