Ivan Đurđević

Ivan Đurđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Ђурђевић; also transliterated Djurdjević; born 5 February 1977) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a left back or a left midfielder, and is the manager of Polish club Chrobry Głogów.

Ivan Đurđević
Đurđević with Lech Poznań in 2010
Personal information
Full name Ivan Đurđević
Date of birth (1977-02-05) 5 February 1977
Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back, midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Chrobry Głogów (manager)
Youth career
FK Voždovac
Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 FK Zvezdara
1996–1998 FK Rad 22 (2)
1998–2000 CD Ourense 72 (4)
2000–2002 S.C. Farense 54 (9)
2002–2005 Vitória Guimarães 83 (7)
2005–2007 Os Belenenses 17 (0)
2007–2013 Lech Poznań 105 (4)
Total 353 (26)
Teams managed
2013–2015 Lech Poznań Academy
2015–2018 Lech Poznań II
2018 Lech Poznań
2019– Chrobry Głogów
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He started his career in his native Belgrade before moving to CD Ourense in Galicia. He then spent many years in the top flight in Portugal before moving to Lech Poznań of Poland, finishing his playing career and moving onto a managerial career with them.

Playing career

Born in Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Đurđević made his professional debuts with FK Rad in 1996. In January 1998 he first moved abroad, going on to remain two and a half years in Spain with CD Ourense and competing in both the Segunda División and Segunda División B tournaments.

Đurđević spent most of his 17-year career in Portugal, where he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 154 games and 16 goals with S.C. Farense, Vitória S.C. and C.F. Os Belenenses, and in Poland, spending six consecutive seasons in the Ekstraklasa with Lech Poznań.[1]

Coaching career

After retiring, Đurđević stayed connected to his last club as a youth manager.[2] On 8 May 2015, he was appointed head coach of the reserves in III liga.[3] In May 2018, Đurđević became manager of the senior team.[4][5] He was dismissed on 4 November 2018.[6]

On 20 May 2019, Đurđević was appointed manager of Chrobry Głogów.[7] On 4 May 2022, with three games to go and Chrobry still in contention for promotion, it was announced he would step down from his role at the end of the season.[8]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 30 April 2022[9]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
PWDLWin %
Lech Poznań II 1 July 2015 31 May 2018 107 63 21 23 058.88
Lech Poznań 1 June 2018 4 November 2018 22 9 3 10 040.91
Chrobry Głogów 20 May 2019 Present 102 38 25 39 037.25
Total 231 110 49 72 047.62

Honours

Lech Poznań

References
  1. El adiós de Ivan Djurdjević: el zurdo de las mil lenguas (The farewell of Ivan Djurdjević: lefty of the thousand languages); Vavel, 6 June 2013 (in Spanish)
  2. Ivan Djurdjević: Lech Poznań to wyższy cel (Ivan Djurdjević: Lech Poznan are bigger words); Lech Poznań, 27 January 2015 (in Polish)
  3. Ivan Djurdjević poprowadzi drużynę rezerw (Ivan Djurdjević will be in charge of reserve team); Lech Poznań, 8 May 2015 (in Polish)
  4. Lech Poznań: Ivan Djurdjević trenerem Kolejorza od nowego sezonu! (Lech Poznań: Ivan Djurdjević coach of railwaymen from next season!); Głos Wielkopolski, 17 May 2018 (in Polish)
  5. Lech postawił na swojego człowieka. "Wskoczę w ogień" (Lech bet on their own man. "I will jump in the fire"); TVN24, 17 May 2018 (in Polish)
  6. "Ivan Djurdjević nie jest już trenerem Lecha" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  7. Chrobry Głogów ma nowego trenera. To Ivan Djurdjevic [ZDJĘCIA, FILM], glogow.naszemiasto.pl, 20 May 2019
  8. "Ostatnie mecze trenera Ivana Djurdjevicia" (in Polish). Chrobry Głogów. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  9. Ivan Đurđević coach profile at Soccerway
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