Ermin Šiljak

Ermin Šiljak

Personal information
Full name	Ermin Šiljak
Date of birth	(1973-05-11) 11 May 1973
Place of birth	Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing position	Centre forward (retired)
Youth career
	Ilirija
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1992–1993	Svoboda	40	(16)
1993–1996	Olimpija	78	(58)
1996–1998	Bastia	25	(8)
1998-2001	Servette	38	(11)
2001	Hammarby	4	(0)
2001–2003	Panionios F.C.	37	(13)
2003–2004	Dalian Shide	22	(13)
2005–2006	Mouscron	19	(7)
National team
1992–1994	Slovenia U21	9	(1)
1994–2003	Slovenia	48	(14)
Teams managed
2012	Olimpija
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Ermin Šiljak (born 11 May 1973 in Ljubljana) is a former Slovenian football player. He is renowned as a great finisher, and has top off the ball instincts to get into scoring positions.

Club career

He started his professional career at NK Svoboda. Later he has played for clubs such as NK Olimpija, SC Bastia (France), Servette Geneva (Switzerland), Panionios (Greece), Dalian Shide (China) and Mouscron (Belgium).

International career

Šiljak played for the Slovenia national football team and was a participant at the Euro 2000. He scored 8 goals in Euro 2004 qualifications.

International goals

Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 December 1995	Estadio Héroe de Nacozari, Hermosillo	Mexico	1–2	1–2	Friendly match
2	7 February 1996	Ta'Qali Stadium, Valletta	Iceland	7–1	7–1	Friendly match
3	21 May 1996	Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana	United Arab Emirates	1–2	2–2	Friendly match
4	18 March 1997	Linzer Stadion, Linz	Austria	2–0	2–0	Friendly match
5	11 November 2000	Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana	Switzerland	1–1	2–2	FIFA World Cup 2002 qualification
6	7 September 2002	Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana	Malta	2–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
7	2 April 2003	Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana	Cyprus	1–0	4–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
8	2 April 2003	Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana	Cyprus	2–1	4–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
9	30 April 2003	Ta'Qali Stadium, Valletta	Malta	2–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
10	30 April 2003	Ta'Qali Stadium, Valletta	Malta	3–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
11	6 September 2003	Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana	Israel	1–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
12	11 October 2003	Tsirion, Limassol	Cyprus	1–0	2–2	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
13	11 October 2003	Tsirion, Limassol	Cyprus	2–0	2–2	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
14	15 November 2003	Maksimir, Zagreb	Croatia	1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 2004 Play-offs

Honours

Olimpija Ljubljana

• Prva liga: 1993–94, 1994–95
  • Runner-up: 1995–96
• Slovenian Cup: 1995–96

SC Bastia

• Intertoto Cup: 1997

Servette FC

• National League A: 1998–99
• Schweizer Cup: 2001

Hammarby IF

• Allsvenskan: 2001

Dalian Shide

• Chinese FA Cup:
  • Runner-up: 2003

R.E. Mouscron

• Belgian Cup:
  • Runner-up: 2005–06

Individual

• 1995–96 Slovenian PrvaLiga Topscorer, 28 Goals
• 2004 AFC Champions League Topscorer, 7 Goals

See also

• Slovenian international players

External links

• Player profile at PrvaLiga (Slovene)
• Player profile at NZS (Slovene)
• Player profile at LFP

Slovenia squad – UEFA Euro 2000 1 Simeunovič 2 Bulajič 3 Milinovič 4 Milanič 5 Galič 6 Knavs 7 Novak 8 A. Čeh 9 Udovič 10 Zahovič 11 Pavlin 12 Dabanovič 13 Rudonja 14 Gajser 15 Istenič 16 Žlogar 17 Šiljak 18 Ačimovič 19 Karič 20 Osterc 21 Pavlovič 22 Nemec Coach: Katanec

Slovenian PrvaLiga top scorers 1991–92: Ubavič 1992–93: Udovič 1993–94: Škaper 1994–95: Škaper 1995–96: Šiljak 1996–97: Kamberović 1997–98: Ekmečić 1998–99: Nikčević 1999–2000: Bozgo 2000–01: Pekič 2001–02: Obilinović 2002–03: Kmetec 2003–04: Žeželj 2004–05: Bozgo 2005–06: Burgič 2006–07: Nikezić 2007–08: Zahora 2008–09: Velikonja 2009–10: Osterc 2010–11: Tavares 2011–12: Vršič 2012–13: Tavares 2013–14: Eterović