Ivan Matić (born 30 April 1971) is a retired

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n professional

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er and manager, who last managed

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Club career

Matić began his career in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

with

Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, the club's home ...

. He had a spell with Chaves in the

Portuguese Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

, before returning to Croatia to play for

NK Marsonia NK Marsonia is a Croatian football club based in the city of Slavonski Brod. They currently play in the third division Treća HNL. NK Marsonia was founded in 1909. From 1945 to 1962 the club was called ''NK Radnički Brod'', and then ''BSK'' fro ...

in the

Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...

Managerial career

He was succeeded as manager of Rudeš in October 2018 by Marko Lozo and took the reins at

Solin Solin is a town and a suburb of Split, in Split-Dalmatia county, Croatia. It is situated right northeast of Split, on the Adriatic Sea and the river Jadro. Solin developed on the location of ancient city of ''Salona'', which was the capital o ...

in October 2020. Matić then resigned in October 2021 and replaced

Boris Pavić Boris Pavić (born 4 December 1973) is a Croatian football manager and former player. Managerial career He landed his first managerial job at OSK and was named manager of Hrvace in June 2014. He then joined former club Čelik Zenica in January ...

as manager of HNK Sloga Mravince in February 2022.Trener Ivan Matić novi trener Sloge!
- HNK Sloga

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* * 1971 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Men's association football midfielders Croatian men's footballers HNK Hajduk Split players Wuhan Optics Valley F.C. players G.D. Chaves players HŠK Posušje players NK Marsonia players First Vienna FC players Croatian Football League players Primeira Liga players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in China Croatian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Croatian football managers RNK Split managers NK Rudeš managers NK Solin managers {{Croatia-footy-midfielder-stub