Željko Sopić

Željko Sopić

Sopić playing for Lokomotiva Zagreb in 2010
Personal information
Full name Željko Sopić
Date of birth (1974-07-26) 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
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