Mitja Šivic
 Mitja Šivic 
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| Date of birth | 1st October 1979 |
| place of birth | Brezje , SR Slovenia |
| size | 177 cm |
| Weight | 85 kg |
| position | center |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Career stations | |
| 1997-1998 | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana |
| 1998-1999 | HK Sportina Bled |
| 1999-2002 | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana |
| 2002-2003 | THK Tver |
| 2003-2004 | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana |
| 2004-2005 |
Crystal Saratov HK Keramin Minsk |
| 2005-2007 | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana |
| 2007-2008 | Diables Rouges de Briançon |
| 2008–2012 | Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble |
| 2012-2013 | Diables Rouges de Briançon |
| 2013-2015 | Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble |
| 2015-2016 | Lyon Hockey Club |
Mitja Šivic (born October 1, 1979 in Brezje , SR Slovenia ) is a former Slovenian ice hockey player and today's coach, who was multiple Slovenian champions , but also celebrated great success in France.
Career
Mitja Šivic began his career as an ice hockey player with HDD Olimpija Ljubljana , for which he made his debut in the Slovene Ice Hockey League in the 1997/98 season and with which he was Slovene champion straight away in his first season in professional ice hockey . After a year at HK Sportina Bled from the Alpine League , the attacker returned to Olimpija Ljubljana, with whom he again won the Slovenian championship title in the following three years. In the 2002/03 season, Šivic was first for THK Tver from the second Russian division, the Wysschaja Liga , on the ice, before returning for the playoffs to Ljubljana, with whom he won the championship for the fourth time in a row.
After another championship Šivic played again in the 2004/05 season in the Wysschaja Liga, in which he was active for Crystal Saratov . He also played four games this season for HK Keramin Minsk from the Belarusian extra league and finally 13 games for Olimpija Ljubljana, for which he played for the fourth time in his career. The center stayed in Ljubljana for two years before the 2007 championship title - his seventh with Ljubljana overall - was signed by the Diables Rouges de Briançon from the French Ligue Magnus . With Briançon, Šivic was runner-up and reached the final of the Coupe de la Ligue .
In the summer of 2008, the long-time Slovenian national player was finally signed by the Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble , with whom he won the Champions Trophy in 2008 and 2009 and the Coupe de la Ligue in 2009 and 2011. He was also French champion with Grenoble in the 2008/09 season and won the national cup competition, the Coupe de France, with his team this season . After four years in Grenoble, he returned to the Diables Rouges de Briançon in the summer of 2012, with which he won the French Cup in 2013. He then played again for two years in Grenoble and won the league cup again with the Brûleurs de Loups in 2015. Finally, he left his career at the Lyon Hockey Club in the 2015/16 season , where he only made one appearance.
International
For Slovenia, Šivic took part in the junior division of the U18 Junior C European Championship in 1996 , the U18 Junior B European Championship in 1997 and the U20 Junior C World Championship in 1999 . In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the B-World Cup in 2000 and after switching to the current division system at the World Championships in Division I in 2009 , when he was top scorer of the tournament together with the Japanese Takeshi Saitō and the Kazakhs Yevgeny Rymarew , and in 2010 as well at the World Championships of the Top Division 2003 , 2005 , 2006 and 2011 .
Coaching career
In January 2016, Šivic took over the coaching position at the relegation-threatened Lyon Hockey Club from the previously dismissed François Dusseau . Although he could not prevent relegation in Ligue Magnus , his contract was extended and he now looks after the team from southeast France as head coach in the second-rate Division 1 .
Achievements and Awards
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International
- 2009 World Cup Division I, Group A top scorer
- 2010 Promotion to the top division at the World Cup of Division I.
- 2010 Best plus / minus balance of the World Championship in Division I, Group B
statistics
| Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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| Wysshaya League main round | 2 | 77 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 34 |
| Wysshaya League playoffs | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ligue Magnus main round | 9 | 203 | 103 | 132 | 235 | 118 |
| Ligue Magnus Playoffs | 7th | 67 | 25th | 39 | 64 | 36 |
(Status: end of the 2015/16 season)
Web links
- Mitja Šivic at hockeydb.com (English)
- Mitja Šivic at eurohockey.com
- Mitja Šivic at eliteprospects.com (English)
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| SURNAME | Šivic, Mitja |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sivic, Mitja |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st October 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brezje , SR Slovenia |