Ive Sulentic

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Personal information
Full name John Ive Sulentic
Date of birth (1979-12-24) 24 December 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Port Moody Soccer Club (Technical Director)
Youth career
Matthew McNair Secondary School
Edwardsville High School
Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2005 Vancouver Whitecaps 110 (30)
2005–2006 FC St. Pauli 24 (2)
2006–2007 Vancouver Whitecaps 0 (0)
International career
1998 Canada U20 1 (0)
2000 Canada U23 1 (0)
2004–2005 Canada 2 (0)
Managerial career
2008 Euro Pro Football Academy
2009– Mountain WFC (U-12 Boys Head Coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Ive Sulentic (born 24 December 1979) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder.

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Early life

Sulentic attended Matthew McNair Secondary School and Edwardsville High School.

Club career

Sulentic began his professional career in 1999 with Vancouver Whitecaps. He broke the USL assist record in his rookie year, with 19 [1] helpers. In 2001, he became Vancouver's all-time assist leader [2] in the post CSL era. In 2002 Sulentic had two trials with Dinamo Zagreb but could not find a place. The Whitecaps offered him a contract in 2005 to play in the USL, but he wanted more money so he moved to German third league side St. Pauli in 2005. In one year in Hamburg he played 24 games and scored two goals. [3]

He was later re-signed by Vancouver but did not play a competitive match. In December 2007 he left Vancouver Whitecaps.

International career

Sulentic represented Canada at the 1998 CONCACAF U-19 Qualification Tournament (Canada did not qualify for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship). [4] He was 24 years old when he won his first cap with Canada's senior team on 18 January 2004 in Bridgetown, a 1:0 win over Barbados [ citation needed ] and he represented Canada at the 2000 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament. [5]

His final international was a November 2005 friendly match against Luxembourg.

Coaching career

In 2009, Sulentic began his coaching career training the Under-12 Boys of Mountain WFC besides working as Head Coach at Euro Pro Football Academy. [6] He later became the Technical Director at Port Moody Soccer Club. [7]

Personal life

His older brother Petar is a semi-professional soccer player, [8] who played for Croatia SC as well. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Minnesota OUSTS FLASH, Will play Host to A-League Final". Archived from the original on 9 September 2004. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Rescheduled Play-Off Dates".
  3. ↑ (in German) Player profile at Fußballdaten.de
  4. ↑ Player profile at CanadaSoccer.com
  5. ↑ "Canadian Interuniversity Sport". Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  6. ↑ "MOUNTAIN WFC COACHES 2009". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
  7. ↑ "Meet our Port Moody Soccer Club Technical Coaches".
  8. ↑ "Azzi's Superlative VMSL Week in Review 07/08'". Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  9. ↑ Croatia SC "A" (Croatia SC Vancouver)
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