Tomislav Piplica
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 April 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Bugojno, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
FC Eilenburg (Manager) Bosnia and Herzegovina (Assistant Coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Iskra | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1989 | Iskra | ||
| 1989–1991 | Zagreb | ||
| 1991–1992 | Istra | 15 | (0) |
| 1993–1997 | Segesta | 115 | (4) |
| 1997–1998 | Samobor | 14 | (0) |
| 1998–2009 | Energie Cottbus | 248 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | FC Eilenburg | 10 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2001–2002 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009–2011 | Energie Cottbus (Goalkeeper Coach / Scout) | ||
| 2010–2014 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (Goalkeeper Coach) | ||
| 2012–2013 | FC Eilenburg (Co-Manager) | ||
| 2012 | → SC Hartenfels Torgau 04 (Interim) | ||
| 2013– | FC Eilenburg | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Tomislav Piplica (born 5 April 1969) is a retired Bosnian goalkeeper before and current manager. His nickname is "Pipi" and he is considered to be a cult-goalkeeper, in Germany as well as in Bosnia.[1]
Career
Piplica has played in his career for NK Iskra, NK Zagreb, NK Istra 1961, HNK Segesta, NK Samobor and FC Energie Cottbus.[1][2]
He is famous not only as a cult-goalkeeper.[1] but also for well known goalkeeping blunders.[3] He is especially well remembered for his own goal against Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2002, in which he appeared to head the ball into his own net, after standing rooted to his line.[4] In this particular game Energie Cottbus was leading 3–2, but with four minutes to go, Piplica's howler leveled the game at 3–3, and it finished that way.
Nevertheless, Piplica has a cult status with Energie fans, who nicknamed him "Pipi", and for the club president Ulrich Lepsch who claims that he was always special with special status in Cottbus.[1]
Until the end of 2012, Piplica held the post of sports director of SC Hartenfels Torgau 04 and he also helped as a coach.[5] On 9 November 2012, Piplica announced at the age of 43 years his playing comeback as a goalkeeper in the sixth division side FC Eilenburg,[6] as their goalkeeper had broken his arm in an accident.
International career
As a teenager Piplica was part of the Yugoslavian squad that won the 1987 FIFA Under-20 World Cup. However, as a backup goalkeeper to Dragoje Leković, he didn't get a single minute of action throughout the six matches. Piplica has also played internationally for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team.[2]
Coaching career
After retiring he was named as scout and goalkeeper coach of his last club FC Energie Cottbus on 24 June 2009.[7] On 12 February 2010, he was additionally named as the new goalkeeper coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team.[8] On 15 October 2013, Bosnia qualified for FIFA World Cup 2014.
On 5 January 2010, Piplica received his UEFA Pro Licence in Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina's educational facility in Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[9]
Personal
He holds dual Bosnian-Croatian citizenship.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Kult-Keeper wird Torwart-Trainer, Scout und Klub-Repräsentant" (in German). bild.de. 24 June 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
- 1 2 "Tomislav Piplica – "hautnah" bei torwart.de (20.10.07)" (in German). torwart.de. 20 October 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- ↑ "Tomislav Piplica has a Habit of Making Goalkeeper Blunders". theoffside.com. 11 December 2006. Retrieved 10 September 2007.
- ↑ ""Unheimlicher Bock" von Piplica" (in German). spiegel.de. 7 April 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2007.
- ↑ Braune, Marcel (8 January 2013). "Piplica tritt zurück". Torgauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ↑ Brenner, Helmut (8 November 2012). "Pipi bleibt weiter unser Trainer". Torgauer Zeitung (in German).
- ↑ "Tomislav Piplica bleibt Energie treu" (in German). goal.com. 24 June 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
- ↑ "Tomislav Piplica wird Co-Trainer in Bosnien" (in German). Focus Online. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- ↑ "Profesionalne licence Barbarezu, Piplici i kolegama" (in Bosnian). 5 January 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
External links
- Tomislav Piplica profile at Fussballdaten
- Tomislav Piplica at National-Football-Teams.com