Vlado Čapljić is a Bosnian Serb football manager and former player.

Career

He started playing in the youth teams of FK Željezničar Sarajevo where he played until 1985. With them, he reached the semi-finals of the 1984-85 UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

. Next, he moved to Belgrade to play with FK Partizan

FK Partizan

Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

 where he won two national championships

Yugoslav First League

The Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...

, in 1986 and 1987. In January 1988, he moved to NK Dinamo Zagreb where he played until 1990. He then returned briefly to Željezničar, before, in 1992, deciding to move abroad, to Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

, where he played for the lower league A.D. Esposende, before hanging up his boots in 1994.

National team

He played for all the youth selections before playing for the main Yugoslav national football team. He collected four caps

Cap (sport)

In sports, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance on a select team, such as a national team. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of association football...

. He also played for the olympic team at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...

 and won a bronze medal.

Coaching career

After having retired, he decided to stay attached to football, and, after getting the coaching diploma, he started coaching a number of teams in Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

. He was the main coach of FK Radnički Obrenovac

FK Radnicki Obrenovac

FK Radnički Obrenovac is a football club from Obrenovac, Serbia.-History:The greatest club archivements were the 12th place in the First League of Serbia and Montenegro archived in the 2003-04, and the reaching of the quarter-finals of the Cup in 2000-01.-Recent seasons:- Squad :As of November...

, FK Bežanija

FK Bežanija

FK Bežanija is a football club based in Novi Beograd, Serbia. They play in the First League of Serbia, the second tier of Serbian football.- History :...

, FK Srem Jakovo, FK Timočanin Knjaževac

FK Timocanin Knjaževac

-History:It is believed that FK Timočanin Knjaževac is the oldest football club in Serbia, but it was officially founded in 1921.-About club:FK Timočanin Knjaževac is not very popular, actually it's barely even known outside of Knjaževac because they play in the lowest Serbian league...

, FK Radnički Niš and FK Radnički 1923.