Vlado Čapljić

Vlado Čapljić

Personal information
Full name	Vladan Čapljić
Date of birth	(1962-03-22) 22 March 1962
Place of birth	Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1972–1979	Željezničar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1985	Željezničar	80	(1)
1985–1987	Partizan	48	(4)
1988–1990	Dinamo Zagreb	40	(7)
1990–1992	Željezničar
1992–1994	Esposende
International career
	Yugoslavia U21
1984	Yugoslavia U23
1984–1985	Yugoslavia	4	(0)
Managerial career
	Radnički Obrenovac
	Bežanija
	Srem Jakovo
	Timočanin
2009–2011	Radnički Kragujevac
2012	Slavija Sarajevo
2013	Rudar Prijedor
2013–2014	Donji Srem
2015	Radnički Kragujevac
2015	Mačva Šabac
2015	Željezničar
2016	Vršac
2017	Radnički Kragujevac
Medal record Men's Football Representing Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vladan "Vlado" Čapljić (Serbian Cyrillic: Владан Bлaдo Чaпљић; born 22 March 1962) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player.

Club career

Čapljić started playing in the youth teams of hometown club Željezničar where he played until 1985. With them, he reached the semi-finals of the 1984–85 UEFA Cup.

Next, Čapljić moved to Belgrade to play with Partizan where he won two national championships, in 1986 and 1987. In January 1988, he moved to Dinamo Zagreb where he played until 1990.

Čapljić then returned briefly to Željezničar, before, in 1992, deciding to move abroad, to Portugal, where he played for lower league club Esposende, before hanging up his boots in 1994.

International career

Čapljić played for all the youth selections before playing for the main Yugoslavia national football team. He collected four caps.

He also played for the olympic team at the 1984 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal.

Managerial career

After having retired, Čapljić decided to stay attached to football, and, after getting the coaching diploma, he started managing a number of teams in Serbia. He was also a manager of a few teams in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Čapljić was the manager of Radnički Obrenovac, Bežanija, Srem Jakovo, Timočanin, Radnički 1923, at the time known as Radnički Kragujevac, Slavija Sarajevo, Rudar Prijedor, Donji Srem, Mačva Šabac, his former club Željezničar and Vršac.

Čapljić was most recently the manager for a third time in his career of Serbian First League club Radnički Kragujevac (Radnički 1923) in 2017.

Honours

Player

Partizan

• Yugoslav First League: 1985–86, 1986–87

International

Yugoslavia

• Summer Olympics Third place: 1984