Ivan Gvozdenović Explained

Ivan Gvozdenović
Birth Date:1978 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Bor, SFR Yugoslavia
Height:1.84 m
Position:Defender
Currentclub:Skënderbeu Korçë (manager)
Youthclubs1:Bor
Youthclubs2:Red Star Belgrade
Years1:1996–2003
Years2:1996–1997
Years3:1997–1998
Years4:1998–1999
Years5:2003–2007
Years6:2005
Years7:2007
Years8:2008
Years9:2009
Years10:2009
Years11:2010
Years12:2010–2011
Years13:2011–2014
Years14:2014–2015
Clubs1:Red Star Belgrade
Clubs2:Radnički Pirot (loan)
Clubs3:Napredak Kruševac (loan)
Clubs4:Milicionar (loan)
Clubs5:Club Brugge
Clubs6:Metz (loan)
Clubs7:Dinamo București
Clubs9:Red Star Belgrade
Clubs10:Vojvodina
Clubs11:Kavala
Clubs12:Tirana
Clubs13:Skënderbeu Korçë
Clubs14:Kukësi
Caps1:147
Caps2:6
Caps3:5
Caps4:13
Caps5:77
Caps6:6
Caps7:2
Caps8:9
Caps9:7
Caps10:5
Caps11:4
Caps12:29
Caps13:67
Caps14:4
Goals1:8
Goals2:0
Goals3:0
Goals4:2
Goals5:3
Goals6:0
Goals7:0
Goals8:1
Goals9:1
Goals10:0
Goals11:0
Goals12:1
Goals13:0
Goals14:0
Totalcaps:336
Totalgoals:16
Nationalyears1:2001
Nationalteam1:FR Yugoslavia
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:2015
Manageryears2:2015–2016
Manageryears3:2016–2017
Manageryears4:2017–2018
Manageryears5:2018–2019
Manageryears6:2019–2020
Manageryears7:2020–2021
Manageryears8:2021–2022
Manageryears9:2022
Manageryears10:2022–
Managerclubs1:Tirana(assistant)
Managerclubs2:Kukësi (assistant)
Managerclubs3:Tirana (assistant)
Managerclubs4:Al-Faisaly Amman(assistant)
Managerclubs5:Al-Mujazzal
Managerclubs6:Radnički 1912
Managerclubs7:Foresta Suceava
Managerclubs8:Saham Club
Managerclubs10:Skënderbeu Korçë

Ivan Gvozdenović (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Гвозденовић; born 19 August 1978) is a Serbian retired football defender, who is the technical coach of Kategoria Superiore club Skënderbeu Korçë.

Club career

Gvozdenović started his career at hometown side FK Bor but later moved to Red Star Belgrade.[1] He went on to play on loan for Radnički Pirot, Napredak Kruševac and FK Milicionar. In 1999, he returned to Red Star and played over 100 matches, before joining Belgian side Club Brugge in 2003. He spent six months at FC Metz in 2005, on loan from Club Brugge. In July 2007, Gvozdenović was released from Brugge and joined Romanian side Dinamo Bucharest in October 2007, initially signing a three-year contract. He left the team after only one month, due to a change of coach. Gvozdenović was told that he did not feature in the new coach's plans. After his short spell for Dinamo, he was transferred to Ukrainian club Metalurh Donetsk, before being released on July of the same year. In January 2009, he joined Red Star Belgrade for a second spell. On 21 August 2009, FK Vojvodina signed Gvozdenović from Red Star Belgrade for one season. He then spent the second half of the 2009–10 season at Kavala F.C. from Greece. On 17 May 2010, the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer announced that Gvozdenović had joined the team on trial.[2] He started for the Revs in their friendly match against Benfica on 19 May 2010.[3] However, he did not sign with New England Revolution and went to play for KF Tirana. He declared his wish is to finish career in FK Bor, the club where he started to play football. Between 2011 and 2014 he played three seasons for Skënderbeu Korçë who won the Albanian Championship in all of those three seasons. He played for Kukësi for the 2014–15 season, before retiring from football.

International career

Gvozdenović's first and only cap for FR Yugoslavia is against Slovenia in a FIFA World Cup qualifying match in September 2001.[4]

Managerial career

After two seasons in Albanian Superliga as an assistant coach of his two former clubs, Kukësi and Tirana, on 8 January 2018 Gvozdenović was appointed a coach of Jordan Premier League side Al-Faisaly Amman, in order to join the technical staff led by Montenegrin coach Nebojša Jovović. In July 2018 he signed for Al Mujazzal Saudi Arabia (as a head coach).[5]

Style of play

Gvozdenović was a technical, attacking full-back who also played as a midfielder.

Honours

Red Star Belgrade

Club Brugge

KF Tirana

Skënderbeu Korçë

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bormagazin.com/ivan-gvozdenovic/ Ivan Gvozdenović
  2. Web site: Three players join Revs on trial, eligible for Benfica friendly » New England Revolution . 2010-05-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707060013/http://blog.revolutionsoccer.net/?p=6834 . 7 July 2011 .
  3. Web site: Search New England Revolution . revolutionsoccer.net . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115021/http://www.revolutionsoccer.net/search/index.cfm?ac=searchdetail&pid=42993&pcid=115&rss=1 . 2015-09-24.
  4. News: Football MATCH: 05.09.2001 Yugoslavia v Slovenia. EU-Football.info. 5 September 2001. 16 December 2015.
  5. https://www.facebook.com/ALFAISALYSCJO/photos/a.124980754710919.1073741830.121486608393667/232917317250595/?type=3&theater