Elvis Scoria (born 5 July 1971) is a Croatian former football player and manager. He played for

HNK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top division, HT Prva lig ...

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

(then called Croatia Zagreb),

NK Istra Nogometni Klub Istra ( en, Istra Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Istra or simply Istra, is a Croatian football club, from the city of Pula. The club currently plays in the fifth level of the Croatian league system but Istra has also pl ...

, NK Zagreb and for Spanish club

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Playing career

As a player Scoria appeared in two Cup finals in

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with

and in

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with NK Zagreb losing both the finals.

Managerial career

Scoria has also appeared in three Cup finals as a manager in 2003 with NK Uljanik, 2005 with

and in 2007 with

NK Slaven Belupo Nogometni klub Slaven Belupo ( en, Slaven Belupo Football Club), often referred to as NK Slaven Belupo, Slaven Belupo or simply Slaven, and known internationally as NK Slaven Koprivnica, is a Croatian professional football club based in the cit ...

. He also managed Rijeka in the 2005 Croatian Super Cup where they lost 1–0 in extra time from a goal by Niko Kranjčar. He was announced manager of

RNK Split Radnički nogometni klub Split, commonly known as RNK Split, is a Croatian football club based in the city of Split. History The club had a strong fanbase in the Split's shipyard. The club was founded on 16 April 1912 as Anarch, but has had se ...

in February 2017, succeeding Vjekoslav Lokica, only for him to change his mind after two days and

Bruno Akrapović Bruno Akrapović (born 26 September 1967) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Club career Starting his career in his native Bosnia, at the time part of Yugoslavia, Akrapović spent the ma ...

stepped in instead.

Career statistics

Managerial statistics

Honours

;NK Istra 1961 * Druga HNL - South: 2003–04 * Druga HNL: 2008–09 ;HNK Rijeka * Croatian Cup: 2005

References

External links

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Elvis Scoria short biography
at Sportnet.hr (1 January 2009) {{DEFAULTSORT:Scoria, Elvis 1971 births Living people Footballers from Pula Footballers from Rijeka Croatian people of Italian descent Men's association football forwards Yugoslav footballers Croatian footballers HNK Rijeka players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players NK Istra players NK Zagreb players UE Lleida players Yugoslav First League players Croatian Football League players Segunda División players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Croatian football managers NK Istra 1961 managers HNK Rijeka managers NK Slaven Belupo managers Kavala F.C. managers Croatian Football League managers Croatian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Greece Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Croatian expatriate sportspeople in China