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
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

Ivan Javorčić (born 24 January 1979) is a Croatian football manager and a former player, most recently in charge as head coach of Italian Serie B club Venezia.

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]

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]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 29 October 2022[10]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Brescia (caretaker) Italy 15 December 2014 21 January 2015 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 050.00
Mantova Italy 27 October 2015 14 March 2016 18 2 9 7 13 22 −9 011.11
Pro Patria Italy 17 April 2017 8 June 2021 157 70 47 40 201 188 +13 044.59
Südtirol Italy 14 June 2021 9 June 2022 48 33 10 5 67 17 +50 068.75
Venezia Italy 9 June 2022 31 October 2022 12 2 3 7 14 21 −7 016.67
Total 239 109 70 60 302 254 +48 045.61

Honours

Player

Arezzo

Coach

Pro Patria
Südtirol

References

  1. 1 2 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 NUOVO ALLENATORE DEL VENEZIA FC" (in Italian). Venezia F.C. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "IVAN JAVORČIĆ RELIEVED OF MANAGERIAL DUTIES". Venezia F.C. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  10. ↑ Ivan Javorčić at FootballDatabase.eu
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