Robert Rubčić (born 2 November 1963) is a Croatian retired

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and

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Playing career

As a player, Rubčić 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 association football, football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top ...

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 The Croatia national football team ( hr, Hrvatska nogometna reprezentacija) represents Croatia in international Association football, football matches. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation (HNS), the governing body for football ...

(since Croatia was still part of Yugoslavia at the time) in 1990. He debuted on 22 December 1990, in a friendly match against

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, in

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...

. He came on as a substitute in 86th minute instead of

Zlatko Kranjčar Zlatko "Cico" Kranjčar (; 15 November 1956 – 1 March 2021) was a Croatian professional football manager and player. Kranjčar started his career as a player with Dinamo Zagreb where he won the Yugoslav First League in 1981–82, then Yugosl ...

. The result was 2-0 for

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Managerial career

In his managerial career he led Croatian clubs

NK Orijent HNK Orijent is a football club from Sušak, the eastern part of the city of Rijeka, Croatia. The club was established under the name ''Orient'' in 1919. They compete in the Croatian Second Football League. It is a Phoenix club (sports), phoenix ...

, NK Crikvenica and

, he was also an assistant coach in

, as well as the sport director and scout in

. In September 2010 he became coach of

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. He signed a 1-year contract, becoming 14th foreigner leading the nation. He prefers fast playing with lot of running during the whole match, emphasising on the technical aspects. He said that the national team will from now on play 4-2-3-1 formation, which fits the team best. In the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

, 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 Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. He had already left Bangladesh on June 2. He worked as sports at Istra 1961 and replaced

Igor Pamić Igor Pamić (born 19 November 1969) is a Croatian former professional footballer and current manager. He made five appearances for the Croatia national team during his playing career. Playing career Club He was born in the village of Žminj ...

as manager in November 2015.

Career statistics

Club statistics

International appearances

Managerial statistics

References

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