Filip Tapalović (born 22 October 1976 in

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, Germany) is a former

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and former assistant head coach for

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club

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Playing career

International

He made his debut for

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in a May 2002

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away against

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and earned a total of three caps, scoring no goals. His final international was four months later, a European Championship qualification match against

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Managerial career

In 2013 he became youth team manager at

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. He left the club after two seasons. On 26 June 2017, he became assistant manager at

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club

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. Tapalović departed following

's decision not to renew

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' contract and followed Kurz to

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where he is currently the club's assistant manager. On 4 July 2024, Tapalović was appointed as assistant head coach at

. On 27 November 2024, the club parted ways with head coach

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and his assistant Tapalović, following a run of four straight defeats and nine games without a win. On 31 January 2025, he was named assistant coach at

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under

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Personal life

His brother

Toni Tapalović Toni Tapalović (born 10 October 1980) is a German former professional footballer who is currently the assistant coach of La Liga club Barcelona. Club career Throughout his career, he played for lower clubs or for the reserve teams. Tapalović b ...

is also a former footballer and was employed as a goalkeeper coach at

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* 1976 births Living people Footballers from Gelsenkirchen German people of Croatian descent Men's association football midfielders Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's international footballers VfL Bochum players FC Schalke 04 players TSV 1860 Munich players FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) players FC Carl Zeiss Jena players HNK Rijeka players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Oberliga (football) players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Croatian Football League players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Hamburger SV non-playing staff Hull City A.F.C. non-playing staff German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Austria German men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Australia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Australia {{Croatia-footy-midfielder-stub