Ivica Šangulin (20 April 1937 – 5 May 2012) was a

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ian

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player and manager.

Career

Born in

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, he spent his early years with

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, before moving on to

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

for one season. He left a big mark with

HNK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football, football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top ...

, where he played for four years. He then moved to West Germany where he played for

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for three seasons, before moving to lower division teams towards the end of his career. As a manager, he was in charge of several Croatian clubs.Šangulin, Ivica
– Korner

Honours

Player

;Hertha Berlin *

Regionalliga Berlin The Regionalliga Berlin was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the city of West-Berlin in Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2. Bundesliga in 1974. It was by far the smallest of the five Regionalligas. Ove ...

: 1966–67, 1967–68 ;Tasmania Berlin *

: 1970–71

Coach

;NK Rijeka *

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: 1973–74 ;NK Orijent *

Druga HNL The Prva nogometna liga ( en, First football league), commonly Prva NL or 1. NL, is the second tier of the football league system in Croatia. The league was formed in 1991 with the breakup of Yugoslavia and the dissolution of the Yugoslav Second ...

runner-up: 1993–94

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* 1937 births 2012 deaths People from Zadar County Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers HNK Šibenik players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players HNK Rijeka players Hertha BSC players SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin players Yugoslav First League players Bundesliga players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Yugoslav football managers HNK Rijeka managers NK Zadar managers HNK Šibenik managers Croatian football managers HNK Orijent managers Toronto Blizzard (1971–1984) head coaches {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub