Marijan Vlak (born 23 October 1955) is a

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Playing career

Born in

Petrinja Petrinja () is a town in central Croatia near Sisak in the historic region of Banovina. It is administratively located in Sisak-Moslavina County. On December 29, 2020, the town was hit by a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 , causing ...

, spent his playing career as a

for

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 ...

and

Segesta Sisak HNK Segesta is a Croatian football club located in the city of Sisak. It is named after the Illyrian settlement Segesta from which modern city of Sisak developed. Segesta is one of the oldest Croatian football clubs, although there are no writt ...

. Although he was never capped for the

Yugoslavia national football team The Yugoslavia national football team; hr, Jugoslavenska nogometna reprezentacija; sl, Jugoslovanska nogometna reprezentanca; mk, Фудбалска репрезентација на Југославија, Fudbalska reprezentacija na Jugosl ...

he was on

Miljan Miljanić Miljan Miljanić ( sr-Cyrl, Миљан Миљанић; 4 May 1930 – 13 January 2012) was a Yugoslav and Serbian football player, coach and administrator, who played as a defender. Born in Bitola, Vardar Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, to a ...

's broader list for the

1982 FIFA World Cup The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain between 13 June and 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy national foo ...

, but failed to make the final cut. He won the

1981–82 Yugoslav First League The 1981–82 Yugoslav First League season was the 36th season of the First Federal League ( sh, Prva savezna liga), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. The season began on 26 July 1 ...

title with Dinamo after beating closest rivals

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

3-0.

Managerial career

Vlak started his managerial career in 1990 and he managed Dinamo on several occasions, leaving them in March 2009 for the last time. He took charge of Hungarian side Vasas Budapest in August 2011. He was released by the club in February 2012 citing they could not afford to pay him anymore. He also managed Hungarian sides Ferencvaros and Videoton.Vlak: Mamićev otkaz bio mi je šok karijere
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Honours

Club

Dinamo Zagreb

* First Federal League: 1981–82 *

Marshal Tito Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

: 1982–83

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* 1955 births Living people People from Petrinja Sportspeople from Sisak-Moslavina County Men's association football goalkeepers Yugoslav men's footballers GNK Dinamo Zagreb players HNK Segesta players Yugoslav First League players Croatian football managers GNK Dinamo Zagreb managers Ferencvárosi TC managers MŠK Žilina managers Fehérvár FC managers Vasas SC managers NK Slaven Belupo managers Nemzeti Bajnokság I managers Croatian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Slovakia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate football managers in Hungary Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary {{Croatia-footy-goalkeeper-stub