Andrea Ivan (born 9 January 1973) is an Italian

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

coach and former player who used to play as

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

. He works as a goalkeeping coach for Sporting Arno, an amateur football club of Florence.

Career

Early career

Born in

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

, Ivan started his professional career at home region

Tuscany Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze''). Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...

, for

Poggibonsi Poggibonsi is a town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, central Italy. It is located on the river Elsa and is the main centre of the Valdelsa Valley. History The area around Poggibonsi was already settled in the Neolithic age, although the firs ...

Serie C2 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...

. He became the regular starter in the 2nd season, played all 34 matches. In mid-1994, he was signed by

Ascoli Ascoli may refer to: Places in Italy *Ascoli Satriano, a town and ''comune'' in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region *Province of Ascoli Piceno, a province of the Marche region **Ascoli Piceno, a city which is the seat of the province above ...

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...

, where he worked as

Marco Bizzarri Marco Bizzarri (born 19 August 1962) is an Italian business executive, President and CEO of Gucci since January 2015.

's backup. He then back to Tuscany for

A.C. Siena Associazione Calcio Robur Siena 1904, commonly referred to as Siena, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Siena, Tuscany. The club was re-incorporated in 2020 after the bankruptcy of the previous legal entity Robur Siena, whi ...

, by-then at

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1 ...

, played 59 matches in 2 seasons.

Salernitana

At the start of 1997–98 season, he joined

Foggia Foggia (, , ; nap, label= Foggiano, Fògge ) is a city and former ''comune'' of Apulia, in Southern Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. In 2013, its population was 153,143. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known ...

, but in November to

Salernitana Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, commonly referred to as Salernitana, is an Italian football club based in Salerno, Campania. The original club was founded in 1919 and has been reconstituted three times in the course of its history, most recentl ...

, as

Daniele Balli Daniele Balli (born 16 September 1967 in Florence) is a former Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Grown up in the Empoli youth system, Balli spent his early professional years with several Serie C1 and Serie C2 teams (Trento, ...

's backup. In 1999–2000 season, Salernitana signed Fabrizio Lorieri and

Lorenzo Squizzi Lorenzo Squizzi (born 20 June 1974) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Squizzi started his career at Serie A team Juventus, but spent most of his career in the lower divisions. In summer 2006, he signed for ...

to replace the left for Balli, made him became 1 of the 5 goalkeepers, along with youth products

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and Crescenzo De Vito.

Livorno & Fiorentina

In January 2000, he left for

Livorno Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...

, by-then at

. At Livorno, he quickly became first choice, ahead of

Silvio Lafuenti Silvio Lafuenti (or spells as La Fuenti; born 9 August 1970 in Ostia Lido, Italy) is an Italian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, net ...

. In mid-2002, he left for hometown club, newly found

team Florentia Viola, which

AC Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fo ...

went bankrupt (And Livorno and Fiorentina became regional rival in Serie A due to both team from Tuscany). He played all 34 league matches and ''La viola'' was the fewest goals concerned team. After Fiorentina was invited to play Serie B in 2003–04 season, Ivan became backup again, behind

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Pescara & Atalanta

The team promoted beck to

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at the end of season, and Ivan left for

Pescara Pescara (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Pescàrë; nap, label= Pescarese, Piscàrë) is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 119,217 (2018) residents (and approxim ...

of Serie B, where he played 25 league matches and his backup

Pierluigi Brivio Pierluigi Brivio (born 21 May 1969 in Milan) is an Italian former professional footballer who last played for Unione Sportiva Pergocrema 1932 as a goalkeeper. Career Brivio started his career at Atalanta youth team. He then played for Palazz ...

played 15 matches. In mid-2005, he worked for

Atalanta Atalanta (; grc-gre, Ἀταλάντη, Atalantē) meaning "equal in weight", is a heroine in Greek mythology. There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia, whose parents were Iasus and Clymene and who is primarily known ...

, as

Alex Calderoni Alex Calderoni (born 31 May 1976) is an Italian Association football, football Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper who currently plays for A.P.D. Ribelle 1927. Career Calderoni joined F.C. AlzanoCene 1909, Alzano in a co-ownership (foo ...

and

Ferdinando Coppola Ferdinando Coppola (born 10 June 1978) is a former Italian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Early career Coppola's career began at native club S.S.C. Napoli, he was used as a backup goalkeeper for Giuseppe Taglialatel ...

's backup.

Amateur Football

In January 2009, he left for

Mapello Mapello (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about west of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,806 and an area ...

Eccellenza Lombardy Eccellenza Lombardy ( it, Eccellenza Lombardia) is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Lombardy, Italy. It is competed amongst 48 teams, in three groups (A, B and C). The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club ...

(Italian 6th level). In July 2009, he left for

UD Ibiza-Eivissa Unión Deportiva Ibiza-Eivissa was a Spanish football team based in Ibiza Town, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded in 1995, it last played in '' Regional de Ibiza'', holding home matches at ''Estadi Municipal de Can Miss ...

at Regional de Ibiza y Formentera (Spanish fifth level, regional league). After the cancellation of the club, he returned in Italy to play with

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amateurs Castelfranco Stella Rossa.

Honours

;Salernitana *

: 1998–99 ;Livorno *

: 2001–02 ;Fiorentina *

: 2002–03 ;Atalanta *

: 2005–06

References

External links

Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport
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