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Filip Tapalović
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-10-22) 22 October 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Hull City (assistant)
Youth career
Fortuna Gelsenkirchen
0000–1995 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 VfL Bochum 25 (0)
1997–1999 Schalke 04 18 (0)
1999–2002 1860 Munich 56 (2)
2002–2005 VfL Bochum 44 (2)
2005–2006 Wacker Tirol 31 (0)
2007–2008 Carl Zeiss Jena 18 (2)
2008 NK Rijeka 8 (0)
International career
2002 Croatia 3 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2014 1860 Munich (youth)
2014–2015 1860 Munich (assistant)
2017–2019 Adelaide United (assistant)
2019–2020 Melbourne Victory (assistant)
2021–? Hamburger SV (assistant)
2024– Hull City (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Filip Tapalović (born 22 October 1976 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany) is a former Croatian international footballer and the current assistant head coach for EFL Championship club Hull City.

Playing career

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International

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He made his debut for Croatia in a May 2002 friendly match away against Hungary and earned a total of three caps, scoring no goals. His final international was four months later, a European Championship qualification match against Estonia.[1]

Managerial career

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In 2013 he became youth team manager at 1860 Munich.[2] He left the club after two seasons.

On 26 June 2017, he became assistant manager at A-League club Adelaide United.[3] Tapalović departed following Adelaide United's decision not to renew Marco Kurz' contract and followed Kurz to Melbourne Victory where he is currently the club's assistant manager.[4]

On 4 July 2024, Tapalović was appointed as assistant head coach at Hull City.[5]

Personal life

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His brother Toni Tapalović is also a former footballer and was employed as a goalkeeper coach at Bayern Munich.

References

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  1. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Filip Tapalović". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Reds appoint Filip Tapalovic as Assistant Head Coach". Adelaide United. 27 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Kurz reunites with his sidekick at Victory". FTBL. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Tapalović and Hübner appointed assistant head coaches". Hull City A.F.C. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
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