Ivan Đurđević

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Ivan Đurđević
Ivan Djurdjevic 2010.jpg
Đurđević with Lech Poznań in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-02-05) 5 February 1977 (age 48)
Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back, midfielder
Youth career
Voždovac
Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996 Zvezdara
1996–1998 Rad 22 (2)
1998–2000 Ourense 72 (4)
2000–2002 Farense 54 (9)
2002–2005 Vitória Guimarães 83 (7)
2005–2007 Belenenses 17 (0)
2007–2013 Lech Poznań 105 (4)
Total353(26)
Managerial career
2013–2015 Lech Poznań Academy
2015–2018 Lech Poznań II
2018 Lech Poznań
2019–2022 Chrobry Głogów
2022–2023 Śląsk Wrocław
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ivan Đurđević (Serbian Cyrillic : Иван Ђурђевић; also transliterated Djurdjević; born 5 February 1977) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the sporting director of Latvian club Liepāja.

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He started his career in his native Belgrade before moving to CD Ourense in Galicia. He then spent many years in the top flight in Portugal before moving to Lech Poznań of Poland, finishing his playing career and moving onto a managerial career with them.

Playing career

Born in Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Đurđević made his professional debuts with FK Rad in 1996. In January 1998 he first moved abroad, going on to remain two and a half years in Spain with CD Ourense and competing in both the Segunda División and Segunda División B tournaments.

Đurđević spent most of his 17-year career in Portugal, where he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 154 games and 16 goals with S.C. Farense, Vitória S.C. and C.F. Os Belenenses, and in Poland, spending six consecutive seasons in the Ekstraklasa with Lech Poznań. [1]

Coaching career

After retiring, Đurđević stayed connected to his last club as a youth manager. [2] On 8 May 2015, he was appointed head coach of the reserves in III liga. [3] In May 2018, Đurđević became manager of the senior team. [4] [5] He was dismissed on 4 November 2018. [6]

On 20 May 2019, Đurđević was appointed manager of Chrobry Głogów. [7] 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. [8] Chrobry entered the promotion play-offs and caused an upset by eliminating Arka Gdynia on 26 May 2022, [9] only to come up short in the final against Korona Kielce three days later. [10]

On 2 June 2022, Đurđević made his return to Ekstraklasa and was announced as the new manager of Śląsk Wrocław. [11] He was dismissed on 21 April 2023, with six games left in the season. [12]

In August 2024, he joined Latvian Higher League club Liepāja as their new sporting director. [13] 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. [14] [15]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 14 April 2023 [16]
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecord
PWDLWin %
Lech Poznań II 1 July 201527 May 2018108642123059.26
Lech Poznań 1 June 20184 November 2018229310040.91
Chrobry Głogów 20 May 20191 June 2022107402641037.38
Śląsk Wrocław 2 June 202221 April 202332101012031.25
Total2691236086045.72

Honours

Lech Poznań [17]

References

  1. ↑ El adiós de Ivan Djurdjević: el zurdo de las mil lenguas (The farewell of Ivan Djurdjević: lefty of the thousand languages); Vavel, 6 June 2013 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Ivan Djurdjević: Lech Poznań to wyższy cel (Ivan Djurdjević: Lech Poznan are bigger words); Lech Poznań, 27 January 2015 (in Polish)
  3. ↑ Ivan Djurdjević poprowadzi drużynę rezerw (Ivan Djurdjević will be in charge of reserve team); Lech Poznań, 8 May 2015 (in Polish)
  4. ↑ Lech Poznań: Ivan Djurdjević trenerem Kolejorza od nowego sezonu! (Lech Poznań: Ivan Djurdjević coach of railwaymen from next season!); Głos Wielkopolski, 17 May 2018 (in Polish)
  5. ↑ Lech postawił na swojego człowieka. "Wskoczę w ogień" (Lech bet on their own man. "I will jump in the fire"); TVN24, 17 May 2018 (in Polish)
  6. ↑ "Ivan Djurdjević nie jest już trenerem Lecha" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  7. ↑ Chrobry Głogów ma nowego trenera. To Ivan Djurdjevic [ZDJĘCIA, FILM], glogow.naszemiasto.pl, 20 May 2019
  8. ↑ "Ostatnie mecze trenera Ivana Djurdjevicia" (in Polish). Chrobry Głogów. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "Arka Gdynia - Chrobry Głogów 0:2!" (in Polish). Chrobry Głogów. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "Korona Kielce - Chrobry Głogów 3:2" (in Polish). Chrobry Głogów. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "Ivan Djurdjević trenerem Śląska Wrocław" (in Polish). Śląsk Wrocław. 2 June 2022.
  12. ↑ "Ivan Djurdjević odchodzi ze Śląska" (in Polish). Śląsk Wrocław. 21 April 2023.
  13. ↑ "Maciej Stachowiak w sztabie szkoleniowym FK Liepāja". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "Maciej Stachowiak i Ivan Djurdjević odchodzą z FK Lipawy". baltyckifutbol.pl (in Polish). 6 January 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  15. ↑ Chromik, Jan (27 March 2025). "Były trener Lecha Poznań i Śląska Wrocław ostatnio pracował na Łotwie. „Warunki można porównać do tych z Ekstraklasy"". transfery.info (in Polish). Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  16. ↑ Ivan Đurđević coach profile at Soccerway
  17. ↑ "Ivan Đurđević". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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