Dalibor Šilić
{{Short description|Bosnian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Dalibor Šilić
| image =
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| caption =
| fullname = Dalibor Šilić
| height = {{height|m=1.72}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|1|23}}
| birth_place = Konjic, SFR Yugoslavia
| currentclub =
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Turbina Jablanica
| youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–1998
| youthclubs2 = Zrinjski Mostar
| years1 = 1998–1999
| clubs1 = Zrinjski Mostar
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1999–2001
| clubs2 = Brotnjo
| caps2 = 33
| goals2 = 12
| years3 = 2001
| clubs3 = Maribor
| caps3 = 2
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2002–2003
| clubs4 = Željezničar
| caps4 = 23
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2003–2013
| clubs5 = Široki Brijeg
| caps5 = 268
| goals5 = 53
| totalcaps = 326
| totalgoals = 66
| nationalyears1 = 2001–2006| nationalteam1 = Bosnia and Herzegovina | nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2001 | nationalteam2 = Bosnia and Herzegovina XI | nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2013–2021
| managerclubs1 = Široki Brijeg (Sporting Director)
| manageryears2 = 2024
| managerclubs2 = Tashkent (Assistant Coach)
}}
Dalibor Šilić (born 23 January 1979) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Born in Konjic, SFR Yugoslavia, present day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Šilić started playing football in the youth teams of Turbina Jablanica and Zrinjski Mostar, before getting called up to the first team of Zrinjski in 1998. In 1999, he joined Brotnjo, with whom he won the 1999–2000 First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2001, Šilić left Brotnjo to join Slovenian PrvaLiga club Maribor, but shortly after left the club. In January 2002, he signed with Željezničar, where he won the Bosnian Premier League in the 2001–02 season and the Bosnian Cup in the 2002–03 season.
Šilić then joined Široki Brijeg in the summer of 2003, where he would eventually go on to play 10 years for the club, making over 260 league appearances and scoring over 50 league goals, winning the league title 2 times and the cup also 2 times. In December 2013, he finished his playing career at Široki Brijeg at the age of 34.
International career
Šilić made his debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a June 2001 Merdeka Tournament match against Slovakia and has earned a total of 9 caps (2 unofficial), scoring no goals. His final international was an October 2006 European Championship qualification match against Greece.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=19265|title=Player Database|website=eu-football.info|accessdate=2021-05-15}}
Post-playing career
After retiring, Šilić right away became the Sporting director of Široki Brijeg on 20 December 2013.{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/dalibor-silic-novi-sportski-direktor-sirokog-brijega/120577|title=Dalibor Šilić novi sportski direktor Širokog Brijega|date=20 December 2013|accessdate=20 December 2013|language=Bosnian|publisher=sportsport.ba}} After over seven years, on 12 January 2021, he unexpectedly resigned from the position.{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/dalibor-silic-nk-siroki-brijeg-ostavka/387720|title=Dalibor Šilić napustio NK Široki Brijeg!|date=12 January 2021|accessdate=12 January 2021|language=Bosnian|author=S. Mlaćo|publisher=sportsport.ba}}
Honours
=Player=
Brotnjo
Željezničar
Široki Brijeg
See also
References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929123723/http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil.php?id=36009 Dalibor Šilić] at weltfussball.de (archived)
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Category:Footballers from Herzegovina-Neretva Canton
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers
Category:21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen
Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina men's international footballers
Category:HŠK Zrinjski Mostar players
Category:FK Željezničar Sarajevo players
Category:NK Široki Brijeg players
Category:Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players
Category:Slovenian PrvaLiga players
Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia