Ivica Šangulin (20 April 1937 – 5 May 2012) was a

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ian

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player and manager.

Career

Born in

Biograd na Moru Biograd na Moru (), shortened to simply Biograd, is a town in northern Dalmatia in Croatia. It is significant for being another capital of the medieval Kingdom of Croatia. Biograd is administratively part of the Zadar County. It is located on th ...

, he spent his early years with

Šibenik Šibenik (), historically known as Sebenico (), is a historic town in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka (Croatia), Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is one of the oldest Croatia, Croatian self-governing cities ...

, before moving on to

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb (), commonly referred to as simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Cr ...

for one season. He left a big mark with

HNK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka (), commonly referred to as HNK Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka competes in Croatia's top division, Croatian First Football League, Supersport HNL, o ...

, where he played for four years. He then moved to West Germany where he played for

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for three seasons, before moving to lower division teams towards the end of his career. As a manager, he was in charge of several Croatian clubs.Šangulin, Ivica
– Korner

Honours

Player

;Hertha Berlin *

Regionalliga Berlin The Regionalliga Berlin was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the city of West-Berlin in Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2. Bundesliga in 1974. It was by far the smallest of the five Regionalligas. Ov ...

: 1966–67, 1967–68 ;Tasmania Berlin *

: 1970–71

Coach

;NK Rijeka *

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...

: 1973–74 ;NK Orijent *

Druga HNL The Prva nogometna liga (), commonly Prva NL or 1. NL, is the second tier of the football league system in Croatia. The league was formed in 1991 with the breakup of Yugoslavia and the dissolution of the Yugoslav Second League. The 1. NL is ope ...

runner-up: 1993–94

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* 1937 births 2012 deaths Sportspeople from Zadar County Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers HNK Šibenik players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players HNK Rijeka players Hertha BSC players SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin players Yugoslav First League players Bundesliga players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Yugoslav football managers HNK Rijeka managers NK Zadar managers HNK Šibenik managers Croatian football managers HNK Orijent managers Toronto Blizzard (1971–1984) head coaches {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub