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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox football biography Igor Jovićević (Шаблон:IPA; born 30 November 1973) is a Croatian football manager and former professional footballer who is currently in charge of Saudi club Al-Raed.

Playing career

After being labeled as the new Zvonimir Boban while playing in the youth team of the most successful Croatian club, Dinamo Zagreb, with only 17 years he signed, in summer of 1991, a contract with Real Madrid. His transfer cost was one million dollars, however, the contract was based on the fact that the Merengues, in case of lining him in the first team, would have to pay a total of five million, being that the probable cause of having him playing in the B squad. There, he was trained by Rafael Benítez, among others, and had an opportunity of playing along some youngsters, like Raúl and Guti.

On 11 June 1995, he gets injured while playing against Ukraine with the Croatia national under-21 team. After having a one-year pause due to injury, he returned to Croatia to play with another club from the Croatian capital, NK Zagreb. After that, he played with J. League Division 1 club Yokohama F. Marinos, Brazilian club Guarani Futebol Clube and a short spell in France with FC Metz before moving to China to play with Shenyang Dongjin, a discrete passage in Ukraine with Karpaty Lviv before finishing his career in China, again, with a new knee ligaments injury, aged 32. After retiring, he returned to Spain, this time to Marbella, where he owns a bar.[1]

Managerial career

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Jovićević managing Karpaty Lviv in 2014

Karpaty Lviv

In 2010, Jovićević was named the transfer director of Karpaty Lviv. In the 2012–13 season, he managed the U21 squad, and in the 2013–14 season, he led the U19 squad. Following the dismissal of Oleksandr Sevidov in the summer of 2014, he was appointed, initially as caretaker manager, of the senior squad of the club, while in 2015, he was named the head coach.

Celje

On 10 October 2016, Jovićević took over Slovenian PrvaLiga club Celje.[2] On 19 June 2017, he terminated the contract.

Dinamo Zagreb

On 20 July 2017, Jovićević took over Dinamo Zagreb II as the head coach, while on 1 July 2018, he was named the head coach of Dinamo Zagreb U19.[3] Managing the U19 squad, he won two Croatian league championships, the FIFA Youth Cup, and led the team in the final of the Premier League International Cup, which they lost to Bayern Munich. He also led the team to the quarter-finals in the UEFA Youth League twice.

On 22 April 2020, following the dismissal of Nenad Bjelica, Jovićević was announced as the new head coach of Dinamo Zagreb.[4] He debuted as Dinamo manager in the 3–1 away win against Varaždin.[5] On 6 July 2020, following the 0–2 away defeat against Rijeka, Jovićević and Dinamo came to a mutual agreement on the early termination of his contract.[6]

Dnipro-1

On 22 September 2020, following the dismissal of Dmytro Mykhailenko, Jovićević was announced as the new head coach of Dnipro-1.[7] He debuted as manager in the 4-1 defeat away against FC Oleksandriya.[8]

Shakhtar Donetsk

On 14 July 2022, Jovićević was announced as the new head coach of Shakhtar Donetsk.[9]

Al-Raed

On 9 July 2023, Jovićević was appointed as the manager of Saudi Pro League club Al-Raed.[10]

Personal life

His father, Čedomir "Čedo" Jovićević (1952–2020) born in Žabljak, Montenegro, was the famous defender of Dinamo Zagreb, playing ten years with the most successful Croatian club. His mother, Sanja, is from Zagreb.[11][12]

Igor is married and has two sons: Filip and Marcos, both players of the Dinamo Zagreb Academy.

Career statistics

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Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1999 Yokohama F. Marinos J1 League 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Managerial statistics

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Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
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Karpaty Lviv 18 June 2014 31 December 2015

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NK Celje 10 October 2016 19 June 2017

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Dinamo Zagreb II 20 July 2017 22 April 2020

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Dinamo Zagreb U19 1 July 2018 22 April 2020

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Dinamo Zagreb 22 April 2020 6 July 2020

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Dnipro-1 22 September 2020 14 July 2022

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Shakhtar Donetsk 14 July 2022 30 June 2023

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Al Raed 1 July 2023 Presset

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Total

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Honours

Manager

Shakhtar Donetsk

Dinamo Zagreb U19

Individual

Further reading

References

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External links

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