Ivan Gudelj

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Ivan Gudelj
Personal information
Full name	Ivan Gudelj
Date of birth	(1960-09-21) 21 September 1960
Place of birth	Imotski, FPR Yugoslavia
Playing position	defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Croatia U-19 (manager)
Youth career
1975–1976	NK Mračaj
1976–1979	Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1979–1986	Hajduk Split	181	(35)
National team
1980–1986	Yugoslavia	33	(3)
Teams managed
	Croatia U-16
	NK Uskok
1993	Zadar
	NK Dubrovnik
	Vorwärts Steyr
2005–2013	Croatia U-17
2005–2006	Hajduk Split
2013–	Croatia U-19
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Ivan Gudelj (born 21 September 1960) is a Croatian former football midfielder who represented Yugoslavia.

Player career

Club career

Ivan Gudelj started his player career in a club from the neighbouring village of Runovići - NK Mračaj. His coach was the father of future football star Zvonimir Boban. Few years later, Gudelj went to play for Hajduk Split, for which he played in period 1976-1986. He quickly marked himself out as a dependable and elegant defensive midfielder, earning the moniker "Beckenbauer from Zmijavci" in the Yugoslav press.

The rising career of a new European football star ended suddenly. Gudelj was forced to end his career cause of health problems, more specifically, hepatitis B. He played his last game against Red Star Belgrade in Split on 23 September 1986 at the start of the 1986-87 league season. His precontract with Girondins de Bordeaux has never been realised.

National team career

Youth

In 1979, 18-year-old Gudelj had a busy summer.

First in June, he played for Yugoslavia at the UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship in Vienna, leading his country to the championship trophy, beating Bulgaria in the final. Gudelj got named the tournament's best player.

Later that summer in August, Gudelj made the Yugoslavia squad that participated at the FIFA World Youth Championship held in Japan. Playing in a tough group featuring Argentina with 18-year-old Diego Maradona, Yugoslavia failed to progress to the next stage.

Full squad

Gudelj's excellent games for national youth team drew the attention national team head coach Miljan Miljanić who called Gudelj up for the full squad the following year.

Gudelj quickly became Miljanić's favourite who soon made him the Yugoslav national team captain at the age of 21. In the end Gudelj made 33 national team appearances, scoring three goals. He was a participant in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and Euro 1984. Because of his excellent games, French magazine L’Équipe put him on their list of ideal team of 1982 World Cup. He was also named the Yugoslav Footballer of the Year in 1982.

Coaching career

He began his coaching career in 1990. As a coach, he led Croatian priests' national team and Croatian cadets national team. With the latter, he won the bronze medal in the Eurochamps 2001 in England (generation of Niko Kranjčar).

Later, he led various clubs. He made it with Primorac from Stobreč, bringing it to Croatian top league. He also led Uskok from Klis, Zadar, Dubrovnik, Austrian club Vorwärts from Steyr and Hajduk (in 2005). He is currently the manager of the Croatia U17 National Team and successfully led them to a 4th place finish in the 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in Italy.

Personal life

Born in the town of Imotski, he grew up in the nearby village of Zmijavci. As a child, Ivan Gudelj thought about becoming a priest.

Also, as a child, he was an extra in the TV series Prosjaci i sinovi, made after the novel of Ivan Raos and filmed in Gudelj's home village Zmijavci. He was distinguishing from other kids in the escape scene, because Ivan Gudelj was - the fastest.

Trophies

Yugoslav Cup: 1983/84

References

Željko Rogošić (26 September 2005). "Ivan Gudelj - trener reprezentacija svećenika i kadeta na klupi Hajduka" [Ivan Gudelj - coach to teams of priests and cadets in Hajduk] (in Croatian). Nacional (weekly). Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
Radio-Imotski Ivane sretno!!! (Croatian)
Article in Slobodna Dalmacija Nogometni univerzalac (Croatian)
Imotski portal Memorijal Ante Bruno Bušić u Vinjanima (Croatian)
Serbian national football team website (Serbian)

v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1980 Summer Olympics Fourth Place

1 Pantelić 2 Cukrov 3 Gudelj 4 Hrstić 5 Jovin 6 Klinčarski 7 Krstičević 8 Šećerbegović 9 Matijević 10 Miročević 11 Pešić 12 Ivković 13 Primorac 14 Repčić 15 Šestić 16 Zl. Vujović 17 Zo. Vujović Coach: Toplak

v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup

1 Pantelić 2 Jerolimov 3 Gudelj 4 Zajec 5 Stojković 6 Krmpotić 7 Petrović 8 Šljivo 9 Zoran Vujović 10 Živković 11 Zlatko Vujović 12 Pudar 13 Sušić 14 Jovanović 15 Hrstić 16 Šestić 17 Jerković 18 Deverić 19 Halilhodžić 20 Šurjak (c) 21 Pašić 22 Svilar Coach: Miljanić

v t e Yugoslavia squad – UEFA Euro 1984

1 Simović 2 N. Stojković 3 Baljić 4 Katanec 5 Zajec (c) 6 Radanović 7 Šestić 8 Gudelj 9 Sušić 10 Baždarević 11 Vujović 12 Ivković 13 Hadžibegić 14 Elsner 15 Miljuš 16 D. Stojković 17 Čop 18 Deverić 19 Halilović 20 Cvetković Coach: Veselinović

NK Zadar – managers

Čačić (1989–1991)
Vidov (1992)
Zrilić (1992)
Matković (1992–1993)
Pinčić (1993)
Gudelj (1993)
Pinčić (1993)
Bonačić (1994)
Pinčić (1994)
Bašić (1994)
Bajlo (1994–1995)
Mršić (1995–1996)
Čačić (1996–1997)
Katalinić (1997–1998)
Tičić (1998)
Skoblar (1998)
Bajlo (1999)
Cukrov (1999–2000)
Pinčić (2000)
Vranković (2000)
Jalić (2000–2001)
Paunović (2001)
Mršić (2001–2002)
Simunić (2002–2003)
Mršić (2003–2005)
Simunić (2005)
Pinčić (2005)
Nižetić (2005)
Pinčić (2005)
P. Jurić (2005–2006)
Zebić (2006–2008)
Z. Jurić (2008)
Datković (2008)
Zebić (2008–2012)
Milin (2012–)

HNK Hajduk Split – managers

Just (1911)
Šwagrovský (1912)
Bohata (1913)
Zajíček (1914)
Jahn (1915–18)
Šťastný (1919)
Štapl (1920)
Zoubek (1920)
Mantler (1921)
Šoltis (1922)
Pinc (1922)
Bohata (1923)
Kaliterna (1923–30)
Puschner (1930)
Kaliterna (1930–36)
Blažević (1936)
Senecký (1937)
Kaliterna (1937)
Spitz (1938–39)
Benčić (1939–40)
Sobotka (1940)
Benčić (1940)
Sobotka (1941)
Benčić (1941–48)
Kaliterna (1948–51)
Bakotić (1951)
Matošić (1952–54)
Tomašević (1954–55)
Benčić (1955–56)
Matošić (1956–58)
Radovniković (1958–59)
Ćirić (1959–61)
Lemešić (1961–62)
Matekalo (1962)
Grčić (1963)
Ćirić (1963)
Matošić & Nedoklan (1964–65)
Nenković (1965–69)
Luštica (1969–71)
Ivić (1972)
Zebec (1972–73)
Ivić (1973–76)
Duvančić (1976–77)
Marković (1977–78)
Ivić (1978–80)
Mladinić (1980–82)
Nadoveza (1982–84)
Poklepović (1984–86)
Krešić (1986)
Skoblar (1986–87)
Kovačić (1987)
Ivić (1987)
Vutsov (1987)
Nadoveza (1988–89)
Peruzović (1989–90)
Skoblar (1990–91)
Poklepović (1991–93)
Katalinić (1993–95)
Buljan (1995)
Jozić (1995–96)
Buljan (1996–97)
Bonačić (1997)
Ivić (1997)
Bonačić (1997–98)
Vulić (1998)
Katalinić (1998–99)
Matković (1999–2000)
Nadoveza (2000)
Vulić (2000–01)
Gračan (2001)
Bilić (2001–02)
Vulić (2002–04)
Nadoveza (2004)
Katalinić (2004)
Slišković (2004–05)
Štimac (2005)
Blažević (2005)
Gudelj (2005–06)
Bonačić (2006)
Vulić (2006–07)
Pudar (2007)
Krešić (2007)
Jarni (2007–08)
Vučević (2008)
Miše (2008–09)
Kalinić (2009)
Španjić (2009^c)
Reja (2009–10)
Poklepović (2010)
Španjić (2010^c)
Vučević (2010^c)
Vučević (2010–11)
Miše (2011)
Balakov (2011–12)
Krstičević (2012–13)
Tudor (2013–)

Persondata
Name	Gudelj, Ivan
Alternative names
Short description	Yugoslav footballer
Date of birth	21 September 1960
Place of birth	Imotski, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death

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