Tomislav Ivković (born 11 August 1960) is a Croatian professional

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, executive and former

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. During his playing career, which spanned two decades, he competed mostly in Portugal, appearing for five clubs including

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. Ivković was also a Yugoslavian international in the late 1980s and early 1990s, representing the nation in one

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and one European Championship. In 2010, he started working as a manager. During his managerial career, Ivković managed Međimurje, Lokomotiva, Al Faisaly,

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, Rudeš, Inter Zaprešić, Željezničar and

Borac Banja Luka Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бopaц Бања Лука, ) is a Bosnian professional association football club, based in the city of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is the major part of th ...

. Before becoming its manager, from January until April 2022, he worked as sporting director of Borac.

Club career

Ivković was born in

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. He started his professional career playing for hometown club

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in 1978, moving to

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 ...

in January 1983 and soon after to

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

. In 1985, Ivković transferred to his first foreign club as he joined Tirol Innsbruck from

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, where he played until 1988. After short spells with

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and

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, he moved to

in 1989, and remained there for the following four seasons, rarely missing a game, although he did not collect any silverware. Ivković's final years were also spent in

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, with

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, Belenenses and Estrela Amadora, before retiring in 1998. Prior to Estrela, he contributed with six matches for

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's 1997 promotion to the

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, retiring finally at 38.

International career

Ivković earned 38

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for the Yugoslav national team, between 1983 and 1991. His first major tournament was

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in France, where he was second-choice behind Zoran Simović: the nation lost all of its three group matches at the tournament, and his only appearance came in the second game, a 0–5 defeat to

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; during the same year, he also won the bronze medal at the

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. Ivković went on to start for Yugoslavia at the

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in Italy, appearing in all of the team's five games before they were defeated by

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in the quarter-finals: in that match, he became famous for saving

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's kick during the penalty shootout (mere months earlier, he had already saved a penalty from the same player in UEFA Cup action, when Sporting played

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, and the two allegedly had a bet on the possible outcome of another penalty before their World Cup match, which the Yugoslav won). His final international was a September 1991

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away against

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Managerial career

Starting in 2004, Ivković was the goalkeeping coach of the Croatia national team, during

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's time as head coach. He left the post in July 2006, as the contracts of the entire coaching staff were not renewed after the national team failed to reach the knock-out stages of the

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. In 2007, Ivković began his sole managerial career, first as an assistant manager at United Arab Emirates' Al-Shaab. Two years later, he had his first bench experience, serving as assistant manager at

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. In April 2010, Ivković got his first job as manager at Međimurje, in the 1. HNL. During his short one-month spell, the team recorded two wins, one draw and four defeats, eventually ranking in 15th position, out of 16 teams, with the subsequent relegation. After Međimurje, Ivković worked as a manager at Lokomotiva, Al Faisaly,

, Rudeš and Inter Zaprešić. On 18 June 2021, he became the new manager of

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club Željezničar. In his first game as Željezničar manager, Ivković's team drew against

in a league match on 17 July 2021. Ivković's first loss as the club's manager was against

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in a league game a week later, on 24 July. He guided the team to his first win as manager in a league game against

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on 31 July 2021. In his first ever

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, Ivković's Željezničar lost to fierce city rivals

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in a league match on 22 September 2021. On 24 December 2021, he terminated his contract with Željezničar and left the club. Three months after becoming its sporting director, on 4 April 2022, Ivković was named as

's new manager following

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's resignation. Ivković's debut was a 1–1 home draw with

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on 9 April 2022. He won his first game on 23 April, defeating Radnik Bijeljina 1–0 at home. Ivković lost his first game on 15 May 2022, with a 2–1 away defeat against Sloboda Tuzla. He left Borac in June 2022.

Executive career

On 10 January 2022, Ivković became sporting director of

club

. He left the post on 4 April 2022 to become Borac's manager.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Dinamo Zagreb *

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, ...

: 1981–82 *

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: 1979–80 Red Star Belgrade *

: 1983–84 *

: 1984–85 Salamanca *

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: 1996–97 Yugoslavia *

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third place:

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Manager

Lokomotiva * 1. HNL runner-up:

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runner-up:

References

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