Ivan Jovanović (football player, 1962)

Ivan Jovanović
Ivan Jovanović (2011)
Personnel
birthday	July 8, 1962
place of birth	Loznica ,  Serbia
position	midfield player
Juniors
Years	station
1974-1980	FK Loznica
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1980-1984	FK Loznica
1984-1989	FK wheel	121 (15)
1989-1999	Iraklis Thessaloniki	271 (52)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2001-2002	Niki Volos
2002	Iraklis Thessaloniki
2003-2005	APOEL Nicosia
2005-2006	Panachaiki
2007-2008	Iraklis Thessaloniki
2008-2013	APOEL Nicosia
2013-2018	al-Nasr
2019-2020	United Arab Emirates
1 Only league games are given.

Ivan Jovanović (Cyrillic: Иван Јовановић; born July 8, 1962 in Loznica , Serbia ) is a former Serbian football player . And was the head coach of the United Arab Emirates national team from 2019 to 2020 .

Career

society

At the beginning of his career, Jovanović played in the first team of his home club FK Loznica until 1984 . He then moved to the 1st Yugoslav soccer league and played for FK Rad from 1987 to 1989 . He then moved to the Greek club Iraklis Thessaloniki and played there for 10 seasons. In 1999 he ended his active football career.

Trainer

Jovanović started his coaching career in 2001 with Niki Volos and was also a coach at Iraklis Thessaloniki , Panachaiki and APOEL Nicosia , where he worked in 2008 and achieved his greatest successes. In total, he won eight titles with the Cypriots . He also led the club to the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in club history in 2009 and, two years later, to the quarter-finals of the Champions League after beating Olympique Lyon , which they lost to Real Madrid . So Jovanović is the most successful trainer at APOEL of all time.

In the summer of 2013 he moved to the United Arab Emirates , where he succeeded Walter Zenga at al-Nasr . In December 2019, Jovanović became the head coach of the United Arab Emirates national team and his contract was terminated in April 2020.

Success as a trainer

• APOEL Nicosia
  • Cypriot Championship (4): 2004, 2009, 2011, 2013
  • Cypriot Cup (1): 2008
  • Cypriot Supercup (4): 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011
  • UEFA Champions League (quarter-finals): 2011/12
• Personally
  • Coach of the season (5): 2003/04, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12
  • Serbian Coach of the Year (1): 2011

Web links

• Ivan Jovanović in the database of transfermarkt.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cyprusfooty.com: Ivan Jovanovic signs for al-Nasr ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.