Ermin Šiljak

Ermin Šiljak (born 11 May 1973) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a centre forward.
International career
Šiljak played for the Slovenia national team and was a participant at the Euro 2000. He scored nine goals in nine games in UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying.
Managerial career
Early career
Šiljak managed Slovenian under-16 and under-19 national teams.
In 2012, he was a manager of Olimpija Ljubljana.
Botev Plovdiv
Šiljak joined Botev Plovdiv in July 2015. He made a debut in a match against the local rivals Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Plovdiv derby ended in a 1–1 draw.
Šiljak achieved five wins, three draws, and five defeats in his first thirteen games as a manager of Botev Plovdiv in A Grupa. On 27 October 2015, Botev Plovdiv was eliminated in the Round of 16 of the Bulgarian Cup after a 1–0 defeat to FC Sozopol. After that, Šiljak expelled Yordan Hristov, Mariyan Ognyanov, Plamen Nikolov, and Joël Tshibamba from the first team. The changes did not lead to any positive results with young players as his team lost twice in a row in A Grupa: a 2–0 away defeat to Slavia Sofia and a 3–1 home defeat to Beroe Stara Zagora.
After less than six months, at the end of November 2015, Šiljak resigned as a manager of Botev Plovdiv.
Dalian Transcendence
On 21 April 2016, China League One club Dalian Transcendence signed Ermin Šiljak as manager for two years. By August however, Šiljak was sacked by the team due to financial reasons.
Baoding Yingli
Since Ermin Šiljak was very familiar with China League One in spring 2017 got offer to help newly promoted team Baoding Yingli Yitong. At the end of April 2017 Šiljak became Assistant Coach to Jo Bonfrere. Seven games before the end of season owner out of nowhere sacked all coaching staff in club and among them was also Šiljak.
Aris Thessaloniki
On 29th of April 2023 Ermin Šiljak unexpectedly took over Greece Super League Team Aris Thessaloniki Football Club to help achieve European spot in Championship Group. He signed short term contract until 30th of June 2023 and was for the first time on bench in game against PAOK on 30th of April 2023. Goal and successful mission was accomplished in next round when Aris on 3rd of May 2023 won against Volos and Aris two games before the end of Championship secured spot which guarantee playing Qualification matches for Conference League in season 2023/24.
Career statistics
Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first.
Honours
Olimpija Ljubljana
Prva liga: 1993–94, 1994–95; runner-up: 1995–96
Slovenian Cup: 1995–96
Slovenian Super Cup: 1995
Bastia
Intertoto Cup: 1997
Servette
National League A: 1998–99
Swiss Cup: 2001
Hammarby IF
Allsvenskan: 2001
Dalian Shide
Chinese FA Cup: runner-up 2003
Mouscron
Belgian Cup: runner-up 2005–06
Individual
Slovenian PrvaLiga top scorer: 1995–96 (28 goals in 33 games)
UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying top scorer (9 goals in 9 games)
References
External links
Player profile at NZS
1973 births
Living people
Footballers from Ljubljana
Slovenian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Slovenian expatriate men's footballers
Slovenia men's under-21 international footballers
Slovenia men's international footballers
NK Svoboda Ljubljana players
Slovenian PrvaLiga players
NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Ligue 1 players
SC Bastia players
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Swiss Super League players
Servette FC players
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Allsvenskan players
Hammarby Fotboll players
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Super League Greece players
Panionios F.C. players
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in China
Expatriate men's footballers in China
Chinese Super League players
Dalian Shide F.C. players
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Belgian Pro League players
Royal Excel Mouscron players
Slovenian football managers
NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) managers
Slovenian expatriate football managers
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
Expatriate football managers in Bulgaria
Botev Plovdiv managers
Expatriate football managers in China
Dalian Transcendence F.C. managers
China League One managers
UEFA Euro 2000 players
Slovenian PrvaLiga managers