Ervin Boban (born 17 March 1965 in Split) is a former Croatian professional football player, who is currently a coach for feeder club Johor Darul Ta'zim II.
After poor performances by Jeremez and Boravac in the 1989 season, Johor FA decided to retain Boban and sign two new strikers who played for the Australian national team: Alistair Edwards and Abbas Saad.
In 1990, Boban rejected an offer from the Division Two Austrian club, Klangerfurt FC, because he wanted to focus on the Johor FA team, and he was comfortable with the style of play in Liga Malaysia (the Malaysian League).
Among the players who have played with Boban on Johor FA are: Salehan Mohamed Som, Hassan Miskam, The Professor Nasir Yusof, Ramlan Rashid, Anuar Abu Bakar, Salim Sulaiman, Fadzli Ahmad, Nasir Sazali, Sani Usman, Khalid Shahdan, Nazaruddin Atan, Aidel Mohamed Nor, and Nizaruddin Kadir.
WWFC's 1996 lineup also included: the late Borhan Abu Samah, Tamil Marren, Zakaria Awang, and Croatian goalkeeper Sandro Radun.
Boban also excelled in a meeting with Geylang United FC scoring on goalkeeper David Lee in front of 30,000 spectators, leading WWFC to a 1-0 win.
[5] In June 2014, Boban returned to Malaysia, where he had played striker for nearly seven seasons, at the personal invitation of the Head of State, Prince of Johor.
[6] In late 2014, HRH Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, Johor FA's Chairman, hired Boban as its head coach for the 2015 Malaysian President's Cup.