Robert Špehar
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| Date of birth | 13 May 1970 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1981–1983 | Osijek | |||||||||||||
| 1983–1985 | Olimpija Osijek | |||||||||||||
| 1985–1988 | Osijek | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1988–1992 | Osijek | 54 | (14) | |||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | NK Zagreb | 46 | (27) | |||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Osijek | 26 | (23) | |||||||||||
| 1995–1997 | Club Brugge | 50 | (39) | |||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | AS Monaco | 27 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Verona | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Sporting CP | 11 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Galatasaray | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2002 | Standard Liège | 10 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Osijek | 39 | (23) | |||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Omonia | 7 | (3) | |||||||||||
| Total | 274 | (143) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1996 | Croatia | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | NK Višnjevac | |||||||||||||
| 2017-2018 | Marsonia | |||||||||||||
| 2022 | Marsonia | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Robert Špehar (born 13 May 1970) is a Croatian football coach and a former international footballer who played as a striker. During his 18 years long senior career he played for Croatian Prva HNL teams NK Zagreb and NK Osijek in three occasions. In Belgium he played for Club Brugge with whom he won Belgian First Division and Belgian Cup. He also played for AS Monaco reaching the UEFA Champions League semi-finals, Verona, Sporting, Galatasaray, Standard Liège, before ending his career at Omonia with Cypriot Cup title. At international level he represented Croatia gaining eight caps over a five-year period, between 1992–1996 and was a member of their 1996 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament winning squad. He is the father of a footballer Dino Špehar who just like him started his professional career at NK Osijek, at the same time that Robert was in office as club's president. Robert's father and Dino's grandfather was a well-known football goalkeeper of NK Osijek in the 1960s. Most recently he coached Croatian lower-league side NK Višnjevac with whom he achieved promotion to Treća HNL division East.