Toni Golem

Toni Golem
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-01-14) 14 January 1982 (age 44)
Place of birth Split, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Śląsk Wrocław (caretaker manager)
Youth career
–2000 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Mosor Žrnovnica
2005 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 18 (2)
2006–2007 Górnik Łęczna 32 (0)
2007–2008 Ruch Chorzów 10 (0)
2009–2010 Inter Zaprešić 26 (1)
2010–2012 Karlovac 2 (0)
Managerial career
2019 Balmazújváros
2019–2020 Lučko
2022–2023 Solin
2023 Hajduk Split U19
2023 Rudeš
2024 Triglav Kranj
2026– Śląsk Wrocław (caretaker)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Toni Golem (Croatian pronunciation: [tôni ɡǒlem, tôː-]; born 14 January 1982) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who played as a defender. He currently serves as the caretaker manager of Ekstraklasa club Śląsk Wrocław.

Managerial career

After retiring in 2012, Golem began his coaching career at his former club, Hrvatski Dragovoljac. He signed a contract until June 2014. He worked in the staff until just before the summer 2017. He then joined the staff of manager Željko Kopić in Slaven Belupo, functioning as an assistant coach.

On 13 November 2018, Željko Kopić was appointed as the new manager of Hajduk Split, where Golem followed with him, remaining as his assistant. In the end of November 2017, Golem finished his UEFA Pro Licence course. Golem left Hajduk in the summer 2018.

On 3 January 2019, Golem became the manager of Balmazújvárosi FC in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II and in July that year he took over at Lučko.

During his second stint as an assistant manager of Hajduk, he worked under Boro Primorac who was the assistant coach of Arsène Wenger for over 20 years in Arsenal, and later aided Paolo Tramezzani.

In February 2022, he was appointed manager of Croatian second tier-side NK Solin.

On 24 December 2024, Golem joined the coaching staff of Polish club Śląsk Wrocław as an assistant under Ante Šimundža. On 4 November 2026, two days after Šimundža's sacking, Golem became the caretaker manager of the club ahead of their Ekstraklasa match against Piast Gliwice.

References

  1. ↑ "Àntūn". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Tȍni (Tȏni)
  2. ↑ "gòlem". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Gòlem
  3. ↑ "Statistika: Toni Golem" (in Croatian). Hrvatska nogometna liga. Retrieved 4 May 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ Glasnik 38/13 – HNS-a, hns-cff.hr, 27 August 2013
  5. ↑ Glasnik 30/17 – HNS-a, hns-cff.hr, 11 July 2017
  6. ↑ “Znam da od igrača tražim puno”, telesport.telegram.hr, 26 May 2017
  7. ↑ Zeljko Kopic appointed as new head coach, hajduk.hr, 13 November 2018
  8. ↑ TONI GOLEM OBRANIO DIPLOMSKI RAD I STEKAO UEFA PRO LICENCU, hajduk.hr, 22 November 2017
  9. ↑ TONI GOLEM NOVI TRENER PRVE MOMČADI! – NK Lučko
  10. ↑ NK SOLIN: Toni Golem novi kormilar modrih s Jadra vjeruje u ostanak – Solin (in Croatian)
  11. ↑ Wieczorek, Bartosz (24 December 2024). "Ante Simundza oficjalnie ogłoszony nowym trenerem Śląska Wrocław". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  12. ↑ "Toni Golem poprowadzi Śląsk Wrocław w meczu z Piastem Gliwice". radiowroclaw.pl (in Polish). 4 November 2026. Retrieved 4 November 2026.