Danko Matrljan

Danko Matrljan (born 4 March 1960) is a Croatian former professional football striker who played for HNK Rijeka, Pomorac, Orijent Rijeka, French club Orléans and Spanish side Logroñés. He works as an assistant manager for the Croatian top division club HNK Rijeka.

Danko Matrljan

Matrljan celebrates scoring against Real Madrid in the UEFA Cup in October 1984
Personal information
Date of birth	(1960-03-04) 4 March 1960 (age 65)
Place of birth	Rijeka, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Rijeka (Youth academy)
Youth career
	Rijeka
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1982	Orijent
1982–1987	Rijeka	132	(25)
1987–1988	Logroñés	1	(0)
1988–1992	Orléans	33	(5)
1992–1993	Orijent Rijeka
1993–1995	Buje
1995–1998	Pomorac
Managerial career
	Orijent
2000–2001	Rijeka (assistant)
2001–2002	Pomorac (assistant)
2002	Pomorac
2003–2004	Rijeka (assistant)
2004–2006	Rijeka (youth)
2006–2007	Rijeka (assistant)
2008–2009	Rijeka (youth)
2009–2010	Krk
2010–2011	Al-Muharraq (assistant)
2011	Kazma (assistant)
2011–2012	Rijeka (assistant)
2015–2018	Rijeka (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Matrljan was born in Rijeka.

He scored a goal for Rijekaagainst Real Madrid in the 1984–85 UEFA Cup on 24 October 1984.^{[citation needed]}

Matrljan had over 130 appearances for Rijeka and had scored over 40 goals in official matches, domestic cup (Yugoslav Cup, Croatian Cup and Croatian Supercup) and UEFA club competitions.^{[citation needed]}

Playing statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^{[citation needed]}

Season	Club	League	League		Cup		Continental		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rijeka	1982–83	Yugoslav First League	20	4	3	1	–		23	5
	1983–84		23	4	2	0	–		25	4
	1984–85		28	4	2	0	4	1	34	5
	1985–86		32	7	1	1	–		33	8
	1986–87		28	6	7	2	2	0	37	8
	1987–88		1	0	–		–		1	0
	Total		132	25	15	4	6	1	153	30
Logroñes	1987–88[1]	La Liga	1	0	0	0	–		1	0
Orléans	1988–89	French Division 2	23	5	3	1	–		26	6
	1989–90		10	0	0	0	–		26	6
	1990–91		0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	1991–92		0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	Total		33	5	3	1	0	0	36	6
Career total			176	30	18	4	6	1	200	35

Managerial statistics

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Pomorac Kostrena[2]	6 October 2002	30 November 2002	8	1	4	3	012.50

Honours

Rijeka

• Yugoslav Cup runner-up: 1987

Pomorac Kosterna

• Druga HNL runner-up: 1996–97 (West)
• Treća HNL - West: 1995–96