Mladen Pralija

{{short description|Croatian former professional footballer (born 1959)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mladen Pralija | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|1|28|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Šibenik]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|FPR Yugoslavia]] | height = | position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]] | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1977–1978 | clubs1 = [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1978–1979 | clubs2 = [[RNK Split]] | caps2 = 48 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1979–1982 | clubs3 = [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]] | caps3 = 10 | goals3 = | years4 = 1982–1985 | clubs4 = [[HNK Šibenik|Šibenik]] | caps4 = 120 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1986–1987 | clubs5 = [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]] | caps5 = 31 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 1987-1988 | clubs6 = [[Hamburger SV]] | caps6 = 20 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 1988 | clubs7 = [[NK Čelik Zenica|Čelik Zenica]] | caps7 = 4 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 1988–1992 | clubs8 = [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]] | caps8 = 69 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 1992 | clubs9 = [[NK Pazinka|Pazinka]] | caps9 = 4 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 1992–1993 | clubs10 = [[Toronto Croatia]] | caps10 = 50 | goals10 = 0 | manageryears1 = 1993 | managerclubs1 = [[Toronto Croatia]] | manageryears2 = 1993–1999 | managerclubs2 = [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]] (assistant) | manageryears3 = 1999 | managerclubs3 = [[Warriors F.C.|Singapore Armed Forces]] | manageryears4 = 2000–2003 | managerclubs4 = [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]] (goalkeeping coach) | manageryears5 = 2004–2006 | managerclubs5 = [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]] (goalkeeping coach) | manageryears6 = 2006 | managerclubs6 = [[Toronto Croatia]] | manageryears7 = 2008 | managerclubs7 = [[FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok|Luch-Energiya]] (assistant) | manageryears8 = 2010 | managerclubs8 = [[NK Istra 1961|Istra 1961]] (assistant) | manageryears9 = 2010–2012 | managerclubs9 = [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] (goalkeeping coach) | manageryears10 = 2012 | managerclubs10 = [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]] (goalkeeping coach) | manageryears11 = 2013–2014 | managerclubs11 = [[Croatia national under-19 football team|Croatia U19]] (assistant) | manageryears12 = 2014–2015 | managerclubs12 = [[RNK Split]] (assistant) | manageryears13 = 2015–2016 | managerclubs13 = [[FC Sheriff Tiraspol|Sheriff Tiraspol]] (assistant) | manageryears14 = 2017 | managerclubs14 = [[Apollon Smyrnis F.C.|Apollon Smyrnis]] (assistant) | manageryears15 = 2017 | managerclubs15 = [[FC Atyrau|Atyrau]] (assistant) | manageryears16 = 2018 | managerclubs16 = [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]] (goalkeeping coach) }} '''Mladen Pralija''' (born 28 January 1959) is a Croatian former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe47545/mladen-pralija/ | title = Mladen Pralija | publisher = worldfootball.net | access-date = 19 July 2013}}</ref>

==Playing career == Pralija began his career in the [[Yugoslav First League]] with [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]] in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hajduk.hr/eng/history/players|title=Players database • HNK Hajduk Split|website=hajduk.hr|language=hr|access-date=2017-10-15}}</ref> He made his club debut on 11 November 1981 in a Cup match against [[NK SAŠK Napredak|Napredak]].<ref>[https://dalmatinskiportal.hr/sport/intervju-karijere-mladen-pralija--/37352 PRESJEK KARIJERE: Pročitajte što Mladen Pralija kaže o vratarskim danima u Hajduku i prelasku u HSV, te koji je najveći problem ove momčadi 'bijelih'] – Dalmatinski Portal {{in lang|hr}}</ref> He also had stints with [[RNK Split]], [[HNK Šibenik|Šibenik]], and [[NK Čelik Zenica|Čelik Zenica]]. In 1987, he played abroad in the [[Bundesliga]] with [[Hamburger SV]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.fussballdaten.de/person/mladen-pralija/|title=Mladen Pralija – 1987/1988|work=Fussballdaten|access-date=2017-10-15|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/hamburger-sv/article117265147/Der-groesste-Fliegenfaenger-der-Liga-spielte-beim-HSV.html|title=Transfer-Flops: Der größte Fliegenfänger der Liga spielte beim HSV|last=Laux|first=Alexander|date=2013-06-20|work=DIE WELT|access-date=2017-10-15}}</ref> After the formation of the [[Croatian First Football League]] he played with [[NK Pazinka]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hrnogomet.com/hnl/igrac.php?id=421&stranica=1|title=Mladen Pralija|website=hrnogomet.com|access-date=2017-10-15}}</ref> He played abroad once more in 1992 in the [[Canadian National Soccer League|National Soccer League]] with [[Toronto Croatia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.studiacroatica.org/veterani/18veterani.htm|title=18 Veterani Hajduka – Branka Bezić Filipović | publisher=studiacroatica.org | access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/winnipeg-free-press-jul-24-1993-p-71/|title=Offence doesn't mean victory|last=McDonald|first=Marvin|date=1993-07-24|via=NewspaperArchive.com|work=Winnipeg Free Press|page=71|language=en|access-date=2020-04-14}}</ref>

==Managerial career== After his retirement from competitive football he made the transition to a football [[Manager (association football)|manager]]. In 1999, he managed the [[Singapore Armed Forces FC]] in the [[S.League]]. There he achieved the [[Singapore Cup]] for the team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://s-leaguefootball.blogspot.com/search?q=Mladen+Pralija|title=S-league: Facts & Figures|last=happy|date=14 October 2009 |access-date=2017-10-15}}</ref> In 2018, he was appointed assistant manager under [[Zoran Vulić]] for Hajduk Split in the Croatian First Football League.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportcom.hr/sport/nogomet/hajduk/zoran-vulic-sluzbeno-trener-hajduka-mladen-pralija-i-mario-carevic-pomocnici|title=Zoran Vulić službeno trener Hajduka, Mladen Pralija i Mario Carević pomoćnici – SportCom.hr|last=SC|access-date=2018-09-09|language=hr-hr}}</ref> He also worked as Vulić' assistant at Istra, RNK Split, Luch Energiya, Sheriff Tiraspol, Atyrau and Apollon Smyrnis.

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