Ivan Mance (born 4 February 1983) is a retired Croatian football goalkeeper and current sporting director of Göztepe
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 February 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Göztepe (sporting director) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2001 | Orijent | ||
| 2001–2002 | Varteks | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2006 | Varteks | 12 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Draga | ||
| 2007–2008 | Pomorac | 26 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Rijeka | 26 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Istra 1961 | 17 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Rijeka | 15 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2001 | Croatia U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2001 | Croatia U19 | 0 | (0) |
| 2004 | Croatia U21 | 0 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2018 | |||
Club career edit
Born in Rijeka, in his first professional season he played for Varteks during the 2003-04 Prva HNL, where he had spent the first three years of his professional career. He then moved on to lower Croatian divisions, before moving to Rijeka in 2008.[1] After two seasons with Rijeka, he had a short stint in Israel, with Maccabi Petah Tikva, before returning to Croatia, where he had a season with Istra 1961, before returning to Rijeka in 2012.
Later career edit
In late 2013, he announced retirement and was hired in HNK Rijeka's scouting staff. Mance worked for Rijeka for nine years, until the summer of 2021, both as a scout and later sports director, before he left the club.[2] On 25 June 2021, he was hired as a technical director at Cypriot club Pafos FC.[3]
Career statistics edit
| Season | Club | League | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2004–05 | Varteks | Prva HNL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |
| 2005–06 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2006–07 | Draga | Treća HNL | – | – | – | - | – | |||
| 2007–08 | Pomorac Kostrena | Druga HNL | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 22 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2008–09 | HNK Rijeka | Prva HNL | 8 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2010-11 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | Israeli Premier League | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | NK Istra 1961 | Prva HNL | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | HNK Rijeka | 1. HNL | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| HNK Rijeka total | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 103 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 123 | 0 | ||
| Last Update: 19 May 2018. 1 Source | ||||||||||
References edit
- ^ weltfussball.de[permanent dead link]
- ^ Zbogom: Sportski direktor Ivan Mance nakon devet godina napušta Rijeku, telesport.telegram.hr, 3 June 2021
- ^ Nova destinacija – Cipar: Ivan Mance novi je Pafosov sportski direktor, telesport.telegram.hr, 25 June 2021
External links edit
- Ivan Mance at FBref.com
- Ivan Mance at AS.com (in Spanish)
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