Ivan Toplak

Ivan Toplak (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Toплaк; 21 September 1931 — 26 July 2021) was a Serbian football player and manager. Toplak played for NK Olimpija Ljubljana and Red Star Belgrade. He also represented the Yugoslavia national team. Toplak was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

Ivan Toplak
Иван Toплaк
Ivan Toplak in November 2002
Personal information
Date of birth(1931-09-21)21 September 1931
Place of birthBelgrade, Yugoslavia
Date of death25 July 2021(2021-07-25) (aged 89)
Place of deathMaribor, Slovenia
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
1945–1950[1]Branik Maribor
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1951–1954Olimpija Ljubljana25(14)
1954–1961Red Star Belgrade92(48)
Total117(62)
National team
1956Yugoslavia1(0)
Teams managed
1964–1966Red Star Belgrade
1967–1968California Clippers
1969–1971Stanford University
1974–1975San Jose Earthquakes
1976–1977Yugoslavia
1978–1980Yugoslavia U20
1978–1980Yugoslavia U21
1984Yugoslavia U23
1986Yugoslavia (co-manager)
1991–1993Indonesia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Toplak died on 26 July 2021 in Maribor, Slovenia at the age of 89.[2][3]

Honours

Player

Olimpija Ljubljana

Red Star Belgrade

Manager

Yugoslavia

References

  1. Likovi istaknutih nogometaša Archived 19 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine at Parapsihopatologija.com
  2. "Umrl legendarni Ivan Toplak". www.delo.si (in slovenščina). Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  3. "Preminuo Ivan Toplak, nekadašnji centarfor Crvene zvezde". Novinska agencija Beta (in српски / srpski). Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-07-26.