Ivan Javorčić

Ivan Javorčić (born 24 January 1979) is a Croatian football manager and a former player, currently in charge as head coach of Italian Serie C club Südtirol.

Ivan Javorčić
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-01-24) 24 January 1979
Place of birth Split, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Südtirol (head coach)
Youth career
–1995 RNK Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 RNK Split
1996–2001 Brescia 49 (1)
1997 → Mosor (loan)
2001 → Crotone (loan) 8 (0)
2001 → Treviso (loan) 8 (0)
2002–2003 Atalanta 0 (0)
2003–2006 Arezzo 18 (0)
2006–2007 Pizzighettone 16 (0)
Teams managed
2014–2015 Brescia (caretaker)
2015–2016 Mantova
2017–2021 Pro Patria
2021– Südtirol
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Born in Split, Javorčić began playing football for the youth side of local club RNK Split. He first played for the senior team at age 15.[1]

Javorčić spent most of his career in Italy, where he moved in 1996 to sign a four-year contract with Serie B club Brescia. After he played for one season in Serie A and two seasons in Serie B for the club, Javorčić went out on loans to Serie B club Crotone and Serie C1 club Treviso during 2001. He joined Serie A club Atalanta in 2002, but did not play for the first team. Next he transferred to second division Arezzo, but suffered a career-threatening knee injury in May 2004 that kept him off the field for more than two years. He returned from injury in October 2006, playing for Pizzighettone in Serie C1.[1]

Coaching career

After his retirement from active footballing, Javorčić returned at his former club Brescia as a youth coach.

On 15 December 2014, after the dismissal of head coach Ivo Iaconi, it was announced Javorčić would take charge of the first team on an interim basis.[2] He was allowed to guide Brescia only for a short period due to him not having the required coaching badges.

During his short tenure as a coach, he managed to guide Brescia to a slight improvement in results despite a troubled financial situation, and ended his caretaking spell on 21 January 2015 with a 3–1 home win against high-flying Frosinone before to hand over coaching duties to Salvatore Giunta.[3]

He then served as head coach of Lega Pro club Mantova from October 2015 to March 2016. In April 2017, he was named new head coach of Serie D club Pro Patria.[4] They advanced to third-tier Serie C at the end of the 2017–18 season, with Javorčić guiding them for the following three seasons in the league.

On 8 June 2021, Pro Patria announced Javorčić's departure from the club.[5] On 14 June 2021, he was unveiled as the new head coach of fellow Serie C club Südtirol on a two-year contract.[6] On his first season in charge, Javorčić guided Südtirol to triumph in the Group A of the 2021–22 Serie C, achieving promotion to Serie B for the first time in the club's history; in addition to that, he led Südtirol to make it all the way to the 2021–22 Coppa Italia Serie C finals, lost on aggregate to fellow Group A club Padova.[7]

Honours

Player
Arezzo

Coach
Pro Patria
Südtirol

Managerial statistics
As of match played 20 March 2022[8]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Brescia (caretaker) 15 December 2014 21 January 2015 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 050.00
Mantova 27 October 2015 14 March 2016 18 2 9 7 13 22 −9 011.11
Pro Patria 17 April 2017 8 June 2021 157 70 47 40 201 188 +13 044.59
Südtirol 14 June 2021 Present 40 30 8 2 58 11 +47 075.00
Total 219 104 65 50 279 227 +52 047.49

References
  1. Šimunić, Vjeran (18 March 2008). "Ivan Javorčić: Povratak na teren nakon 29 mjeseci oporavka moja je najveća pobjeda" (in Croatian). Glas Dalmacije.
  2. "Comunicato ufficiale Brescia Calcio" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  3. "Salvatore Giunta nuovo allenatore del Brescia Calcio" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. "UFFICIALE: Pro Patria, Javorcic è il nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  5. "Pro Patria, il tecnico Javorcic ai saluti. Non rinnoverà il suo contratto" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  6. "Ivan Javorcic è il nuovo allenatore dell'FC Südtirol" (in Italian). F.C. Südtirol. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  7. "La favola del Südtirol: batte la Triestina e vola in Serie B". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  8. Ivan Javorčić at FootballDatabase.eu
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