Ive Sulentic
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Ive Sulentic | ||
| Date of birth | 24 December 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Vancouver, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | midfielder (retired) | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Mountain WFC (U-12 Boys Head Coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Matthew McNair Secondary School | |||
| – | Edwardsville High School | ||
| – | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2005 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 110 | (30) |
| 2005–2006 | St. Pauli | 24 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Croatia SC | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998 | Canada U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2000 | Canada U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Canada | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2008 | Euro Pro Football Academy | ||
| 2009– | Mountain WFC (U-12 Boys Head Coach) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 December 2009. | |||
John Ive Sulentic, also known as Ive Sulentic or Johnny Sulentic (born 24 December 1979 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a former Canadian professional soccer player who last played for Croatia SC and currently coaches the Under-12 team of Mountain WFC.
Early life
Sulentic attended Matthew McNair Secondary School and Edwardsville High School.
Club career
He began his professional career in 1999 with Vancouver Whitecaps. He broke the USL assist record in his rookie year, with 19[1] helpers. In 2001 he became Vancouver's all-time assist leader[2] in the post CSL era. In 2002 Sulentic had two trials with Dinamo Zagreb but could not find a place. The Whitecaps offered him a contract in 2005 to play in the USL, but he wanted more money so he moved to German third league side St. Pauli in 2005. In one year in Hamburg he played 24 games and scored 2 goals.[3]
He was later re-signed by Vancouver but did not play a competitive match. In December 2007 he left Vancouver Whitecaps and joined amateur club Croatia S.C, before retiring in July 2009.
International career
Sulentic represented Canada at the 1998 CONCACAF U-19 Qualification Tournament (Canada did not qualify for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship).[4] He was 24 years old when he won his first cap with Canada's senior team on 18 January 2004 in Bridgetown, a 1:0 win over Barbados and he represented Canada at the 2000 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualification Tournament.[5]
His final international was a November 2005 friendly match against Luxembourg.
Coaching career
In 2009, Sulentic began his coaching career training the Under-12 Boys of Mountain WFC besides working as Head Coach at Euro Pro Football Academy.[6]
Personal life
His older brother Petar is a semi-professional soccer player,[7] who played for Croatia SC as well.[8]
External links
- Ive Sulentic at National-Football-Teams.com
References
- ↑ http://www.charlestonbattery.com/news99/101199.htm
- ↑ http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/01lynx80.htm
- ↑ (German) Player profile at Fußballdaten.de
- ↑ Player profile at CanadaSoccer.com
- ↑
- ↑ MOUNTAIN WFC COACHES 2009
- ↑ Azzi's Superlative VMSL Week in Review 07/08'
- ↑ Croatia SC "A" (Croatia SC Vancouver)