Ivica Grlić

Ivica Grlić
Photo taken in 2015
Personnel
birthday	August 6, 1975
place of birth	Munich ,  Germany
size	187 cm
position	midfield
Juniors
Years	station
1982-1983	DSC Munich
1983-1994	FC Bayern Munich
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1993-1995	FC Bayern Munich amateurs	3 0(0)
1995-1997	TSV 1860 Munich amateurs	1 0(0)
1997-2000	SC Fortuna Cologne	85 0(9)
2000-2001	1. FC Cologne	2 0(0)
2001-2004	Alemannia Aachen	89 (14)
2004-2011	MSV Duisburg	167 (27)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2004-2006	Bosnia Herzegovina	16 0(2)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2012	MSV Duisburg (interim)
1 Only league games are given.

Ivica Grlić [ ˈiʋitsa ˈgr̩litɕ ] (born August 6, 1975 in Munich ) is a former Bosnian football player and today's football official . He is the sports director of MSV Duisburg , where he ended his playing career in 2011.

Player career in the club

Youth and amateur years (until 1997)

The future professional began playing football as a child at DSC Munich from the Schwabing district . Within a year he was accepted into the youth department of FC Bayern Munich . He played for his juniors from 1983 to 1994 and worked towards a professional career, but after graduating from school he also pursued a commercial apprenticeship. After his time at FC Bayern, he signed with city rivals TSV 1860 Munich, who were then playing in the Bundesliga . He did not get a place in the first team there, however, because coach Werner Lorant did not bet on him and he also suffered a cruciate ligament rupture at the time. Because of this, he could not show any performance in the professional field when he left his hometown Munich in the summer of 1997 and moved to the second division club SC Fortuna Köln .

First professional years in Cologne (1997-2001)

At SC Fortuna Köln, Grlić immediately became part of the professional team and made his debut on August 22, 1997 in a 1-1 draw against SpVgg Fürth in the second Bundesliga. In the following time he became a regular player and finished sixth with his team at the end of his first season. He usually took a position as a midfielder and occasionally shot free kicks in the early years of his professional career, with some scoring successes. With his team he was increasingly in danger of relegation and was only just able to avert the fall into the third division in 1999. In the following season he suffered from groin problems, which is why he missed parts of the season. At the end of it, Fortuna was relegated from the second division for the first time after a total of 26 years. Grlić himself made the leap into the Bundesliga, however, as he was obliged by city rivals 1. FC Köln in the summer of 2000 . A transfer fee was not due at the time.

At the age of 25, Grlić played for the first time in the top German league in a 3-2 win over VfB Stuttgart on October 29, 2000 . He was substituted on shortly before the end of the game in this encounter as well as in the second leg against VfB. However, this remained his only two missions, as he hardly played a role at 1. FC and left the club in 2001.

Cup final with Aachen (2001-2004)

In the 2001/02 season, the player found a new employer in the second division Alemannia Aachen , who transferred a six-figure sum to 1. FC Köln for him. Grlić had previously rejected a financially more lucrative offer from league rival LR Ahlen . In the relegation battle he became a regular player and occasionally appeared as a goalscorer. He was used flexibly in midfield and earned a reputation as a free kick specialist at Alemannia. In the 2003/04 season the team played for promotion and only just failed to qualify for the Bundesliga. At the same time she attracted attention in the cup competition. In the semifinals, Grlić scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach with a direct free kick and thus helped Aachen make it into the 2004 DFB Cup final . He was also called up in the final, but suffered a 2-3 defeat against Werder Bremen .

Bundesliga time and captaincy in Duisburg (2004-2011)

Grlić
in the jersey of MSV Duisburg (2011)

In the summer of 2004 Grlić moved to the also second-class MSV Duisburg , who wanted to sign him the previous year. In Duisburg he played an important role right from the start, becoming a regular free-kick taker here as well and made promotion to the Bundesliga with the team in 2005. At first he was often called up in the top division, but initially did not return to the team after an injury during the winter break. So he had to experience the direct relegation of his team largely uninvolved. He then remained loyal to the club and made his contribution to renewed promotion in the 2006/07 season by scoring seven goals. A few weeks later, coach Rudi Bommer also made the decision to transfer the position of team captain to the player before the start of his fourth year in Duisburg. As a result, he entered the fight to remain in the Bundesliga as a leading player, but had to accept relegation again in 2008 as bottom of the table.

After 2008 he kept his regular place, but did not return to the Bundesliga in the following years. In 2010, the now 35-year-old took over the position of team manager while playing as a player. He was responsible for the organization of away trips and also for the support of sponsors, while from then on he played a slightly smaller role on the pitch. He missed parts of the second half of the 2010/11 season due to injury and thus had no direct contribution to reaching the 2011 DFB Cup final . The MSV were the first second division team in the final since Grlić had made it to Aachen seven years earlier. On May 21, 2011 he led the team as captain in the final against FC Schalke 04 and experienced a 5-0 defeat of his team. This was also his last competitive game that he completed for the MSV. For the 2011/12 season he was still in the squad, but announced in the first half of the season that he would end his active career due to injury. He was only able to take part in the cup final after intensive medical treatment. By then he had played a total of 43 Bundesliga games with six goals and 300 second division games with 44 goals. In November 2011 a farewell game was held in his honor in front of over 9,000 spectators in the Duisburg stadium.

National team

Grlić played a total of 16 international matches with two goals for the national team of Bosnia-Herzegovina . After starting his professional career, a few years passed without being part of a team before he played for the first time for his home country at the age of 28. He made his debut on April 28, 2004 in a 1-0 win in a friendly against Finland. He was then regularly taken into account and fought with Bosnia-Herzegovina for the ultimately unsuccessful qualification for the 2006 World Cup . Following the missed tournament, he was called up three times, most recently on October 11, 2006 in a 4-0 defeat against Greece.

Sports director of MSV Duisburg (since 2011)

Almost simultaneously with the end of his playing career, Grlić took over the post of sports director at his previous club MSV Duisburg in October 2011; Before that, he had already been responsible for some organizational tasks as a team manager and had also received insights into the tasks of the sports director from Bruno Hübner . In August 2012, after Oliver Reck's dismissal, he took over as an interim coach, with Bernard Dietz assisting him . A few days later, when Kosta Runjaic was hired, he carried out his first coaching engagement. Under his aegis, there was an upward trend in sport, but the club did not receive a new second division license at the end of the 2012/13 season. While Runjaic and most of the professionals left the club, Grlić decided very quickly to stay after receiving the third division license. He justified his decision to the fans with the words: "At my farewell game I was said goodbye with 'Ivo, you are a Duisburg' - today I want to prove that these were not empty words."

Because of the long unexplained membership in the league, he had to develop various concepts within a short time in the summer of 2013 and ultimately only had eleven days to put together a team. Despite the difficult situation, the team was able to assert itself afterwards and placed itself in the upper middle of the table. In 2014 Grlić brought in Gino Lettieri, a new coach, under whose direction the team managed to return to the 2nd Bundesliga at the end of the 2014/15 season. In the summer break that followed, the sports director accepted a long-term contract offer and signed a contract with the MSV that was valid until 2020.

successes

• DFB Cup finalist 2004 , 2011
• Promotion to the Bundesliga in 2005 , 2007

Web links

Commons : Ivica Grlić  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ivica Grlić in the database of footballdata.de
• Ivica Grlić in the database of weltfussball.de
• Ivica Grlić in the database of transfermarkt.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Insights into Ivo's world - readers meet MSV manager Grlic , derwesten.de
2. ↑ Ivica Grlic , kicker.de
3. ↑ ^{a b} Ivica Grlic: The player manager and free kick shooter, tz.de.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Ivica Grlic , fussballdaten.de
5. ↑ 2nd Bundesliga: Fortuna Köln climbs into the middle of the table , spiegel.de
6. ↑ "That was a great time at Fortuna!" , Fortuna-koeln.de
7. ↑ Newcomers 1.FC Cologne voluntarily trusts its offspring , welt.de.
8. ↑ First access: Grlic signs a three-year contract ( memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , alemannia-aachen.de  
9. ↑ Grlic is Alemannias master of the free kicks , aachener-nachrichten.de
10. ↑ Aachen throws Gladbach out of the DFB Cup , rp-online.de
11. ↑ Ivica Grlic: A decision is far from being made ( memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , alemannia-aachen.de  
12. ↑ MSV Duisburg: Ivo Grlic has to stay at home too , rp-online.de
13. ↑ The die is cast: Ivica Grlic becomes MSV captain , reviersport.de
14. ↑ Grlić becomes team manager
15. ↑ Ivica Grlic: The office stallion , spox.com
16. ↑ MSV: Looking for a second Grlic! , kicker.de
17. ↑ MSV Duisburg: Tragic Records in the Olympic Stadium , tagesspiegel.de
18. ↑ Sports disability : Ivo Grlic has to end his career , msv-duisburg.de
19. ↑ ^{a b} The blue and white life of "El Capitano" ( Memento of the original from March 29, 2015 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. , zebraher.de 
20. ↑ Big show for MSV legend Ivo Grlic , derwesten.de
21. ↑ Ivica Grlić - national football team player , eu-football.info
22. ↑ MSV and Sasic split up - Reck takes over, Grlic new sports director , msv-duisburg.de
23. ↑ Kosta Runjaic apparently new coach at MSV Duisburg , derwesten.de
24. ↑ Ivo Grlic: Why I remain loyal to the MSV! , msv-duisburg.de
25. ^ Duisburg manager Grlic on his turbulent summer , 11freunde.de
26. ↑ Contracts extended: Ivo Grlic and Bernd Maas remain zebras , msv-duisburg.de