Vjeran Ivanković
 Vjeran Ivanković 
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| Date of birth | February 24, 1975 |
| place of birth | Uzwil , Switzerland |
| size | 189 cm |
| Weight | 85 kg |
| position | striker |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Career stations | |
| until 1993 | EHC Uzwil |
| 1993-1997 | Zurich SC |
| 1997-1999 | HC Ambrì-Piotta |
| 1999-2000 | SC Rapperswil-Jona |
| 2000 | ZSC Lions |
| 2000-2002 | EV train |
| 2002 | ZSC Lions |
| 2002-2003 | Friborg-Gottéron |
| 2003-2004 | SC Bern |
| 2004-2005 | EHC Basel |
| 2005-2006 | HC Ambrì-Piotta |
Vjeran Ivanković (born February 24, 1975 in Uzwil ) is a former Swiss ice hockey player and today's coach of Croatian descent who played a total of 630 games for the ZSC Lions , SC Rapperswil-Jona , HC Ambrì-Piotta , EV Zug , Friborg during his career -Gottéron , SC Bern and EHC Basel in the National League A .
Career
Vjeran Ivanković played in his youth at the first division club EHC Uzwil , where he went through the youngsters. His professional career began in 1993 at the Zürcher SC in the National League A . The attacker then received a contract with his league rivals HC Ambrì-Piotta , with whom he won the IIHF Continental Cup at European level in 1998 and 1999 . In addition, he failed in the 1998/99 season only in the playoff final for the Swiss championship at HC Lugano . The 1999/2000 season began with the left shooter at SC Rapperswil-Jona and shortly before the playoffs he moved to his former club from Zurich , which had since been renamed ZSC Lions. With the Lions he was the first Swiss champion in 2000 .
From 2000 to 2006 the Swiss-Croatian dual citizen played in the NLA for EV Zug , again for the ZSC Lions, SC Bern and his ex-club from Ambrì-Piotta. With Bern he was once again Swiss champion in the 2003/04 season . The former national player spent a large part of the 2004/05 season in the second-rate National League B at EHC Basel .
Ivanković worked as an ice hockey expert for the television station Teleclub and writes ice hockey columns for the newspaper 20 Minuten . From 2009 to 2011 he was the assistant coach of the U17 juniors at the ZSC Lions. He has been the junior head coach at HC Davos since summer 2011 .
International
For the Swiss U20 national ice hockey team Ivanković took part in the B-European Championship in 1993, as well as the Junior A World Championship in 1994 and the Junior B World Championship in 1995 . At the B-World Championship he achieved promotion with his team and was top scorer with ten points and was elected to the All-Star Team. For the senior team , he only competed in the 1995 World Cup . He played a total of 48 international matches for Switzerland.
Achievements and Awards
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International
- 1995 Promotion to the A group at the Junior B World Championship
- 1995 top scorer in the Junior B World Championship
- 1995 All-Star-Team of the Junior B World Championship
Web links
- Vjeran Ivanković at hockeydb.com (English)
- Vjeran Ivanković at eurohockey.com
- Vjeran Ivanković at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Vjeran Ivanković at hockeyfans.ch
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Ivanković, Vjeran |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ivankovic, Vjeran |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss-Croatian ice hockey player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Uzwil , Switzerland |