Ivica Cvitkušić (born 8 September 1964) is a Croatian retired footballer, who played in Croatian, Slovenian and Swedish clubs.

Club career

Cvitkušić was born in Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he played in his youth. After a brief stint in NK Dinamo Zagreb, he spent several seasons in

NK Dinamo Vinkovci Hrvatski nogometni klub Cibalia, commonly known as Cibalia Vinkovci or simply Cibalia, is a Croatian football club from the town of Vinkovci in eastern Croatia. Cibalia currently play in the Prva NL, Croatia's second tier league. Their stadium ...

, where he would later marry and make a permanent home. Later on, he played for Bosnian FK Rudar Ljubija and Swedish Djurgårdens IF and Vasalunds IF. He played 15

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

matches and made one goal for Djurgårdens IF in the

1992 Allsvenskan Allsvenskan 1992, part of the 1992 Swedish football season, was the 68th Allsvenskan season played. IFK Norrköping won the league ahead of runners-up Östers IF, and advanced to Mästerskapsserien 1992 along with the teams placed 3 to 6, while ...

. He scored in the

Tvillingderbyt Tvillingderbyt (, "The Twin Derby") is a football fixture in Stockholm, Sweden, between cross-town rivals AIK Stockholm and Djurgårdens IF. Both clubs were founded in Stockholm in 1891, AIK was first with Djurgårdens IF following three weeks la ...

match against AIK on 11 May 1992. Upon return from Sweden, he continued his career in Slovenia, and became the national champion with FC HIT in 1995. He returned to Croatia and played as a captain for HNK Vukovar '91, where he ended his playing career.

Post-playing career

After retirement from playing, he continued career as a coach. He took over NK Zvijezda Gradačac from his birth town, and during the next eight years as a coach and sports director he helped promote it from the third to the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Afterwards, he worked in several lower-ranking clubs in Slavonia, including "Frankopan" from

Rokovci Rokovci ( hu, Rokovce) is a village in eastern Croatia in the Andrijaševci Municipality of Vukovar-Syrmia County. Name The name of the village in Croatian is plural. See also * Spačva basin The Spačva basin ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Spačvanski b ...

and "Šokadija" from Babina Greda.

Personal life

Cvitkušić lives in Vinkovci with his wife and three children.

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Ivica Cvitkušić
at NZS {{DEFAULTSORT:Cvitkusic, Ivica 1964 births Living people People from Gradačac Footballers from Tuzla Canton Footballers from Vinkovci Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers Croatian men's footballers GNK Dinamo Zagreb players HNK Cibalia players FK Rudar Prijedor players FC Koper players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Vasalunds IF players ND Gorica players HNK Vukovar '91 players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav Second League players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia