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Tomislav Piplica
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-04-05) 5 April 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Bugojno, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 FC Energie Cottbus (Goalkeeper Coach / Scout)
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)
International career
2001–2002 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9 (0)
Managerial career
2009– Energie Cottbus (Goalkeeper Coach / Scout)
2010– Bosnia and Herzegovina (Goalkeeper Coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tomislav Piplica (born 5 April 1969) is a retired goalkeeper from Bosnia and Herzegovina last playing for FC Energie Cottbus in Germany.[1]

Career

Piplica has played in his career for NK Iskra, NK Zagreb, NK Istra 1961, HNK Segesta, NK Samobor and FC Energie Cottbus.[2]

He is famous 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.

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.[1]

Coaching career

After retiring he was named as scout and goalkeeper coach of his last club FC Energie Cottbus on 24 June 2009.[5] On 12 February 2010 was additionally named as the new goalkeeper coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team.[6]

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.[7]

Personal

He holds dual Bosnia and Herzegovina-Croatian citizenship.

References

  1. ^ a b "Tomislav Piplica – "hautnah" bei torwart.de (20.10.07)" (in German). torwart.de. 20 October 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Kult-Keeper wird Torwart-Trainer, Scout und Klub-Repräsentant" (in German). bild.de. 24 June 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  3. ^ "Tomislav Piplica has a Habit of Making Goalkeeper Blunders". theoffside.com. 11 December 2006. Retrieved 10 September 2007.
  4. ^ ""Unheimlicher Bock" von Piplica" (in German). spiegel.de. 7 April 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2007.
  5. ^ "Tomislav Piplica bleibt Energie treu" (in German). goal.com. 24 June 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  6. ^ "Tomislav Piplica wird Co-Trainer in Bosnien" (in German). Focus Online. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  7. ^ http://www.sarajevo-x.com/sport/nogomet/clanak/110105084

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