Ivan Babić (
Serbian Cyrillic
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: Иван Бабић; born 2 August 1974) is a
Serbia
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footballer
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who played as a
defender.
Career
Club career
Babić made his debut for
Borac Čačak in 1999, before moving to
Napredak Kruševac in 2000. In June 2004, Babić signed a deal with
Partizan. He played on loan at
Obilić,
Rad and
Bežanija
Bežanija ( sr-Cyrl, Бежанија, ) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Novi Beograd, in the Syrmia region.
Location
Bežanija is located west of the downtown Belgrade, across the Sa ...
. He returned to
Napredak Kruševac in the 2007–08 season. After three seasons, Babić moved to
Novi Pazar
Novi Pazar ( sr-cyr, Нови Пазар) is a List of cities in Serbia, city located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia. As of the 2022 census, the urban area has 71,462 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 106,720 inha ...
in the summer of 2010. He scored first
Serbian SuperLiga
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goal in the club's history for a 1–0 win against
Smederevo
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.
Coaching career
After having working as U19 head coach for his former club
FK Napredak Kruševac
Fudbalski klub Napredak Kruševac (), commonly known as Napredak Kruševac, is a Serbian professional football club based in the city of Kruševac. The word ''Napredak'' means "progress" in Serbian.
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, Babić was promoted as assistant coach for the club's first team in December 2019 under his former teammate and newly appointed head coach Ivan Stefanović.
Sportski komentar: Dva Ivana na čelu FK Napredak
krusevacgrad.rs, 22 December 2019
References
External links
Utakmica profile
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1981 births
Living people
People from Vrnjačka Banja
Men's association football central defenders
Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers
Serbian men's footballers
21st-century Serbian sportsmen
FK Borac Čačak players
FK Napredak Kruševac players
FK Partizan players
FK Obilić players
FK Rad players
FK Bežanija players
SC Tavriya Simferopol players
FK Novi Pazar players
FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac players
FK Sloga Kraljevo players
Serbian First League players
Serbian SuperLiga players
Serbian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
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