Vladimir Ivić

Vladimir Ivić
Personal information
Full nameVladimir Ivić[1]
Date of birth7 May 1977
Place of birthZrenjanin, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing positionAttacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
PAOK (Youth Coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–1998Proleter Zrenjanin67(7)
1998–2004Partizan130(64)
2004Borussia Mönchengladbach4(1)
2004–2007AEK Athens56(9)
2007–2008Aris Thessaloniki29(5)
2008–2012PAOK103(20)
National team
2001–2004Serbia and Montenegro8(0)
Teams managed
2013–PAOK (Youth Coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Vladimir Ivić (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Ивић, born 7 May 1977) is a Serbian footballer who last played as a midfielder for PAOK. He is the younger brother of Ilija Ivić, ex Red Star player and sports director.[2]

Ivić usually plays in midfield either as a defensive midfielder or as an attacking one. His main strengths are his accurate passing, heading, tactical awareness and good control of the ball. His obvious lack of speed though, has prevented him from establishing himself in a more demanding European league, so he has spent most of his career in Serbia and Greece.

Club career

On club level Ivić was an attacking midfielder who ended his career playing for PAOK in the Greek league, having signed from city rival Aris on a free transfer. Although his ex club Aris made the same bid for him, he preferred PAOK, because of their manager Fernando Santos. He played for AEK Athens before going to Aris but fell out of favour of the then manager Llorenç Serra Ferrer and was released. Ivić also played for Borussia Mönchengladbach and Partizan Belgrade in which helped them secure Yugoslav league in 1999 and 2002, the Yugoslav cup in 2001 and the Serbian league in 2003. Ivić will be remembered for his goal scoring ability and playing style from his FK Partizan and PAOK FC fans. He is one of many players to have played for both Partizan and PAOK and has stated he supports both teams.

International career

He made his international debut for the Serbia and Montenegro national team's against Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team in 2001. He has been capped over 32 times but he was not selected for the 2006 World Cup and has not been recalled since.

Coaching career

A year after retirement he returned to PAOK as head coach for the under-20 team(youth team)[3]

Club career statistics

Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssists
Proleter Zrenjanin 1994–95 51-------51-
1995–96 161-------161-
1996–97 201-------201-
1997–98 264-------264-
Partizan 1998–99 2011-------2011-
1999–00 3018-------3018-
2000–01 3020-------3020-
2001–02 238-------238-
2002–03 133-------133-
2003–04 144-------144-
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2004–05 41-------41-
AEK Athens 2004–05 174161-0002351
2005–06 27325002003232
2006–07 12210005101731
Aris Thessaloniki 2007–08 29536305004083
PAOK 2008–09 28714000003271
2009–10 309700041034107
2010–11 232040110303751
2011–12 22200005012721
Serbia Total 19771-------19771-
Germany Total 41-------41-
Greece Total 1883415254131512444317
Career total 389106152541315144511517

Statistics accurate as of 16 May 2012

References

  1. "Vladan Ivic ετών 34" (in Greek). transfernews.gr. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 2012.
  2. "Ivić Vladimir" (in Serbian). Reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  3. "Vladan Ivic unveiled us under-20 head coach" (in Greek). paokfc.gr. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 2013.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Saša Ilić
Partizan captain
2004
Succeeded by
Saša Ilić