Goran Sablić

Goran Sablić
Sablić playing for Dynamo Kyiv in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-08-04) 4 August 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Sinj, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Hajduk Split (Head of Youth Academy)
Youth career
1987–1994 Junak Sinj
1994–1998 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 Hajduk Split 81 (3)
2002–2010 Dynamo Kyiv 52 (2)
2002–2006 → Dynamo-2 Kyiv 4 (0)
2007–2008 → Hajduk Split (loan) 16 (0)
Total 153 (5)
International career
2002–2006 Croatia 5 (0)
Managerial career
2012–2013 Split (assistant)
2013 Split
2013–2014 Split U-17
2014–2015 Split U-19
2015–2016 Split
2017–2018 Široki Brijeg
2018–2019 Sheriff Tiraspol
2020–2021 Hajduk Split II
2021 Sarajevo
2022–2024 Hajduk Split (Ass. Head of Youth)
2024– Hajduk Split (Head of Youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Goran Sablić (born 4 August 1979) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player. He is currently the Head of the Youth Academy at Hajduk Split.

He spent most of his career in Croatia, playing for Hajduk Split and has also played for Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv. Sablić has had two spells as manager of RNK Split, he was once manager of Bosnian Premier League club Široki Brijeg and also managed Moldovan First League club Sheriff Tiraspol. From 2020 until 2021, he was the manager of Hajduk's reserves and youth team. From June until December 2021, Sablić was manager of Sarajevo in the Bosnian Premier League.

Club career

Sablić started his career in Junak Sinj after coming from the club's youth academy. He won the Croatian championship in 2001 and the Croatian Cup in 2000 with Hajduk Split.

He then signed a four-year contract with Dynamo Kyiv on 12 August 2002. With Dynamo Kyiv, Sablić won the Ukrainian Premier League in 2003, 2004 and 2009. He also won the Ukrainian Cup in 2003, 2005 and 2006. After many injury problems, he agreed to go on a loan to reach his previous form. On 30 July 2007, Dynamo Kyiv agreed to loan Sablić to his former club Hajduk for one year. In 2008, he returned to Dynamo and in 2010 he left the club and retired from football.

International career

Sablić made his debut for Croatia in an April 2002 friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina, coming on as a 79th-minute substitute for Boris Živković , and earned a total of 5 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a September 2006 European Championship qualification match away against Russia.[1]

Managerial career

Split

In October 2012 Sablić started as assistant coach at RNK Split under manager Zoran Vulić.[2]

In May 2013, Sablić became the new manager of RNK Split,[3] but after three matches he was sacked. Instead, he was hired as U-17 coach at the club afterwards,[4] and later also on the U-19 team.[5]

On 30 September 2015 Sablić again became head coach of the club's first team.[6] On 18 July 2016 he resigned.[7]

Široki Brijeg

During January 2017, Sablić was named the new manager of Bosnian Premier League club Široki Brijeg. In his first season, he guided the club to win the 2016–17 Bosnian Cup. In his second season with Široki, the club finished on 4th place in the 2017–18 Bosnian Premier League and made it to the quarterfinals of the 2017–18 Bosnian Cup where they got eliminated by eventual winners Željezničar. Sablić left the club after the end of the 2017–18 season.

Sheriff Tiraspol

On 7 June 2018, Sablić was appointed manager of Moldovan First League club Sheriff Tiraspol with whom in his first season as manager, won the Moldovan Championship three games before the end of the season.[8] On 27 April 2019, after a 1–0 away league loss against Petrocub Hîncești, he unexpectedly resigned even though Sheriff at the time were on 1st place in the league.[9]

Hajduk Split II

On 15 December 2020, Sablić was announced as the new manager of Hajduk Split II, the Hajduk Split reserves and youth team.[10]

Sarajevo

On 12 June 2021, Sablić became the new manager of Sarajevo, thus returning to manage in the Bosnian Premier League.[11] In his first game as Sarajevo manager, Sablić's team drew against Moldovan club Milsami Orhei in a UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying round on 8 July 2021.[12] His first loss as the club's manager was an unexpected one in the second leg game against Milsami a week later on 15 July, thus knocking out Sarajevo only in the first qualifying round of the Europa Conference League.[13]

Sablić guided the team to his first win as manager in a league game against Posušje on 25 July 2021.[14]

In his first ever Sarajevo derby, Sablić's Sarajevo beat fierce city rivals Željezničar in a league match on 22 September 2021.[15]

On 27 December 2021, he terminated his contract with Sarajevo and left the club, following a half season of very mixed results.[16]

Hajduk Split

In August 2022, Sablić was employed as the head of the U-14 to U-19 teams at Hajduk Split's youth academy.[17] On 25 April 2024 Sablić took over Boro Primorac's position as Head of Youth Academy.[18]

Managerial statistics

As of 4 December 2021[19]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Split (caretaker) 13 May 2013 5 June 2013 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 000.00
Split 30 September 2015 18 July 2016 26 6 13 7 17 21 −4 023.08
Široki Brijeg 17 January 2017 6 June 2018 60 27 15 18 84 51 +33 045.00
Sheriff Tiraspol 7 June 2018 27 April 2019 35 21 5 9 64 24 +40 060.00
Hajduk Split II 14 December 2020 11 June 2021 18 6 5 7 35 32 +3 033.33
Sarajevo 12 June 2021 27 December 2021 23 10 5 8 23 18 +5 043.48
Total 164 70 44 50 225 149 +76 042.68

Honours

Player

Hajduk Split

Dynamo Kyiv

Manager

Široki Brijeg

Sheriff Tiraspol

References

  1. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  2. ^ Zoran Vulić novi trener RNK Splita, novilist.hr, 13 October 2012
  3. ^ Goran Sablić novi trener RNK Splita, tportal.hr, 13 May 2013
  4. ^ RNK Split - NK Zadar 2:1 - Hrvatski nogometni savez, semafor.hns.family, 22 September 2013
  5. ^ Omladinska škola: Sabliću juniori, nova lica Matulović, Budimir i Roglić, dalmacijanews.hr, 4 July 2014
  6. ^ Prije dva tjedna kandidat za izbornika, danas nije ni trener u HNL-u: Vulić napustio Split, sportske.jutarnji.hr, 30 September 2015
  7. ^ Goran Sablić otišao, Split već doveo novog trenera, tportal.hr, 18 July 2016
  8. ^ "New head coach". fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  9. ^ S. Mlaćo (27 April 2019). "Sablić i društvo s liderske pozicije napustili klupu Sheriffa" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba.
  10. ^ S. Mlaćo (15 December 2020). "Goran Sablić pronašao novi angažman" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  11. ^ H.H. (12 June 2021). "Goran Sablić imenovan za novog trenera FK Sarajevo" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  12. ^ K.H. (8 July 2021). "Sarajevo promašilo penal u remiju protiv Milsamija u Moldaviji" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  13. ^ K.H. (15 July 2021). "Trener Sarajeva nakon blamaže: Slabi smo, a igrači se nisu držali plana" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  14. ^ N.K. (25 July 2021). "Sablić nakon pobjede u Posušju: Odlučili smo se za pragmatičniji pristup" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  15. ^ D.P. (22 September 2021). "Sarajevo pobijedilo Željezničar u sjajnoj atmosferi na Koševu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  16. ^ H.H. (27 December 2021). "Goran Sablić više nije trener FK Sarajevo" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  17. ^ GORAN SABLIĆ I HRVOJE VUKOVIĆ NOVI SU POMOĆNICI BORE PRIMORCA, hajduk.hr, 1 August 2022
  18. ^ BORO PRIMORAC POSTAJE SAVJETNIK UPRAVE ZA SPORT, GORAN SABLIĆ NOVI VODITELJ AKADEMIJE!, hajduk.hr, 25 April 2024
  19. ^ "Goran Sablić". Sofascore (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 December 2021.