Ivan Jovanović (football manager)

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Ivan Jovanović
Jovanović in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1962-07-08) 8 July 1962 (age 61)
Place of birth Loznica, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1974–1980 Loznica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1984 Loznica
1984–1989 Rad 121 (15)
1989–1999
Iraklis
271 (52)
Managerial career
2001–2002 Niki Volos
2002–2003
Iraklis
2003–2005 APOEL
2005–2006 Panachaiki
2007
Iraklis
2008–2013 APOEL
2013–2016
Al Nasr
2018
Al Nasr
2019–2020
United Arab Emirates
2021–2023

Panathinaikos

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*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ivan Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Јовановић; born 8 July 1962) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player who most recently was the manager of Greek Super League club Panathinaikos.

Playing career

Jovanović played for

Iraklis
, where he played until the end of his career. During his spell in Iraklis, Jovanović evolved into one of the highest quality foreign players who ever played for the team.

Managerial career

Greece

Ivan Jovanović started his managerial career on 2001 at Greek side

Iraklis and Panachaiki
.

APOEL

During his managerial career at APOEL he won 9 trophies, 4

Real Madrid in the quarter-finals. He is considered as the most successful manager in the history of APOEL
.

During his seven-year spell at APOEL he has been awarded the "Coach of the Season" award by Cyprus Football Association six times. He has also been awarded the "Serbian Coach of the Year" award by Football Association of Serbia in 2011.

On 30 April 2013, APOEL announced that Ivan Jovanović decided to leave at the end of the 2012–13 season, after five-and-a-half consecutive (and seven in total) successful years in the club.[2]

Al Nasr

On 18 June 2013, Jovanović was announced as the new head coach of the Emirati club

2014 GCC Champions League final and won his first trophy as Al Nasr's manager.[4]

On 29 October 2016, Al Nasr sacked Jovanović from the technical command of the first football team, after failing to adjust the repeated technical errors.[5]

On 19 January 2018, Al Nasr have re-appointed Jovanović to replace Cesare Prandelli.

On 2 December 2018, Jovanović was sacked for a second time after a mixed start of the

2018–19 UAE Pro-League season.[6]

South Africa

On 22 December 2019, Ivan was appointed as the new coach of the

South Africa national team.[7] On 6 April 2020 the South Africa FA announced the termination of his contract.[8]

Panathinaikos

On June 17, 2021, it was announced that Jovanović had been appointed as head coach of

Greek Cup, by PAOK in the quarter-finals.[15] In the 2023–24 season they reached the UEFA Champions League play offs knocking out Dnipro and Marseille only to be eliminated by Braga and continue in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League for the first time since the 2016–17 season.[16][17] In the group stage, they finished in 4th place with 4 points and were left out of UEFA European Competitions, while in the Super League, after the 3–2 defeat by Atromitos ,Jovanović was rumoured to be sacked by the board. After a 3–0 win against Volos in late December, he was relieved of his duties, with Panathinaikos sitting in 2nd place. He was replaced by Fatih Terim.[18]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 20 December 2023
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Iraklis
28 May 2002 28 December 2002 18 8 4 6 044.44
Cyprus APOEL 25 November 2003 6 March 2005 53 36 10 7 067.92
Greece Panachaiki 1 November 2005 10 April 2006 23 5 7 11 021.74
Iraklis
6 February 2007 17 December 2007 23 8 6 9 034.78
Cyprus APOEL 7 January 2008 30 June 2013 247 155 45 47 062.75
United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr 18 Jun 2013 29 October 2016 141 64 36 41 045.39
19 January 2018 15 December 2018 30 15 5 10 050.00
Greece Panathinaikos 1 July 2021 26 December 2023 112 63 22 27 056.25
Total 647 354 135 158 054.71

Honours

Manager

APOEL

Al-Nasr

Panathinaikos

Individual

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