Ivan Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Стефановић; born 9 August 1975) is a Serbian football manager and former player.

Ivan Stefanović
Personal information
Full name Ivan Stefanović
Date of birth (1975-08-09) 9 August 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Kruševac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Napredak Kruševac
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Župa Aleksandrovac
1996–2000 Napredak Kruševac 71 (14)
2000–2001 Obilić
2001–2002 St. Gallen 14 (0)
2004–2005 Napredak Kruševac 6 (0)
Managerial career
2012–2019 Napredak Kruševac (assistant)
2019–2020 Napredak Kruševac
2021 Mladost Lučani
2022 Napredak Kruševac
2024 Napredak Kruševac
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Stefanović played for Napredak Kruševac and Obilić,[1] before transferring abroad to Swiss club St. Gallen in March 2001.

Managerial career

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In the summer of 2012, Stefanović became an assistant to Napredak Kruševac manager Nenad Milovanović. He later assisted Nenad Lalatović, Vuk Rašović, and Milorad Kosanović, among others. In December 2019, after the departure of Predrag Rogan, Stefanović was put in temporary charge of the team and led them to victories over Partizan and Mačva Šabac, before being given the position on a permanent basis.[2]

In June 2021, Stefanović was appointed as manager of Serbian SuperLiga club Mladost Lučani.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "FK Napredak Kruševac, 2020" (in Serbian). yumpu.com. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Ivan Stefanović ipak novi trener Napretka!" (in Serbian). krusevacgrad.rs. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Plavo-beli otpočeli pripreme sa novim šefom stručnog štaba" (in Serbian). fkmladostlucani.com. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
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