Tomislav Ivković

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Tomislav Ivković
Personal information
Full name Tomislav Ivković
Date of birth (1960-08-11) 11 August 1960 (age 61)
Place of birth Zagreb, PR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Borac Banja Luka (sporting director)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1982 Dinamo Zagreb 53 (1)
1983 Dinamo Vinkovci 15 (0)
1983–1985 Red Star Belgrade 46 (0)
1985–1986 Tirol Innsbruck 23 (0)
1986–1988 Swarovski Tirol 65 (1)
1988 Wiener Sport-Club 15 (0)
1989 Genk 14 (0)
1989–1993 Sporting CP 133 (0)
1993 Estoril 9 (0)
1994 Vitória Setúbal 17 (0)
1994–1996 Belenenses 64 (0)
1996–1997 Salamanca 6 (0)
1997–1998 Estrela Amadora 34 (0)
Total 494 (2)
National team
1983–1991 Yugoslavia 38 (0)
Teams managed
2010 Međimurje
2011–2015 Lokomotiva
2016 Lokomotiva
2016–2017 Al Faisaly
2017–2018 Slaven Belupo
2018–2019 Rudeš
2020–2021 Inter Zaprešić
2021 Željezničar
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles Team competition
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1979 Split Team competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Tomislav Ivković (born 11 August 1960) is a Croatian professional football manager, executive and former player who is the current sporting director of Bosnian Premier League club Borac Banja Luka.

During his playing career, which spanned two decades, he competed mostly in Portugal, appearing for five clubs including Sporting CP. Ivković was also a Yugoslavian international in the late 1980s and early 1990s, representing the nation in one World Cup and one European Championship.

In 2010, he started working as a manager. During his managerial career, Ivković managed Međimurje, Lokomotiva, Al Faisaly, Slaven Belupo, Rudeš, Inter Zaprešić and Željezničar.

Since January 2022, he has been working as sporting director of Borac Banja Luka.

Club career[]

Ivković was born in Zagreb, PR Croatia, Yugoslavia. He started his professional career playing for hometown club Dinamo Zagreb in 1978, moving to Dinamo Vinkovci in January 1983 and soon after to Red Star Belgrade.

In 1985, Ivković transferred to his first foreign club as he joined Tirol Innsbruck from Austria, where he played until 1988. After short spells with Wiener Sport-Club and Genk, he moved to Sporting CP in 1989, and remained there for the following four seasons, rarely missing a game, although he did not collect any silverware.

Ivković's final years were also spent in Portugal, with Estoril, Vitória Setúbal, Belenenses and Estrela Amadora, before retiring in 1998. Prior to Estrela, he contributed with six matches for Salamanca's 1997 promotion to the La Liga, retiring finally at 38.

International career[]

Ivković earned 38 caps for the Yugoslav national team, between 1983 and 1991. His first major tournament was UEFA Euro 1984 in France, where he was second-choice behind Zoran Simović: the nation lost all of its three group matches at the tournament, and his only appearance came in the second game, a 0–5 defeat to Denmark; during the same year, he also won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[1]

Ivković went on to start for Yugoslavia at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, appearing in all of the team's five games before they were defeated by Argentina on penalties in the quarter-finals: in that match, he became famous for saving Diego Maradona's kick during the shootout (mere months earlier, he had already saved a penalty from the same player in UEFA Cup action, when Sporting played Napoli, and the two allegedly had a bet on the possible outcome of another penalty before their World Cup match, which the Yugoslav won).[2]

Managerial career[]

Starting in 2004, Ivković was the goalkeeping coach of the Croatia national team, during Zlatko Kranjčar's time as head coach. He left the post in July 2006, as the contracts of the entire coaching staff were not renewed after the national team failed to reach the knock-out stages of the 2006 World Cup.

In 2007, Ivković began his sole managerial career, first as an assistant manager at United Arab Emirates' Al-Shaab. Two years later, he had his first bench experience, serving as assistant manager at Persepolis.

In April 2010, Ivković got his first job as manager at Međimurje, in the 1. HNL. During his short one-month spell, the team recorded two wins, one draw and four defeats, eventually ranking in 15th position, out of 16 teams, with the subsequent relegation. After Međimurje, Ivković worked as a manager at Lokomotiva, Al Faisaly, Slaven Belupo, Rudeš and Inter Zaprešić.

On 18 June 2021, he became the new manager of Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar.[3] In his first game as Željezničar manager, Ivković's team drew against Borac Banja Luka in a league match on 17 July 2021.[4] Ivković's first loss as the club's manager was against Tuzla City in a league game a week later, on 24 July.[5] He guided the team to his first win as manager in a league game against Posušje on 31 July 2021.[6] In his first ever Sarajevo derby, Ivković's Željezničar lost to fierce city rivals Sarajevo in a league match on 22 September 2021.[7] On 24 December 2021, he terminated his contract with Željezničar and left the club.[8]

Executive career[]

On 10 January 2022, Ivković became sporting director of Bosnian Premier League club Borac Banja Luka.[9]

Managerial statistics[]

As of 5 December 2021[10]
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Međimurje April 2010 June 2010 7 2 1 4 028.57
Lokomotiva 23 December 2011 11 May 2015 121 51 26 44 042.15
Lokomotiva 25 July 2016 4 November 2016 19 7 3 9 036.84
Al Faisaly 14 November 2016 17 February 2017 12 3 4 5 025.00
Slaven Belupo 29 October 2017 10 November 2018 39 12 13 14 030.77
Rudeš 23 December 2018 4 June 2019 18 3 2 13 016.67
Inter Zaprešić 8 April 2020 6 March 2021 31 5 5 21 016.13
Željezničar 18 June 2021 24 December 2021 21 7 8 6 033.33
Total 268 90 62 116 033.58

Honours[]

Player[]

Dinamo Zagreb

Red Star Belgrade

Salamanca

Yugoslavia

Manager[]

Lokomotiva

References[]

  1. ^ Tomislav Ivković – FIFA competition record (archived)
  2. ^ Ivković se sjeća SP-a: Safet Sušić se molio u kapelici, Maradona se nije usudio pogledati me u oči (Ivković remembers PS: Safet Sušić was praying in the chapel, Maradona did not dare look me in the eye); Index, 4 June 2010 (in Croatian)
  3. ^ D.B. (18 June 2021). "Tomislav Ivković novi trener FK Željezničar" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  4. ^ K.H. (17 July 2021). "Trener Željezničara očaran atmosferom na Grbavici: Kao da sam ponovo bio na Maksimiru" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  5. ^ H.H. (24 July 2021). "Tuzla City nakon furioznog preokreta srušio Željezničar" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  6. ^ E. Škorić (31 July 2021). "Zagonetni Ivković: Trebao sam danas biti na klupi, a u utorak ću reći zašto nisam bio" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  7. ^ D.P. (22 September 2021). "Sarajevo pobijedilo Željezničar u sjajnoj atmosferi na Koševu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  8. ^ N.K. (24 December 2021). "Tomislav Ivković više nije trener FK Željezničar" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  9. ^ N.K. (10 January 2022). "Bivši trener Željezničara Tomislav Ivković postao sportski direktor Borca" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Tomislav Ivković". Sofascore (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 December 2021.

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