Ivan Jovanović ( sr-Cyrl, Иван Јовановић; born 8 July 1962) is a Serbian professional

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manager and former player, who is the current manager of Greek Super League club

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Playing career

Jovanović played for FK Rad in the Yugoslav First League during the 1987–88 and 1988–89 seasons. The next season, he transferred to the Greek side

Iraklis Gymnasticos Syllogos Iraklis ( el, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Ηρακλής, en, Gymnastics Club Heracles), commonly referred to as Iraklis, is a Greek multi-sports club based in Thessaloniki. The club was founded in 1908 as "Mace ...

, where he played until the end of his career. During his spell in Iraklis, Jovanović evolved into one of the highest quality foreign players who ever played for the team.

Managerial career

Greece

Ivan Jovanović started his managerial career on 2001 at Greek side

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. He then worked for

and Panachaiki.

APOEL

During his managerial career at APOEL he won 9 trophies, 4

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, 1 Cup and 4 Super Cups. He also helped APOEL to qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stages for the first time in their history in 2009. Two years later, he repeated his achievement and just not only helped APOEL to qualify for the group stages of the

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, but achieved also to qualify for the quarter-finals by topping their group, beating

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in the last 16 on penalties, before being knocked-out by

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in the quarter-finals. He is considered as the most successful manager in the history of APOEL. During his seven-year spell at APOEL he has been awarded the "Coach of the Season" award by Cyprus Football Association six times. He has also been awarded the " Serbian Coach of the Year" award by

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in 2011. On 30 April 2013, APOEL announced that Ivan Jovanović decided to leave at the end of the 2012–13 season, after five-and-a-half consecutive (and seven in total) successful years in the club.

Al Nasr

On 18 June 2013, Jovanović was announced as the new head coach of the Emirati club Al Nasr, having signed a two-year contract. On 19 May 2014, Jovanović led his team to a 2–1 victory over

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in the

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final and won his first trophy as Al Nasr's manager. On 29 October 2016, Al Nasr sacked Jovanović from the technical command of the first football team, after failing to adjust the repeated technical errors. On 19 January 2018, Al Nasr have re-appointed Jovanović to replace

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. On 2 December 2018, Jovanović was sacked for a second time after a mixed start of the 2018–19 UAE Pro-League season.

UAE

On 22 December 2019, Ivan was appointed as the new coach of United Arab Emirates national team. On 6 April 2020 the UAE FA announced the termination of his contract.

Panathinaikos

On June 17th 2021, it was announced that Jovanović had been appointed as head coach of

under a one-year contract. He earned victory in his first

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game for the Greens, beating

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4–0. Under his management the team managed to reach its major goal, which was returning to European Competitions. At the 18th of May 2022 he signed a two years extension with the club. Three days later the team won the Greek Cup, the first title for the team in 8 years. On October 29, 2022, after a 5-1 away win on

Volos F.C. Volos Football Club ( el, Π.Α.Ε. Νέος Ποδοσφαιρικός Σύλλογος Βόλου) is a Greek professional football club based in Volos, Magnesia, Greece. The club currently competes in the Super League, the first tier of footb ...

, Jovanović's coaching set a new record for the best league start in the club's history, with ten straight wins in ten games in Superleague, Greece's top soccer division.

Managerial statistics

Honours

As Manager

Club

Apoel * Cypriot First Division: 2003–04, 2008–09,

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* Cypriot Cup: 2007–08 * Cypriot Super Cup: 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011 * UEFA Champions League quarter-finals: 2011–12 Al-Nasr * GCC Champions League:

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* UAE President's Cup: 2014–15 *

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: 2014–15 *

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quarter-finals:

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Panathinaikos * Greek Cup: 2021–22

Individual

*Manager of the Season ( Cyprus): 2003–04, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 * Serbian Coach of the Year: 2011 * Super League Greece Manager of the Year: 2021–22

References

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