Elvis Scoria

Elvis Scoria (born 5 July 1971^[1]) is a Croatian former football player and manager. He played for HNK Rijeka, Dinamo Zagreb (then called Croatia Zagreb), NK Istra, NK Zagreb and for Spanish club UE Lleida.

Elvis Scoria

Personal information
Date of birth	(1971-07-05) 5 July 1971 (age 54)
Place of birth	Pula, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1994	Rijeka	75	(13)
1994	Croatia Zagreb	6	(1)
1995–1996	Istra	62	(19)
1997	Zagreb	15	(5)
1997–1999	Lleida	18	(1)
1999–2000	Istra	7	(0)
Managerial career
2002–2004	Pula 1856
2004–2005	Rijeka
2006	Slaven Belupo
2007–2009	Istra 1961
2010–2011	Rijeka
2011–2012	Kavala
2012–2013	Rijeka
2014	Slaven Belupo
2017	Henan Jianye (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

As a player, Scoria appeared in two Cup finals in 1994 with HNK Rijeka and in 1997 with NK Zagreb losing both the finals.^[1]

Managerial career

Scoria has also appeared in three Cup finals as a manager in 2003 with NK Uljanik, 2005 with HNK Rijeka and in 2007 with NK Slaven Belupo. He also managed Rijeka in the 2005 Croatian Super Cup where they lost 1–0 in extra time from a goal by Niko Kranjčar.^[2]

He was announced manager of RNK Split in February 2017, succeeding Vjekoslav Lokica,^[3] only for him to change his mind after two days and Bruno Akrapović stepped in instead.^[4]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^{[5] [6]}

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rijeka	1989–90	Yugoslav First League	25	1	3	0	—		—		28	1
	1990–91		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	1992	Prva HNL	4	2	0	0	—		—		4	2
	1992–93		29	8	3	1	—		—		32	9
	1993–94		17	2	8	0	—		—		25	2
	Total		75	13	14	1	0	0	0	0	89	14
Croatia Zagreb	1994–95	Prva HNL	6	1	2	0	—		1	0	9	1
Istra	1994–95	Prva HNL	15	4	—		—		—		15	4
	1995–96		32	12	2	0	—		—		34	12
	1996–97		15	3	1	0	—		—		16	3
	Total		62	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	55	19
Zagreb	1996–97	Prva HNL	12	2	3	4	—		—		15	6
	1997–98		3	3	1	0	—		1	0	5	3
	Total		15	5	4	4	0	0	1	0	20	9
Lleida	1997–98	Segunda División	18	1	1	0	—		—		19	1
	1998–99		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	1
Istra	1999–00	Prva HNL	7	0	0	0	—		—		7	0
Career total			183	39	24	5	0	0	2	0	209	45

1. Includes Yugoslav Cup, Croatian Cup, Copa del Rey.
2. Includes Croatian Super Cup.

Managerial statistics

As of 4 November 2017^[7]

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Pula 1856	2002	2004	74	43	17	14	058.11
HNK Rijeka	2004	2005	61	27	20	14	044.26
NK Slaven Belupo	2006	2007	55	26	14	15	047.27
NK Istra 1961	2007	2009	63	36	14	13	057.14
HNK Rijeka	2010	2011	18	3	9	6	016.67
HNK Rijeka	2012	2013	24	10	7	7	041.67
NK Slaven Belupo	2014	2014	30	7	5	18	023.33
Total			325	152	86	87	046.77

Honours

NK Istra 1961

• Druga HNL - South: 2003–04
• Druga HNL: 2008–09

HNK Rijeka

• Croatian Cup: 2005