Igor Tudor

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Igor Tudor
Personal information
Full name	Igor Tudor
Date of birth	April 16, 1978 (1978-04-16) (age 30)
Place of birth	Split, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Centre back/defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Hajduk Split
Number	23
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-1998 1998-2007 2005-2006 2007-present	Hajduk Split Juventus → Siena (loan) Hajduk Split	058 (5) 110 (15) 039 (2) 008 (1)
National team2
1997-2006	Croatia	055 (3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 15, 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of December 15, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Igor Tudor (born April 16, 1978 in Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Croatian football (soccer) defender. He is one of Croatia's best defenders in recent history.

He currently plays for Hajduk Split.

[edit] Football career

[edit] Early years

Tudor started his professional career at Hajduk Split in 1995 scoring 5 goals in 58 matches, being considered a revelation for his technique and ball control above the average of a defender.

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[edit] Juventus

After three seasons at Hajduk, he was acquired by Juventus in 1998. He spent six full seasons at Juve before he went on loan to AC Siena in January 2005. Following Juventus' relegation to Serie B and the expiration of his loan contract with Siena, Tudor returned to Juventus, but injuries kept him off the pitch all the season. His contract expired on 30 June, 2007.

[edit] Return to Croatia

Constantly struggling with injuries and mysterious bacterial infection of his ankle, Tudor was almost forced to end his career in 2007, but in June 2007 he decided to join his former club Hajduk Split after not renewing his contract with Juventus. After a highly cautious rehabilitation process his comeback was in the match against NK Zadar on October 20, 2007. This was his first official match in over 16 months.

[edit] International career

He was a regular in the Croatian national team from 1997 to 2006.

Tudor was part of the Croatian squad at the 1998 FIFA World Cup but missed the 2002 FIFA World Cup with injury. He won the Croatia's Player of the Year Award in 2002, [1]and also played for his country at Euro 2004, unfortunately scoring an own goal, but he also scored a goal when Croatia lost by 4-2 against England. Igor Tudor was also included in Croatia's 2006 FIFA World Cup squad.

v • d • e Croatia squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Ladić • 2 Krpan • 3 Šerić • 4 Štimac • 5 Jurić • 6 Bilić • 7 Asanović • 8 Prosinečki • 9 Šuker • 10 Boban • 11 Marić • 12 Mrmić • 13 Stanić • 14 Soldo • 15 Tudor • 16 Kozniku • 17 Jarni • 18 Mamić • 19 Vlaović • 20 Šimić • 21 Jurčić • 22 Vasilj • Coach: Blažević

v • d • e Croatia squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Pletikosa • 2 Srna • 3 Šimunić • 4 R. Kovač • 5 Tudor • 6 Vranješ • 7 Šimić • 8 Babić • 9 Pršo • 10 N. Kovač • 11 Tokić • 12 Didulica • 13 Tomas • 14 Modrić • 15 I. Leko • 16 J. Leko • 17 Klasnić • 18 Olić • 19 N. Kranjčar • 20 Šerić • 21 Balaban • 22 Bošnjak • 23 Butina • Coach: Z. Kranjčar

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