[3] He is especially well remembered for his own goal against Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2002, in which he appeared to head the ball into his own net, after standing rooted to his line.

[1] Until the end of 2012, Piplica held the post of sports director of SC Hartenfels Torgau 04 and he also helped as a coach.

Piplica made his senior debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a March 2001 World Cup qualification match against Austria in Sarajevo and has earned a total of 8 caps.

[7] After retiring he was named as scout and goalkeeper coach of his last club FC Energie Cottbus on 24 June 2009.

[8] On 12 February 2010, he was additionally named as the new goalkeeper coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team.