Ivan Babić (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Иван Бабић; born 2 January 1981) is a

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n retired

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who played as a defender.

Career

Club career

Babić made his debut for

Borac Čačak Borac may refer to: * FK Borac Banja Luka, a football club from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina ** RK Borac Banja Luka, an affiliated team handball club ** OK Borac, an affiliated volleyball club * FK Borac Čačak, a football club from Čačak ...

in 1999, before moving to

Napredak Kruševac Napredak may refer to: *HKD Napredak, cultural society of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina *FK Napredak Kruševac, Serbian football club *FK Napredak Aleksinac, Serbian football club *FK Napredak Banatska Topola Fudbalski klub Napredak () is a f ...

in 2000. In June 2004, Babić signed a deal with

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: **AK Partizan, athletics ** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling ** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo **FK Partizan, association fo ...

. He played on loan at Obilić,

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and Bežanija. He returned to

in the 2007–08 season. After three seasons, Babić moved to Novi Pazar in the summer of 2010. He scored first Serbian SuperLiga goal in the club's history for a 1–0 win against

Smederevo Smederevo ( sr-Cyrl, Смедерево, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Podunavlje District in eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube, about downstream of the Serbian capital, Belgrade. According to ...

Coaching career

After having working as U19 head coach for his former club FK Napredak Kruševac, 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

* 1981 births Living people People from Vrnjačka Banja Men's association football central defenders Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbian men's footballers 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 {{Serbia-footy-defender-stub