Ermin Šiljak

Ermin Šiljak (born 11 May 1973) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a centre forward.

Ermin Šiljak
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-05-11) 11 May 1973
Place of birth Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
Ilirija
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 Svoboda 40 (16)
1994–1996 Olimpija 78 (58)
1996–1998 Bastia 35 (15)
1998–2001 Servette 39 (13)
2001 Hammarby 8 (0)
2002–2003 Panionios 37 (13)
2004–2005 Dalian Shide 35 (18)
2005–2006 Mouscron 19 (7)
Total 278 (135)
International career
1992–1995 Slovenia U21 14 (10)
1994–2005 Slovenia 48 (14)
2003 Slovenia B 2 (1)
Managerial career
2012 Olimpija Ljubljana
2015 Botev Plovdiv
2016 Dalian Transcendence
2017 Baoding Yingli (Assistant Coach)
2023 Aris FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

Šiljak played for the Slovenia national team and was a participant at the Euro 2000. He scored nine goals in nine games in UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying.[1]

Managerial career

Early career

Šiljak managed Slovenian under-16 and under-19 national teams.

In 2012, he was a manager of Olimpija Ljubljana.[2]

Botev Plovdiv

Šiljak joined Botev Plovdiv in July 2015.[3] He made a debut in a match against the local rivals Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Plovdiv derby ended in a 1–1 draw.[4]

Šiljak achieved five wins, three draws, and five defeats in his first thirteen games as a manager of Botev Plovdiv in A Grupa.[5] On 27 October 2015, Botev Plovdiv was eliminated in the Round of 16 of the Bulgarian Cup after a 1–0 defeat to FC Sozopol.[6] After that, Šiljak expelled Yordan Hristov, Mariyan Ognyanov, Plamen Nikolov, and Joël Tshibamba from the first team.[7] The changes did not lead to any positive results with young players as his team lost twice in a row in A Grupa: a 2–0 away defeat to Slavia Sofia and a 3–1 home defeat to Beroe Stara Zagora.[8][9]

After less than six months, at the end of November 2015, Šiljak resigned as a manager of Botev Plovdiv.[10]

Dalian Transcendence

On 21 April 2016, China League One club Dalian Transcendence signed Ermin Šiljak as manager for two years.[11] By August however, Šiljak was sacked by the team due to financial reasons.[12]

Baoding Yingli

Since Ermin Šiljak was very familiar with China League One in spring 2017 got offer to help newly promoted team Baoding Yingli Yitong. At the end of April 2017 Šiljak became Assistant Coach to Jo Bonfrere.[13] Seven games before the end of season owner out of nowhere sacked all coaching staff in club and among them was also Šiljak.

Aris Thessaloniki

On 29th of April 2023 Ermin Šiljak unexpectedly took over Greece Super League Team Aris Thessaloniki Football Club[14] to help achieve European spot in Championship Group. He signed short term contract until 30th of June 2023 and was for the first time on bench in game against PAOK on 30th of April 2023. Goal and successful mission was accomplished in next round when Aris on 3rd of May 2023 won against Volos and Aris two games before the end of Championship secured spot which guarantee playing Qualification matches for Conference League in season 2023/24.

Career statistics
Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
16 December 1995Estadio Héroe de Nacozari, Hermosillo Mexico1–21–2Friendly match
27 February 1996Ta'Qali Stadium, Valletta Iceland7–17–1Friendly match
321 May 1996Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana United Arab Emirates1–22–2Friendly match
418 March 1997Linzer Stadion, Linz Austria2–02–0Friendly match
511 November 2000Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana  Switzerland1–12–2FIFA World Cup 2002 qualification
67 September 2002Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana Malta2–03–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
72 April 2003Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana Cyprus1–04–1UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
82 April 2003Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana Cyprus2–14–1UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
930 April 2003Ta'Qali Stadium, Valletta Malta2–03–1UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
1030 April 2003Ta'Qali Stadium, Valletta Malta3–03–1UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
116 September 2003Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana Israel1–03–1UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
1211 October 2003Tsirion, Limassol Cyprus1–02–2UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
1311 October 2003Tsirion, Limassol Cyprus2–02–2UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
1415 November 2003Maksimir, Zagreb Croatia1–11–1UEFA Euro 2004 Play-offs

Honours

Olimpija Ljubljana

Bastia

Servette

Hammarby IF

Dalian Shide

Mouscron

Individual

References
  1. NZS profile
  2. "Šiljak trener Olimpije še naslednja tri leta". 24ur.com (in Slovenian). 22 May 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  3. Ботев представи Ермин Шиляк
  4. Ботев изпусна победата в пловдивското дерби
  5. "Botev Plovdiv 2015-16". Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  6. Ботев приключи участието си за Купата на България
  7. Ботев изхвърли четирима, Шиляк остава
  8. "Славия 2:0 Ботев, "А" група; 30.10.2015 14:30". Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  9. Берое се развихри в "Коматево" и удари здраво Ботев Пд
  10. Ботев се раздели с Ермин Шиляк
  11. 埃尔敏·西利亚克出任大连超越足球俱乐部首位外籍主教练
  12. "曝超越本赛季第二次换帅 希里亚克下课助教接任". 网易体育. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  13. "官方：保定容大与荷兰名帅邦弗雷雷签约一年". 25 May 2017.
  14. "Technical Staff".
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