Vlado Čapljić


Vladan "Vlado" Čapljić is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player.

Club career

Čapljić started playing in the youth teams of hometown club Željezničar where he played until 1985. With them, he reached the semi-finals of the 1984–85 UEFA Cup.
Next, Čapljić moved to Belgrade to play with Partizan where he won two national championships, in 1986 and 1987. In January 1988, he moved to Dinamo Zagreb where he played until 1990.
Čapljić then returned briefly to Željezničar, before, in 1992, deciding to move abroad, to Portugal, where he played for lower league club Esposende, before hanging up his boots in 1994.

International career

Čapljić played for all the youth selections before playing for the main Yugoslavia national football team. He collected four caps.
He also played for the olympic team at the 1984 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal.

Managerial career

After having retired, Čapljić decided to stay attached to football, and, after getting the coaching diploma, he started managing a number of teams in Serbia. He was also a manager of a few teams in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Čapljić was the manager of Radnički Obrenovac, Bežanija, Srem Jakovo, Timočanin, Radnički 1923, at the time known as Radnički Kragujevac, Slavija Sarajevo, Rudar Prijedor, Donji Srem, Mačva Šabac, his former club Željezničar and Vršac.
Čapljić was most recently the manager for a third time in his career of Serbian First League club Radnički Kragujevac in 2017.

Honours

Player

Partizan
Yugoslavia