Ivan Prelec (born 24 July 1987) is a Croatian professional football manager.

Ivan Prelec
Personal information
Full name Ivan Prelec
Date of birth (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Zagreb, SR Croatia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Managerial career
Years Team
2014 Dinamo Zagreb Academy
2014–2017 Dinamo Zagreb U17
2017–2018 Gorica (assistant)
2018 Gorica
2018 Legia Warsaw (assistant)
2019–2020 Istra 1961
2020–2021 Dinamo Zagreb II
2022–2024 Vejle

Managerial career

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He started as a manager in 2006, with only 19 years. He led the youth team of Dinamo Zagreb in 2014, while later he became the manager of the U17 team.

In 2017, he went to HNK Gorica, where, at first, he served as an assistant manager, but in February 2018, he was named the head coach of the club. Managing Gorica, he won the 2017–18 Croatian Second Football League.[1] In June 2018, he left Gorica and became the assistant manager of Legia Warsaw under the coaching staff of Dean Klafurić.

On 15 June 2019, he was named the new manager of NK Istra 1961, succeeding Igor Cvitanović.[2]

On 15 March 2022, he became manager of Danish Superliga club Vejle Boldklub.[3] He managed the club until 23 September 2024, when he resigned due to a bad start to the season, where Vejle had lost all 10 games.[4]

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 22 September 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Gorica 10 January 2018 14 June 2018 14 9 3 2 6 13 −7 064.29
Istra 1961 15 July 2019 15 August 2020 42 8 10 24 59 48 +11 019.05
Dinamo Zagreb II 14 October 2020 6 April 2021 15 3 3 9 6 13 −7 020.00
Vejle Boldklub 15 March 2022 23 September 2024 96 39 21 36 140 119 +21 040.63
Total 167 59 37 71 211 193 +18 035.33

Honours

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Manager

HNK Gorica

Vejle Boldklub

References

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  1. ^ "Ivan Prelec: Prilike se pruže samo jednom u životu". www.zagrebacki.hr. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Ivan Prelec novi je trener NK Istre 1961". www.istrasport.eu. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Vejle Boldklub henter kroatisk cheftræner". vejle-boldklub.dk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Ivan Prelec stopper i Vejle Boldklub". bold.dk. Retrieved 23 September 2024.