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

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and

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Playing career

Rubčić played for

HNK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka (), commonly referred to as HNK Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka competes in Croatia's top division, Croatian First Football League, Supersport HNL, o ...

for much of his career, collecting 183 league caps between 1982 and 1996. He was the team captain for five years, and played one match for the unofficial

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

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, in his hometown of

Rijeka Rijeka (; Fiume ( �fjuːme in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Ba ...

, he came on in the 86th minute as a substitute for

Zlatko Kranjčar Zlatko "Cico" Kranjčar (; 15 November 1956 – 1 March 2021) was a Croatian professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and Football player, player. Kranjčar started his career as a player with GNK Dinam ...

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won the match 2–0.

Managerial career

During 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 currently compete in the 1. NL, the second tier of the Croatian football league syst ...

NK Crikvenica Nogometni klub Crikvenica or simply NK Crikvenica is a Croatian football club based in the northern Adriatic town of Crikvenica. They play in the Third League – West, the fourth tier of Croatian football. Ground The team play at the Gradski s ...

, and

, and also acted as the assistant coach for the

, as well as the sport director and scout for

. In September 2010, he took over as the head coach of

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

. He signed a 1-year contract, becoming the 14th foreigner to lead the national team. As coach, he preferred fast plays with lots of running, but also emphasized technical aspects of the game. His formation of choice was 4-2-3-1. At the

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

, Bangladesh played in group E and suffered three losses, prompting the Bangladesh Federation to part ways with Rubčić on 14 June 2011. In November 2015, he was announced as the new manager of Istra 1961, replacing

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Career statistics

Club statistics

International appearances

Managerial statistics

References

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