Vladimir Ivić

Vladimir Ivić

Personal information
Full name	Vladimir Ivić[1]
Date of birth	7 May 1977
Place of birth	Zrenjanin, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	PAOK (Head Coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1998	Proleter Zrenjanin	67	(7)
1998–2004	Partizan	150	(64)
2004–2005	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4	(1)
2005–2007	AEK Athens	56	(9)
2007–2008	Aris Thessaloniki	29	(5)
2008–2012	PAOK	103	(20)
Total		409	(106)
National team
2001–2004	Serbia and Montenegro	8	(0)
Teams managed
2013–2016	PAOK (Youth Coach)
2016–	PAOK
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Vladimir Ivić (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Ивић, born 7 May 1977) is a Serbian footballer who last played as a midfielder for PAOK. He is the younger brother of Ilija Ivić, ex Red Star player and sports director.^[2] He is currently the Head Coach of PAOK FC.

Ivić usually plays in midfield either as a defensive midfielder or as an attacking one. His main strengths are his accurate passing, heading, tactical awareness and good control of the ball. His obvious lack of speed though, has prevented him from establishing himself in a more demanding European league, so he has spent most of his career in Serbia and Greece.

Club career

On club level Ivić was an attacking midfielder who ended his career playing for PAOK in the Greek league, having signed from city rival Aris on a free transfer. Although his ex club Aris made the same bid for him, he preferred PAOK, because of their manager Fernando Santos. He played for AEK Athens before going to Aris but fell out of favour of the then manager Llorenç Serra Ferrer and was released. Ivić also played for Borussia Mönchengladbach and Partizan Belgrade in which helped them secure Yugoslav league in 1999 and 2002, the Yugoslav cup in 2001 and the Serbian league in 2003. Ivić will be remembered for his goal scoring ability and playing style from his FK Partizan and PAOK FC fans. He is one of many players to have played for both Partizan and PAOK and has stated he supports both teams.

International career

He made his international debut for the Serbia and Montenegro national team's against Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team in 2001. He has been capped over 32 times but he was not selected for the 2006 World Cup and has not been recalled since.

Coaching career

A year after retirement he returned to PAOK as head coach for the under-20 team(youth team).^[3] On 9 March 2016 he became the head coach of PAOK FC until the end of the season due to the dismissal of Igor Tudor and managed to finish first in the Greek playoffs after starting with a handicap of 2 points against Panathinaikos FC and AEK FC.^[4]

Club career statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup			Continental			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Proleter Zrenjanin	1994–95	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-
	1995–96	16	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	1	-
	1996–97	20	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	1	-
	1997–98	26	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	4	-
Partizan	1998–99	20	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	11	-
	1999–00	30	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	18	-
	2000–01	30	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	20	-
	2001–02	23	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	8	-
	2002–03	13	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	3	-
	2003–04	14	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	4	-
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2004–05	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-
AEK Athens	2004–05	17	4	1	6	1	-	0	0	0	23	5	1
	2005–06	27	3	2	5	0	0	2	0	0	32	3	2
	2006–07	12	2	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	17	3	1
Aris Thessaloniki	2007–08	29	5	3	6	3	0	5	0	0	40	8	3
PAOK	2008–09	28	7	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	32	7	1
	2009–10	30	9	7	0	0	0	4	1	0	34	10	7
	2010–11	23	2	0	4	0	1	10	3	0	37	5	1
	2011–12	22	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	27	2	1
Serbia	Total	197	71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	197	71	-
Germany	Total	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-
Greece	Total	188	34	15	25	4	1	31	5	1	244	43	17
Career total		389	106	15	25	4	1	31	5	1	445	115	17

Statistics accurate as of 16 May 2012

Managerial statistics

As of match played 1 December 2016.

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
PAOK	9 March 2016	Present	31	15	9	7	48.4

Honours

Partizan

• Serbian SuperLiga: 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03
• Serbian Cup: 2000–01

References

1. "Vladan Ivic ετών 34" (in Greek). transfernews.gr. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
2. "Ivić Vladimir" (in Serbian). Reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
3. "Vladan Ivic unveiled us under-20 head coach" (in Greek). paokfc.gr. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
4. "Τέλος ο Τούντορ" (in Greek). paokfc.gr. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

External links

• Vladimir Ivić at National-Football-Teams.com