Filip Engelman

Željko Filip Engelman (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Филип Енгелман; born 9 February 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Taichung Futuro at Taiwan Football Premier League.

Filip Engelman
Personal information
Full name Željko Filip Engelman
Date of birth (1991-02-09) 9 February 1991
Place of birth Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Taichung Futuro
Number 33
Youth career
Remont Čačak
Voždovac
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Voždovac 18 (1)
2006–2007 → Železnik 14 (3)
2008–2010 Dukla Banská Bystrica 23 (2)
2008–2009 → Unirea Urziceni 2 (0)
2009–2010 → Voždovac 14 (0)
2010 Silvania Șimleu 14 (2)
2011 Voždovac 7 (1)
2011 Radnički Beograd 16 (5)
2012 Jedinstvo Ub 5 (0)
2013 Resnik 20 (2)
2014 Sopoti 3 (0)
2014–2015 Banat 15 (1)
2015–2016 Jezero 8 (0)
2015–2016 Mladost Antin 21 (1)
2016–2017 Bjelovar 11 (0)
2016–2017 Cosmos Nowotaniec 5 (0)
2017–2018 Vukovar 1991 7 (0)
2018 Slavija Sarajevo 5 (0)
2018–2019 Ulaanbaatar 17 (0)
2019–2020 Borac Čačak
2020–2021 OFK Beograd
2021–2022 Taichung Futuro 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2019

Early life and youth

Engelman was born in Belgrade, but he grew up in Čačak where he played in the Remont youth system, before moving to the Serbia capital Belgrade, where he played for the Voždovac youth team.

He made his senior debut for Železnik, as a loaned player from Voždovac, after playing half of a season he returned to Voždovac and played one season.

Club career

After Serbia he started an international career in eight different countries, with occasional return to Serbia. He played in Romania, Slovakia, Albania, Poland, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and now in Mongolia.

He played for Unirea Urziceni in Romanian Liga I and Slovakian Dukla Banská Bystrica in Slovak Super Liga, after his first experiences as an international player he returned to Serbia, and played three more years, playing for Resnik, Jedinstvo Ub, Banat, Radnički Beograd and Voždovac where he played one season as captain.

In 2015, Engelman restarted his international career this time in Montenegro for Jezero Plav, making his official debut in a 0:0 draw with OFK Igalo. In January 2016 he moved to Croatia where he played with three clubs. His first club was Mladost Antin,[1] where he debuted in a loss against Međimurje 0:2, in this season he made 21 appearances and scored one goal. After that he moved to Bjelovar in a season where the club had a historical result in the Croatian Cup. After the first round where they won against Marsonia, in the next round they won against ex-Croatian 1HNL champion with 4:0, in the next round they played against Dinamo Zagreb and lost in a hard game with 1:2. After that he made a transfer to the Poland club Cosmos Nowotaniec.[2] He then returned one more time to Croatia to Vukovar 1991.

In January 2018, Engelman signed for ex-Bosnian and Herzegovian cup holder Slavija Sarajevo.[3][4] He debuted in a friendly match against Sarajevo in Prva Liga RS against Sutjeska Foča in a 1:2 loss, playing 90 minutes. With good results in Prva Liga RS where the team was promoted to the play-offs, Engelman received an offer to continue his international career, but this time in Asia. He signed in May for one of the two best clubs in Monoglia and ex-champion Ulaanbaatar.

He made his debut in the Mazala Premier League with a home win against Khangarid. His next game was derby with defender of the title Erchim, playing 90 minutes in his standard position of centre-back in a 3:3 draw.

After a full season in Asia, his team Ulaanbaatar finished the championship as runner-up in the Mazala Premier League, with four points fewer than 2018 champion Erchim.[5]

In summer 2019 he back in Serbian football, he signed one-year deal with Serbian league team, Borac Čačak.

Honours

Ulaanbaatar

Borac Čačak

References
  1. "Glasnik_10-2016" (PDF) (in Croatian). 4 March 2016.
  2. podkarpacielive.pl (14 April 2017). "Cosmos Nowotaniec wzmocnią dwaj zawodnicy... z Bałkanów" (in Polish).
  3. sport1.ba (4 February 2018). "Engelman novo pojačanje Slavije" (in Bosnian).
  4. sport1.ba (23 February 2018). "Engelman: Slavija je jedna od najboljih ekipa lige" (in Bosnian).
  5. rsssf.com. "Mazala National Premier League 2018" (in Mongolian).
  6. soccerway.com (11 November 2018). "Premier League Mongolia 2018".
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