John Ive Sulentic (born 24 December 1979) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Ive Sulentic | ||
| Date of birth | 24 December 1979 | ||
| 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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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 | |||
Early life
editSulentic attended Matthew McNair Secondary School and Edwardsville High School.
Club career
editSulentic 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
editSulentic 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
editIn 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
editHis older brother Petar is a semi-professional soccer player,[8] who played for Croatia SC as well.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Minnesota OUSTS FLASH, Will play Host to A-League Final". Archived from the original on 9 September 2004. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ^ "Rescheduled Play-Off Dates".
- ^ (in German) Player profile at Fußballdaten.de
- ^ Player profile at CanadaSoccer.com
- ^ "Canadian Interuniversity Sport". Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
- ^ "MOUNTAIN WFC COACHES 2009". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
- ^ "Meet our Port Moody Soccer Club Technical Coaches".
- ^ "Azzi's Superlative VMSL Week in Review 07/08'". Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ Croatia SC "A" (Croatia SC Vancouver)
External links
edit- Ive Sulentic at National-Football-Teams.com