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Filip Tapalović
Personal information
Date of birth	22 October 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Hull City (assistant)
Youth career
	Fortuna Gelsenkirchen
0000–1995	Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1997	VfL Bochum
1997–1999	Schalke 04
1999–2002	1860 Munich
2002–2005	VfL Bochum
2005–2006	Wacker Tirol
2007–2008	Carl Zeiss Jena
2008	NK Rijeka
International career
2002	Croatia
Managerial career
2013–2014	1860 Munich (youth)
2014–2015	1860 Munich (assistant)
2017–2019	Adelaide United (assistant)
2019–2020	Melbourne Victory (assistant)
2021–?	Hamburger SV (assistant)
2024	Hull City (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Filip Tapalović (born 22 October 1976 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany) is a former Croatian international footballer and former assistant head coach for EFL Championship club Hull City.

Playing career

International

He made his debut for Croatia in a May 2002 friendly match away against Hungary and earned a total of three caps, scoring no goals. His final international was four months later, a European Championship qualification match against Estonia.^[1]

Managerial career

In 2013 he became youth team manager at 1860 Munich.^[2] He left the club after two seasons.

On 26 June 2017, he became assistant manager at A-League club Adelaide United.^[3] Tapalović departed following Adelaide United's decision not to renew Marco Kurz' contract and followed Kurz to Melbourne Victory where he is currently the club's assistant manager.^[4]

On 4 July 2024, Tapalović was appointed as assistant head coach at Hull City.^[5] On 27 November 2024, the club parted ways with head coach Tim Walter and his assistant Tapalović, following a run of four straight defeats and nine games without a win.^[6]