en Ivica Matković (football manager)

Ivica Matković
Personal information
Full name	Ivica Matković
Date of birth	12 October 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth	Split, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years	Team
1970–1972	Hajduk Split
1972–1973	Rijeka
1973–1975	Hajduk Split
1975–1978	Solin
1978–1980	Hajduk Split
Managerial career
1992-1993	Zadar
1993-1994	Šibenik
1995	Fenerbahçe (assistant)
1995	Osijek
1995–1996	Zagreb
1997	Šibenik
1998	Persepolis
1999–2000	Hajduk Split
2002–2004	Primorje
2004–2005	Publikum Celje
2005–2006	Kamen Ingrad
2006	Cibalia
2009	Trogir
	USKOK Klis
2015	Jadran Supetar
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ivica Matković (born 12 October 1953) is a Croatian retired football manager and former player.

Managerial career

He was the manager of Hajduk Split, Osijek, Cibalia Vinkovci,^[1] Zadar^[2] and Zagreb in the Croatian First League, as well as of Persepolis in Iran's Premier Football League. He also worked as an assistant to Tomislav Ivić at Turkish giants Fenerbahçe.^[3] He was named manager of Slovenian side Publikum Celje in June 2004,^[4] after being sacked at fellow Slovenians Primorje Ajdovščina a month earlier.^[5]

He also was head of Hajduk's football academy.^[6]

Personal life

After ending his career in management, Matković retired to Škrip, the oldest settlement on the island of Brač.^[3] He then took up coaching again, being named manager of fifth-tier, local side Jadran in March 2015.^[7]