Career
He came to FK Partizan in 1970 when he was only 14 having played earlier for his local club FK Jedinstvo Kačarevo. He joined FK Partizan senior team in 1978 and will also play with Budućnost Podgorica and FK Priština in the Yugoslav First League before moving to Turkey where he played with Beşiktaş J.K., Eskişehirspor and Ankaragücü. As of March 2010, Zalad is the goalkeepers" coach in the Serbian national team, working under head coach Radomir Antić.
He had already worked with Antić in Atletico Madrid, and has earlir also worked in Spanish clubs Celta de Vigo, Real Madrid and F.C. Barcelona.
On 10 January 2013 he signed a contract with CSKA Sofia and became goalkeeping coach. On August 2014 he became goalkeeping coach at FK Napredak Kruševac in the Serbian SuperLiga.