Igor Jovićević (Croatian pronunciation: [îgor jovǐːtɕevitɕ]; born 30 November 1973) is a Croatian football manager and former professional footballer who is currently in charge of Saudi club Al-Raed.
 Jovićević in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Igor Jovićević | ||
| Date of birth | 30 November 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Raed (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1991 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1995 | Real Madrid Castilla | 79 | (15) |
| 1996–1999 | NK Zagreb | 10 | (0) |
| 1999 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 1 | (0) |
| 2000 | Guarani | 4 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | NK Zagreb | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Metz | 0 | (0) |
| 2002 | Shenyang Dongjin | 24 | (2) |
| 2003 | Karpaty Lviv | 26 | (2) |
| 2003 | Karpaty-2 Lviv | 1 | (0) |
| 2004 | Zhuhai | ||
| Total | 145 | (19) | |
| International career | |||
| 1994–1995 | Croatia U21 | 8 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2015 | Karpaty Lviv (caretaker) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Karpaty Lviv | ||
| 2016–2017 | Celje | ||
| 2017–2020 | Dinamo Zagreb II | ||
| 2018–2020 | Dinamo Zagreb U19 | ||
| 2020 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| 2020–2022 | Dnipro-1 | ||
| 2022–2023 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| 2023– | Al-Raed | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editAfter being labeled as the new Zvonimir Boban while playing in the youth team of the most successful Croatian club, Dinamo Zagreb, with only 17 years he signed, in summer of 1991, a contract with Real Madrid. His transfer cost was one million dollars, however, the contract was based on the fact that the Merengues, in case of lining him in the first team, would have to pay a total of five million, being that the probable cause of having him playing in the B squad. There, he was trained by Rafael Benítez, among others, and had an opportunity of playing along some youngsters, like Raúl and Guti.
On 11 June 1995, he gets injured while playing against Ukraine with the Croatia national under-21 team. After having a one-year pause due to injury, he returned to Croatia to play with another club from the Croatian capital, NK Zagreb. After that, he played with J. League Division 1 club Yokohama F. Marinos, Brazilian club Guarani Futebol Clube and a short spell in France with FC Metz before moving to China to play with Shenyang Dongjin, a discrete passage in Ukraine with Karpaty Lviv before finishing his career in China, again, with a new knee ligaments injury, aged 32. After retiring, he returned to Spain, this time to Marbella, where he owns a bar.[1]
Managerial career
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Karpaty Lviv
editIn 2010, Jovićević was named the transfer director of Karpaty Lviv. In the 2012–13 season, he managed the U21 squad, and in the 2013–14 season, he led the U19 squad. Following the dismissal of Oleksandr Sevidov in the summer of 2014, he was appointed, initially as caretaker manager, of the senior squad of the club, while in 2015, he was named the head coach.
Celje
editOn 10 October 2016, Jovićević took over Slovenian PrvaLiga club Celje.[2] On 19 June 2017, he terminated the contract.
Dinamo Zagreb
editOn 20 July 2017, Jovićević took over Dinamo Zagreb II as the head coach, while on 1 July 2018, he was named the head coach of Dinamo Zagreb U19.[3] Managing the U19 squad, he won two Croatian league championships, the FIFA Youth Cup, and led the team in the final of the Premier League International Cup, which they lost to Bayern Munich. He also led the team to the quarter-finals in the UEFA Youth League twice.
On 22 April 2020, following the dismissal of Nenad Bjelica, Jovićević was announced as the new head coach of Dinamo Zagreb.[4] He debuted as Dinamo manager in the 3–1 away win against Varaždin.[5] On 6 July 2020, following the 0–2 away defeat against Rijeka, Jovićević and Dinamo came to a mutual agreement on the early termination of his contract.[6]
Dnipro-1
editOn 22 September 2020, following the dismissal of Dmytro Mykhailenko, Jovićević was announced as the new head coach of Dnipro-1.[7] He debuted as manager in the 4-1 defeat away against FC Oleksandriya.[8]
Shakhtar Donetsk
editOn 14 July 2022, Jovićević was announced as the new head coach of Shakhtar Donetsk.[9]
Al-Raed
editOn 9 July 2023, Jovićević was appointed as the manager of Saudi Pro League club Al-Raed.[10]
Personal life
editHis father, Čedomir "Čedo" Jovićević (1952–2020) born in Žabljak, Montenegro, was the famous defender of Dinamo Zagreb, playing ten years with the most successful Croatian club. His mother, Sanja, is from Zagreb.[11][12]
Igor is married and has two sons: Filip and Marcos, both players of the Dinamo Zagreb Academy.
Career statistics
edit| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1999 | Yokohama F. Marinos | J1 League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 9 November 2023
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Karpaty Lviv | 18 June 2014 | 31 December 2015 | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 26.09 |
| NK Celje | 10 October 2016 | 19 June 2017 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 36.84 |
| Dinamo Zagreb II | 20 July 2017 | 22 April 2020 | 78 | 35 | 19 | 24 | 44.87 |
| Dinamo Zagreb U19 | 1 July 2018 | 22 April 2020 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 66.67 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 22 April 2020 | 6 July 2020 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 42.86 |
| Dnipro-1 | 22 September 2020 | 14 July 2022 | 46 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 54.35 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 14 July 2022 | 30 June 2023 | 40 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 60.00 |
| Al Raed | 1 July 2023 | Presset | 35 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 25.71 |
| Total | 265 | 118 | 63 | 84 | 44.53 | ||
Honours
editManager
editShakhtar Donetsk
Dinamo Zagreb U19
- U19 1. HNL: 2017–18, 2018–19
- FIFA Youth Cup: 2018
- Kvarnerska Rivijera: 2019
Individual
- Ukrainian Premier League Manajer of the Month: 2020-21(October),
Further reading
edit- Tempo (Serbia magazine) (16 October 1991). "Tempo magazine #1338, pgs. 2-3" (in Serbo-Croatian).
References
edit- ^ Interview and short career story at Jutarnji List.
- ^ "Jovičević preuzeo Celje: Ne poznajem nogomet u Sloveniji". www.goal.com. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "Igor Jovičević novi trener Dinama II". gnkdinamo.hr. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Igor Jovićević - novi trener GNK Dinamo". gnkdinamo.hr. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ Damir Ivančić (6 June 2020). "FOTO Varaždin dobro odigrao drugo poluvrijeme ali Dinamo odnosi bodove". evarazdin.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Dinamo i Igor Jovićević sporazumno raskinuli ugovor". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "ІГОР ЙОВІЧЕВІЧ ОЧОЛИВ "ДНІПРО-1"". SC Dnipro-1 (in Ukrainian). 22 September 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ "ВАЖКИЙ ДЕБЮТ". SC Dnipro-1 (in Ukrainian). 26 September 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ "Igor Jovicevic is Shakhtar's new head coach". Shakhtar Donetsk. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ "إيغور جوفيتشفتش مدرباً للرائد السعودي".
- ^ Tempo (Serbia magazine) (16 October 1991). "Tempo magazine #1338, pgs. 2-3" (in Serbo-Croatian).
- ^ "TUŽNA VELIKA SUBOTA ZA DINAMOVU OBITELJ Preminuo je legendarni bivši branič 'Modrih', čovjek koji je za zagrebački klub odigrao 390 utakmica". sportske.jutarnji.hr. 11 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "横浜Ｆ･マリノス外国人選手名鑑". www1.odn.ne.jp. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
External links
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- Igor Jovićević at BDFutbol
- Igor Jovićević at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Igor Jovićević at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
