Ivan Đurđević ( sr-cyr, Иван Ђурђевић; also

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Djurdjević; born 5 February 1977) is a Serbian professional

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and former

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. He is currently the manager of

I liga I liga (, ), currently named Betclic I liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga via promotion/rel ...

club

Stal Mielec FKS Stal Mielec, commonly known as Stal Mielec (), is a Polish professional football club based in Mielec. The team competes in the I liga, the second level of the Polish football league system. The club was established on 10 April 1939. Histori ...

. He started his career in his native

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before moving to

CD Ourense Club Deportivo Ourense, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1952 after the dissolution of old UD Orensana, it played in Segunda División B – Group 1, holding home games a ...

in Galicia. He then spent many years in the top flight in Portugal before moving to

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. ...

of Poland, finishing his playing career and moving onto a managerial career with them.

Playing career

Born in

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, Đurđević made his professional debuts with

FK Rad FK Rad () is a football club based in Banjica, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade Zone League, the fourth tier of the national league system. Founded in 1958, the club spent a total of 30 seasons in the top flight between 1987 and 2 ...

in 1996. In January 1998 he first moved abroad, going on to remain two and a half years in Spain with

and competing in both the

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and

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tournaments. Đurđević spent most of his 17-year career in Portugal, where he amassed

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totals of 154 games and 16 goals with

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, Vitória S.C. and

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, and in Poland, spending six consecutive seasons in the

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with

Coaching career

After retiring, Đurđević stayed connected to his last club as a youth manager. On 8 May 2015, he was appointed head coach of the reserves in

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.Ivan Djurdjević poprowadzi drużynę rezerw (Ivan Djurdjević will be in charge of reserve team)
Lech Poznań, 8 May 2015 (in Polish) In May 2018, Đurđević became manager of the senior team. He was dismissed on 4 November 2018. On 20 May 2019, Đurđević was appointed manager of Chrobry Głogów. On 4 May 2022, with three games to go and Chrobry still in contention for promotion, it was announced he would step down from his role at the end of the season. Chrobry entered the promotion play-offs and caused an upset by eliminating Arka Gdynia on 26 May 2022, only to come up short in the final against Korona Kielce three days later. On 2 June 2022, Đurđević made his return to

and was announced as the new manager of

Śląsk Wrocław Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław (), is a Polish professional Association football, football club based in Wrocław that plays in , the second level of the Polish football leagu ...

. He was dismissed on 21 April 2023, with six games left in the season. In August 2024, he joined

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club

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as their new

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. Outside of his regular duties, Đurđević was also actively involved in coaching and present on the sidelines during matches. He left the club in December 2024 in order to be closer to his family in Poland. On 1 April 2025, Đurđević was appointed manager of Ekstraklasa club

, signing a contract until the end of June 2026. Unable to save Stal from relegation to the

, Đurđević remained at the club for the start of the following campaign.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Lech Poznań *

: 2009–10 *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

: 2008–09 *

Polish Super Cup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2024, the Polish Super Cup has been ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Durdevic, Ivan 1977 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football midfielders Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbian men's footballers Naturalised association football players Naturalised citizens of Portugal FK Zvezdara players FK Rad players CD Ourense footballers S.C. Farense players Vitória S.C. players C.F. Os Belenenses players Lech Poznań players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Primeira Liga players Ekstraklasa players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Serbian expatriate men's footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Serbian football managers Lech Poznań non-playing staff Lech Poznań managers Śląsk Wrocław managers Stal Mielec managers Ekstraklasa managers I liga managers Serbian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Poland Serbian sports executives and administrators Association football executives