Goran Sablić (born 4 August 1979) is a Croatian professional

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and former

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. He spent most of his career in Croatia, playing for

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and has also played for Ukrainian side

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. Sablić has had two spells as manager of

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, he was once manager of

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club

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and also managed Moldovan First League club

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. From 2020 until 2021, he was the manager of Hajduk's reserves and youth team. From June until December 2021, Sablić was manager of

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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

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in 2000 with

. He then signed a four-year contract with

on 12 August 2002. With Dynamo Kyiv, Sablić won the

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in 2003, 2004 and 2009. He also won the

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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,

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

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in an April 2002

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against

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, 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

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Managerial career

Split

In May 2013, Sablić became the new manager of

, but after three matches he was sacked. He was once more manager of Split between 2015 and 2016.

Široki Brijeg

During January 2017, Sablić was named the new manager of

club

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. 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

with whom in his first season as manager, won the Moldovan Championship three games before the end of the season. 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.

Hajduk Split II

On 15 December 2020, Sablić was announced as the new manager of Hajduk Split II, the

reserves and youth team.

Sarajevo

On 12 June 2021, Sablić became the new manager of

, thus returning to manage in the Bosnian Premier League. In his first game as Sarajevo manager, Sablić's team drew against Moldovan club

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in a

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qualifying round on 8 July 2021. 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

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. Sablić guided the team to his first win as manager in a league game against

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on 25 July 2021. In his first ever

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, Sablić's Sarajevo beat fierce city rivals Željezničar in a league match on 22 September 2021. On 27 December 2021, he terminated his contract with Sarajevo and left the club, following a half season of very mixed results.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Hajduk Split * 1. HNL: 2000–01 *

: 1999–2000 Dynamo Kyiv *

: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2008–09 *

: 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06 *

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

Manager

Široki Brijeg *

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: 2016–17 Sheriff Tiraspol *

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References

External links

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