Ivan Javorčić (born 24 January 1979) is a Croatian football manager and a former player, currently in charge as assistant coach of Italian Serie A club Lazio.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 January 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lazio (assistant 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) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2015 | Brescia (caretaker) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Mantova | ||
| 2017–2021 | Pro Patria | ||
| 2021–2022 | Südtirol | ||
| 2022 | Venezia | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editBorn 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. Successively, he transferred to the 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
editAfter retiring from active footballing, Javorčić returned to his former club Brescia as a youth coach.
On 15 December 2014, after the dismissal of head coach Ivo Iaconi, it was announced that 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]
On 9 June 2022, Javorčić was unveiled as the new head coach of recently-relegated Serie B club Venezia, signing a three-year deal with the Lagunari.[8] His Venezia experience turned out to be short-lived, as he was relieved from his duties on 31 October 2022 due to negative results, leaving the team down in the relegation zone of the 2022–23 Serie B league.[9]
In March 2024, Javorčić rescinded his Venezia contract to join Igor Tudor's coaching staff at Lazio.[10]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of match played 29 October 2022[citation needed]
| 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 | 50.00 |
| Mantova |
|
27 October 2015 | 14 March 2016 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 22 | −9 | 11.11 |
| Pro Patria |
|
17 April 2017 | 8 June 2021 | 157 | 70 | 47 | 40 | 201 | 188 | +13 | 44.59 |
| Südtirol |
|
14 June 2021 | 9 June 2022 | 48 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 67 | 17 | +50 | 68.75 |
| Venezia |
|
9 June 2022 | 31 October 2022 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 16.67 |
| Total | 239 | 109 | 70 | 60 | 302 | 254 | +48 | 45.61 | |||
Honours
editPlayer
edit- Arezzo
- Serie C1: 2003–04 (Group A)
- Supercoppa di Serie C: 2004
Coach
edit- Pro Patria
- Südtirol
References
edit- ^ a b Šimunić, Vjeran (18 March 2008). "Ivan Javorčić: Povratak na teren nakon 29 mjeseci oporavka moja je najveća pobjeda" (in Croatian). Glas Dalmacije.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Comunicato ufficiale Brescia Calcio" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ^ "Salvatore Giunta nuovo allenatore del Brescia Calcio" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Pro Patria, Javorcic è il nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ "Pro Patria, il tecnico Javorcic ai saluti. Non rinnoverà il suo contratto" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Ivan Javorcic è il nuovo allenatore dell'FC Südtirol" (in Italian). F.C. Südtirol. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "La favola del Südtirol: batte la Triestina e vola in Serie B". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ "IVAN JAVORČIĆ NUOVO ALLENATORE DEL VENEZIA FC" (in Italian). Venezia F.C. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "IVAN JAVORČIĆ RELIEVED OF MANAGERIAL DUTIES". Venezia F.C. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ "L'ex tigrotto Javorcic alla Lazio" (in Italian). La Prealpina. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
External links
edit- Ivan Javorčić at WorldFootball.net