Ivan Kocjančić is a

Croat The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, Ge ...

ian retired

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player.

Playing career

Club

Born in

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...

, he played for

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 ...

during his entire career, collecting close to 500 caps. He played as a defender and captained his club when it won promotion to the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

in 1974.

Maangerial career

Following the end of his career he remained active with Rijeka, coaching in the youth programme. He managed one of Rijeka games as an interim manager in 1996.PREDSJEDNICI I TRENERI
- NK Rijeka

References

1947 births Living people Footballers from Rijeka Association football defenders Yugoslav footballers HNK Rijeka players Yugoslav Second League players Yugoslav First League players Croatian football managers HNK Rijeka managers HNK Rijeka non-playing staff {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub