 He was also the first manager to win the Croatian First Football League with Hajduk Split, in its inaugural season, in 1992.He died on 24 December 2018, at , after a long battle with health issues, aged 80.Throughout his whole career, Poklepović played for RNK Split, between 1956 and 1976, and won the Yugoslav Second League twice, first in the 1956–57 (Zone I) season, and then after in the 1959–60 (West) season.