Silvijo Čabraja

Silvijo Čabraja (born 4 June 1968) is a Croatian professional football manager. He is currently manager of Croatian First Football League club Lokomotiva.[1]

Silvijo Čabraja
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-06-04) 4 June 1968
Place of birth Zagreb, Croatia
Team information
Current team
 Lokomotiva (manager)
Managerial career
Years Team
Hrvatski Dragovoljac (youth)
Lokomotiva
Zelina
Ponikve
Stupnik
2014–2015 Lučko
2015 Lokomotiva (youth)
2016 Lučko
2020–2021 Lokomotiva (youth)
2021– Lokomotiva

Playing career

Čabraja passed through Lokomotiva youth system and represented Croatia on youth level alongside Zvonimir Boban, Robert Prosinečki and Davor Šuker. Later he won a transfer to then First division side NK Zagreb. However, Čabraja needed to pause his professional footballing career temporarily due to being diagnosed with Diabetes at the age of 20. He continued his career after two years of hiatus, this time at lower league sides before ending his playing career at NK Lučko at the age of 30.[2]

Managerial career

He started his coaching career at Hrvatski Dragovoljac youth system. After Ilija Lončarević was appointed president at Lokomotiva he hired him as a head coach, making him youngest head coach in senior football. Later he managed NK Zelina, NK Ponikve, NK Stupnik[3] on a part-time contract. In 2008 he was appointed head of youth development at NK Lučko where he later took charge of senior team. After two spells with Druga HNL side NK Lučko[4] from 2014 to 2016, he returned to Lokomotiva first as a head of youth development and in 2020 as a youth coach. On 8 June 2021 he was appointed head coach at Lokomotiva.[1]

Personal life

While his time at Zelina, Ponikve and Stupnik he parallelly worked as a lingerie salesman. Čabraja hails from Novi Zagreb district, Siget neighbourhood.

Managerial statistics
As of 8 October 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
NK Lučko 15 January 2015 24 June 2015 14 5 7 2 035.71
NK Lučko 12 January 2016 19 April 2016 9 3 1 5 033.33
NK Lokomotiva Zagreb 8 June 2021 Present 86 28 27 31 032.56
Total 109 36 35 38 033.03

References
  1. "Silvijo Čabraja novi je trener Lokomotive" (in Croatian). NK Lokomotiva. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  2. "Bio je veliki talent u Bobanovoj generaciji, bolest mu je stala na put, no danas je hit u HNL-u!" (in Croatian). sportske.jutarnji.hr. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  3. SILVIJO ČABRAJA (53) TRENERSKO OTKRIĆE - Večernji (in Croatian)
  4. Čabraja novi trener Lučkog, pomaže i Lokomotiva - Večernji (in Croatian)
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