Ivan Toplak
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| Place of birth | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of death | Maribor, Slovenia | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1945–1950[1] | Branik Maribor | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1951–1954 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 25 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 1954–1961 | Red Star Belgrade | 92 | (48) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 117 | (62) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1956 | Yugoslavia | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1966 | Red Star Belgrade | ||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1968 | California Clippers | ||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1971 | Stanford University | ||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1975 | San Jose Earthquakes | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1977 | Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1980 | Yugoslavia U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1980 | Yugoslavia U21 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | Yugoslavia U23 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | Yugoslavia (co-manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | Indonesia | ||||||||||||||||
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Ivan Toplak (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Toплaк; 21 September 1931 – 25 July 2021) was a Serbian football player and manager. Toplak played for NK Olimpija Ljubljana and Red Star Belgrade, with whom he had much success. As a player he also represented the Yugoslavia national team. As a manager he also managed Red Star, had a managing period in the United States, managed almost all levels of the Yugoslavia national team and also managed the Indonesia national team.
At the 1984 Summer Olympics, he guided Yugoslavia to a bronze medal.
Club career
Toplak started his career at NK Branik Maribor in Maribor, where his family moved in 1943 from Belgrade.[2]
In 1951, he signed with NK Olimpija Ljubljana, where he spent playing the next three years.
With Olimpija, he won the Slovenian Republic League in 1952.
In 1954, Toplak left Olimpija for Red Star Belgrade. He played at Red Star for seven years, until 1961. With Red Star he won the Yugoslav First League in the seasons 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60. He had also won the Yugoslav Cup in the 1957–58 season and the 1958–59 season. On international club level, he won the Mitropa Cup in 1958.
He left Red Star in 1961 and shortly after retired from football at the age of 30.
International career
Toplak earned one cap for the Yugoslavia national team in 1956, but did not score a goal in that game.[3]
Managerial career
In 1964, Toplak became the new manager of Red Star Belgrade in the Yugoslav First League. He managed the club for two years, but did not manage to win anything.
After Yugoslavia, he went to the USA in 1967, where he managed the California Clippers from 1967 to 1968, Stanford University from 1969 to 1971 and the San Jose Earthquakes[4] from 1974 to 1975.
In 1976 he left the US and came back to Yugoslavia, where from 1976 to 1977, he was manager of the Yugoslavia national team.
After the A team, he managed the Yugoslavia U20 and Yugoslavia U21 sides, both at the same time from 1978 to 1980. He led the U21 side at the 1980 UEFA Euro U21 Championship where he got the team to the semi-finals.
In 1984, he led the Yugoslavia U23 side at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He guided the team to third place.
In 1986 he was a co-manager of the Yugoslavia national team, this time alongside Ivica Osim.
From 1991 to 1993, Toplak managed the Indonesia national team. In 1993, after leaving Indonesia, he announced his managerial retirement.
Death
Toplak died on 25 July 2021 at the age of 89.[5][6]
Honours
Player
Olimpija Ljubljana
Red Star Belgrade
- Yugoslav First League: 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60
- Yugoslav Cup: 1957–58, 1958–59
- Mitropa Cup: 1958
Manager
Yugoslavia
- Summer Olympics Third place: 1984
References
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- ^ Likovi istaknutih nogometaša Script error: No such module "webarchive". at Parapsihopatologija.com
- ^ Interview in Večer at pressreader.com, 21 December 2011
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ivan Toplak, international football player". EU-football.info. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cress, Doug (27 July 1984). "Toplak, Yugoslavs Play for National Pride". Washington Post. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Umrl legendarni Ivan Toplak". www.delo.si (in slovenščina). Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Preminuo Ivan Toplak, nekadašnji centarfor Crvene zvezde". Novinska agencija Beta (in српски / srpski). Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
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