Ivan Ergić

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Personal information
Ivan Ergić
Full name	Ivan Ergić
Date of birth	January 21, 1981 (1981-01-21) (age 27)
Place of birth	Šibenik, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Central Midfielder Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Basel
Number	22
Youth clubs
1997-1998	AIS
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2000 2000-2001 2000-2001 2001-	Perth Glory Juventus → Basel (loan) Basel	32 (10) 0 (0) 22 (1) 150 (28)
National team²
2006-present	Serbia	9 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 October 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 1 November 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Ivan Ergić (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Ергић; born January 21, 1981) is a Serbian footballer who currently plays for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Honours
4 External links

[edit] Club career

Ergić leads Basel out against Celtic

Ergić was born in a coastal town of Šibenik, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia but started his football career in Australia with Perth Glory. He has dual Australian-Serbian citizenship and trained at the Australian Institute of Sport on a government-funded football scholarship.

In 2000 Ergić moved to Juventus, but went on loan to FC Basel during the season, which later signed him for CHF1.6 million. In June 2004 Ergić was treated for depression in the psychiatric university clinic in Basel, and his further career as a football player was in question at the time. Nevertheless, FC Basel kept him as a player and since 2005 he has been on the pitch again with very good results. He is now the captain of the club.

[edit] International career

He did not choose to play international football for Australia, and instead chose Serbia. On May 15, 2006 Ergić was named as a member of the national team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

[edit] Honours

Perth Glory

National Soccer League: 2000

Basel

Swiss Cup: 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008
Swiss Super League: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008

[edit] External links

Awards
Preceded by Mile Sterjovski	NSL U21 Player of the Year 1998/99	Succeeded by Ben Burgess

v • d • e FC Basel – current squad

1 Costanzo • 3 Hodel • 4 Morganella • 7 Degen • 8 Huggel • 9 Perović • 10 Streller • 11 Chipperfield • 12 Ba • 14 Stocker • 16 Frei • 18 Crayton • 21 Marque • 22 Ergić • 23 Eduardo • 24 Cabral • 25 Leutwiler • 28 Ferati • 30 Carlitos • 31 Derdiyok • 32 Zanni • -- Gündüz • -- Schürpf • -- Sommer • Coach: Gross

v • d • e Serbia and Montenegro squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Jevrić • 2 Ergić • 3 Dragutinović • 4 Duljaj • 5 Vidić • 6 Gavrančić • 7 Koroman • 8 Kežman • 9 Milošević • 10 Stanković • 11 P. Đorđević • 12 Kovačević • 13 Basta • 14 N. Đorđević • 15 Dudić • 16 D. Petković • 17 Nađ • 18 Vukić • 19 Žigić • 20 Krstajić • 21 Ljuboja • 22 Ilić • 23 Stojković • Coach: I. Petković