Ivan Jurić (; born 25 August 1975) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of club

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. Jurić spent most of his playing career, as a

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, and his entire managing career in Italy.

Playing career

Club career

A versatile and technically skilled

or winger, Jurić started his career with Hajduk Split, where he played from 1993 to 1997. He then moved to Spain to join

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, where he played from 1997 to 2001, except for a short loan to

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in 2000. After a short time back in Croatia with

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, he moved in Italy in 2001 to join

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team Crotone, and then moved to Genoa in 2006, following his mentor Gian Piero Gasperini, his former head coach at Crotone. Since then, he established himself as a fan favourite, being protagonist of the ''rossoblu'''s return to

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, and then being appointed vice-captain for the team. He announced his retirement in June 2010, at the age of 34, contemporaneously confirming his interest in becoming a football coach.

International career

Jurić made his international debut for

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in a friendly match against

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on 11 February 2009 and went on to play five times with his national team, though did not score any goals. His final international was a September 2009

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match against

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Coaching career

After retiring as a football, Jurić stayed at Genoa as youth team coach for the 2010–11 season. He passed the UEFA A coaching exam in June 2011. On 5 July 2011, new

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manager Gian Piero Gasperini unveiled Jurić as one of his first team coaches in the new club, but was removed from his post the following September together with Gasperini and his entire staff. He re-united with Gasperini in September 2012, as new assistant coach of his at Palermo. His Crotone side won promotion in 2015–16 season to the top flight

for the 2016–17 season for the first time in the club's history. After achieving promotion with Crotone, he was offered to replace his mentor Gasperini at his former club

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in June 2016, which he accepted, thus becoming the new head coach of the ''Grifone''. He was sacked on 19 February 2017 after a 0–5 defeat against bottom-placed

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. He was reinstated as Genoa manager on 10 April 2017 after the sacking of Andrea Mandorlini. On 9 October 2018, he was appointed manager of Genoa for a third time. On 6 December 2018, he was sacked again after losing to third tier

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on penalties in the

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. In July 2019 he was appointed at the helm of newly promoted

club

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. Under his tenure with the ''Gialloblu'', he competed in two top flight seasons with impressive results despite having one of the smallest budgets of the league. On 28 May 2021, Hellas Verona announced to have released him from his contract; on the same day, he was unveiled as the new head coach of

, effective from 1 July 2021.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Coach

Individual * Panchina d'Argento (1): 2015–16

Personal life

Jurić is a self-described metalhead, with the passion for death metal music in particular. In the 2010 interview with the Italian edition of

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, he cited Napalm Death, Obituary,

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, Metallica, Megadeth, Ministry,

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as some of his favorite artists. He occasionally goes to rock and metal live shows.

References

External links

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Profile at AIC
__NOTOC__ {{DEFAULTSORT:Juric, Ivan 1975 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Association football midfielders Croatian footballers Croatia youth international footballers Croatia under-21 international footballers Croatia international footballers HNK Hajduk Split players Sevilla FC players Albacete Balompié players HNK Šibenik players F.C. Crotone players Genoa C.F.C. players Croatian Football League players La Liga players Segunda División players Serie A players Serie B players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Italy Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Croatian football managers Mantova 1911 managers F.C. Crotone managers Genoa C.F.C. managers Hellas Verona F.C. managers Torino F.C. managers Serie A managers Serie B managers Croatian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Italy Inter Milan non-playing staff