Mirko Ivanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирко Иванић, pronounced [mǐːrko ǐʋanitɕ]; born 13 September 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serbian club Red Star Belgrade. Born in Serbia, he plays for the Montenegro national team.
 Ivanić with Montenegro in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mirko Ivanić | ||
| Date of birth | 13 September 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Bački Jarak, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Red Star Belgrade | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vojvodina | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2016 | Vojvodina | 56 | (20) |
| 2012–2013 | → Proleter Novi Sad (loan) | 39 | (11) |
| 2016–2018 | BATE Borisov | 78 | (17) |
| 2019– | Red Star Belgrade | 163 | (51) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Serbia U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Montenegro | 15 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2019 | |||
Club career
editVojvodina
editBorn in Bački Jarak, Ivanić came through the youth academy of Vojvodina, before being loaned to Proleter Novi Sad in order to get senior football experience. He made 24 appearances and scored five goals in the 2012–13 Serbian First League. In the summer of 2013, Ivanić returned to Vojvodina, appearing in a 2–0 home win over Budapest Honvéd in the first leg of the Europa League second qualifying round. He was sent on loan again to Proleter Novi Sad, before returning to Vojvodina in the 2014 winter transfer window.[2] Upon his return to the club, Ivanić played regularly under manager Branko Babić, helping his team win the 2013–14 Serbian Cup.
In the 2014–15 season, Ivanić became one of the team's most influential players, making 26 league appearances and scoring 10 goals, one less than Mijat Gaćinović. During the final days of the summer 2015 transfer window, Partizan offered Vojvodina €1.5 million for Ivanić, but Ivanić rejected it, as he insisted on refusing offers from Vojvodina's rivals Partizan and Red Star Belgrade.[3]
BATE Borisov
editOn 2 February 2016, Ivanić signed a contract with BATE Borisov.[4]
On 26 November 2017, in the last game of the season BATE Borisov were 3-2 down against FC Gorodeya, Mirko scored the last minute equaliser against them to make it 3-3 which was enough to see them win the league on goal difference against league rivals Dinamo Minsk.
During his three-year stint in Borisov, Ivanić won the league three times, as well as featuring in the Europa League group stage two consecutive seasons.
Red Star Belgrade
editOn 8 February 2019, Red Star Belgrade officially announced the signing of Ivanić[5] in a €1.3 million transfer.[6] He chose the number 8 jersey, previously worn by former teammate at Vojvodina, Dejan Meleg, who was sent out on loan to Greek side Levadiakos.[5] Before his transfer to BATE Borisov, Ivanić declined offers from both Red Star and Partizan, stating that "it wouldn't work as the captain of Vojvodina to move to Partizan or Red Star".[7]
International career
editIvanić made his debut for the Serbian national under-21 team in a friendly against Italy U21 on 30 March 2015.[8] He was subsequently selected to represent his country at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, but failed to make an appearance. On 14 March 2017, however, Ivanić received a call-up to the Montenegro national team in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Poland on March 26, 2017.[9] In the match against Poland, which Montenegro lost 1-2, Ivanić made his debut coming on the field as a substitute for Damir Kojašević in the 80th minute.[10][11] On 27 March 2018 he scored his first goal in the national team in a 2–2 draw against Turkey.[12] Despite being called up in June 2019, Ivanić (along with Filip Stojković and Serbian manager Ljubiša Tumbaković) refused to play for the national team against Kosovo. Tumbaković was sacked for his actions the next day.[13] As of April 2022, Ivanić has not been called up since.
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 24 September 2024
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vojvodina | 2013–14 | Serbian SuperLiga | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| 2014–15 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 11 | ||
| 2015–16 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 10 | ||
| Total | 56 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 73 | 23 | ||
| Proleter Novi Sad (loan) | 2012–13 | Serbian First League | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
| 2013–14 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | ||
| Total | 39 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 11 | ||
| BATE Borisov | 2016 | Belarusian Premier League | 26 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 8 |
| 2017 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 45 | 11 | ||
| 2018 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 43 | 14 | ||
| Total | 78 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 29 | 6 | 126 | 33 | ||
| Red Star | 2018–19 | Serbian SuperLiga | 14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 |
| 2019–20 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 31 | 3 | ||
| 2020–21 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 48 | 20 | ||
| 2021–22 | 36 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 55 | 24 | ||
| 2022–23 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 11 | ||
| 2023–24 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 6 | ||
| 2024–25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Total | 163 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 34 | 8 | 233 | 69 | ||
| Career total | 336 | 99 | 43 | 16 | 74 | 17 | 473 | 136 | ||
International goals
edit- Scores and results list Montenegro's goal tally first.[14]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 27 March 2018 | Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro |  Turkey |
1–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
Honours
editVojvodina
BATE Borisov
Red Star Belgrade
- Serbian SuperLiga: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- Serbian Cup: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
Individual
References
edit- ^ "Mirko Ivanić". crvenazvezdafk.com.
- ^ "KOMPLETIRAN SPISAK PUTNIKA, ŽIVKOVIĆ NOVO LICE" (in Serbian). fkvojvodina.rs. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ Mladen Šolak (31 August 2015). "Mondo Sport: Ko je Mirko Ivanić, dečko od milion i po evra" (in Serbian). Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ Мирко Иванич — футболист БАТЭ at FC BATE Borisov official website, 2-2-2016 (in Russian)
- ^ a b "Иванић Звездин". Red Star Belgrade. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ Мркела потврдио, Иванић у Звезди, обештећење 1,3 милиона евра. Sportski žurnal (in Serbian (Cyrillic script)). 6 February 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Mirko Ivanić ponovio: Neću ni u Zvezdu, ni u Partizan!". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 31 December 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Milunović prvi obradovao Dodića" (in Serbian). b92.net. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Tumbaković pozvao Ivanića: Treba nam takav igrač" (in Montenegrin). vijesti.me. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ [1] Archived 2017-08-15 at the Wayback Machine Skala Radio: Crna Gora - Poljska 1:2 (in Serbian). March 26, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ ""Sokoli" od 0:2 do zasluženog remija protiv Turske". vijesti.me (in Montenegrin). Vijesti. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ Montenegro sack Ljubisa Tumbakovic for missing Kosovo match BBC Sport. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ "Ivanić, Mirko". National Football Teams. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "Igrač kola: Ulazak raspoloženog Mirka Ivanića pokrenuo crveno-bele". www.superliga.rs. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "Igrač kola: Het-trik Mirka Ivanića za važan trijumf crveno-belih u Bačkoj Topoli". www.superliga.rs. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "Najbolji igrač 6. kola Mozzart Bet Super lige Srbije – Mirko Ivanić". www.superliga.rs. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Najbolji igrač 11. kola Mozzart Bet Super lige Srbije – Mirko Ivanić". www.superliga.rs. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Tim sezone 2023/24 Mozzart Bet Super lige Srbije" (in Serbian). Serbian SuperLiga. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
External links
edit- Mirko Ivanić at Soccerway
- Mirko Ivanić – UEFA competition record (archive)