Ivica Solomun (born 29 January 1968) is a retired

Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...

football midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

and manager. He is the most capped goalkeeper in the Croatian First Football League with 304 appearances. He scored a goal for Varteks Varaždin from a penalty against

HNK Vukovar '91 HNK Vukovar '91 was a Croatian football club based in the river port of Vukovar. Under the name NK Vukovar '91, club was founded in Zagreb by Vukovar refugees during the Croatian War of Independence. In 1992, newly founded Vukovar '91 merged w ...

in February 2000.

Managerial career

Solomun worked as an assistant to

Zlatko Dalić Zlatko Dalić (; born 26 October 1966) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player. He is the manager of the Croatia national team since 2017 and led them to a runners-up finish at the 2018 FIFA World Cup and third place at th ...

at Al Faisaly, took charge of newly-founded

Varaždin ) , image_photo = , image_skyline = , image_flag = Flag of Varaždin.svg , flag_size = , image_seal = , seal_size = , image_shield = Grb_Grad ...

in 2012 and was named manager of

NK Međimurje NK Međimurje is a Croatian football club based in Čakovec. The club is named after Međimurje, the region in northern Croatia where Čakovec is located. The club play their home games at the Stadion SRC Mladost, Čakovec, which has a tota ...

in June 2022, but was replaced by

Zoran Ivančić Zoran Ivančić (born 16 September 1975) is a Croatian retired football defender who last played for Mladost Prelog in Croatia’s Treća HNL. Club career During his professional career he mainly played for NK Varteks (renamed NK Varaždin ...

three months later. He also worked as a goalkeeper coach for Varaždin and the Croatia U-19 team.Ivica Solomun trener vratara
- Varaždin Sport He also worked as manager of Slovenian side

Zavrč Zavrč (, in order sources ''Zavrče'', german: Sauritsch) is a settlement in the Haloze area of Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Zavrč. It lies between the right bank of the Drava River and the border with Croatia. The area tradi ...

on two occasions.Solomun i Zavrč sporazumno raskinuli suradnju
- Varaždinske Vijesti

Personal life

Solomun is married to Dorotea and they hava a daughter and a son together.

References

1968 births Living people People from Sisak-Moslavina County Men's association football goalkeepers Croatian footballers NK Varaždin (1931–2015) players NK Belišće players NK Slaven Belupo players Croatian Football League players Croatian football managers NK Međimurje managers Croatian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Slovenia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Association football goalkeeping coaches {{Croatia-footy-goalkeeper-stub