Robert Rubčić

Robert Rubčić
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-11-02) 2 November 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth Rijeka, Yugoslavia
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1984 Rijeka 10 (0)
1983Orijent (loan)
1984–1985 Jedinstvo Bihać 16 (2)
1985–1994 Rijeka 168 (6)
1994–1995 HIT Gorica 16 (1)
1995–1996 Rijeka 5 (0)
International career
1990 Croatia 1 (0)
Managerial career
2003–2004 Orijent
2004–2005 Crikvenica
2008–2009 Rijeka
2010–2011 Bangladesh
2015–2016 Istra 1961
2020-present ŽNK Rijeka
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Rubčić (born 2 November 1963) is a Croatian retired footballer and manager.

Playing career[edit]

As a player, Rubčić played for HNK Rijeka for much of his career, collecting 184 league caps between 1982 and 1996. He was club's captain for 5 years, and he was also part of the unofficial Croatia national football team (since Croatia was still part of Yugoslavia at the time) in 1990. He debuted on 22 December 1990, in a friendly match against Romania, in Rijeka. He came on as a substitute in 86th minute instead of Zlatko Kranjčar. The result was 2-0 for Croatia.[1]

Managerial career[edit]

In his managerial career he led Croatian clubs NK Orijent, NK Crikvenica and HNK Rijeka,[2] he was also an assistant coach in Croatia national football team, as well as the sport director and scout in Rijeka. In September 2010 he became coach of Bangladesh. He signed a 1-year contract, becoming 14th foreigner leading the nation.[3]

He prefers fast playing with lot of running during the whole match, emphasising on the technical aspects.[4] He said that the national team will from now on play 4-2-3-1 formation, which fits the team best.[5] In the 2010 Asian Games, people had expected a lot from Robert but he couldn't stand up to the expectations of the people as Bangladesh crashed out of the Asian games, losing every game. He was sacked by Bangladesh Federation on 14 June 2011 so close to 2014 World Cup qualifier against Pakistan. He had already left Bangladesh on June 2.

He worked as sports at Istra 1961 and replaced Igor Pamić as manager in November 2015.[6]

Career statistics[edit]

Club statistics[edit]

[7]

Club performance League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Yugoslavia League Yugoslav Cup Total
1982-83 NK Rijeka Yugoslav First League 8 0 1 0 9 0
1983-84 2 0 - - 2 0
1984-85 NK Jedinstvo Bihać Yugoslav Second League 16 2 0 0 16 2
1985-86 NK Rijeka Yugoslav First League 4 0 2 0 6 0
1986-87 14 0 4 0 18 0
1987-88 31 1 1 0 32 1
1988-89 32 3 1 0 33 3
1989-90 16 1 3 1 19 2
1990-91 10 1 1 0 11 1
Croatia League Croatian Cup Total
1992 NK Rijeka Prva HNL 18 0 3 1 21 1
1992-93 24 0 4 0 28 0
1993-94 19 0 6 0 25 0
Slovenia League Slovenian Cup Total
1994-95 ND Gorica PrvaLiga 16 1 1 0 17 1
Croatia League Croatian Cup Total
1995-96 HNK Rijeka Prva HNL 5 0 1 0 6 0
Country Yugoslavia 133 8 13 1 146 9
Slovenia 16 1 1 3 17 1
Croatia 66 0 14 1 80 1
Total 215 9 28 5 243 11

International appearances[edit]

Croatia national team
Year Apps Goals
1990 1 0

Managerial statistics[edit]

As of 8 December 2017[8]
Team Tenure* Played Won Drawn Lost %
  NK Orijent 2003 – 2004
  NK Crikvenica 2004 – 2005
  HNK Rijeka Oct 2008 – Sep 2009 38 18 6 14 047.37
  Bangladesh Sep 2010 – Jun 2011 3 1 0 2 033.33
  NK Istra 1961 Oct 2015 – Jan 2016 9 1 2 6 011.11

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  2. ^ ROBERT RUBČIĆ NOVI TRENER RIJEKE! - Sportske Jutarnji (in Croatian)
  3. ^ Robert Rubčić na klupi Bangladeša: Ovu reprezentaciju želim dići za 30 mjesta - Sport - Index.hr
  4. ^ New Bangladesh Coach Robert Rubcic Full Of Ambition - Goal.com
  5. ^ Robertu Rubčiću 50 tisuća dolara mjesečno za klupu Bangladeša - Sport - Index.hr
  6. ^ Igor Pamić dobio otkaz, Robert Rubčić privremeno preuzeo prvu momčad - SportNet (in Croatian)
  7. ^ "Robert Rubčić statistics". HRnogomet.com. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Robert Rubčić Managerial statistics in Prva HNL". hrnogomet.com. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

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