Ivan Vukomanović

Ivan Vukomanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Вукомановић; born 19 June 1977) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters. He also holds Belgian citizenship.[1]

Ivan Vukomanović
Personal information
Full name Ivan Vukomanović
Date of birth (1977-06-19) 19 June 1977
Place of birth Titovo Užice, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender, defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Kerala Blasters (head coach)
Youth career
Sloboda Užice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 Sloboda Užice 34 (2)
1997–1998 Obilić 40 (4)
1998–2003 Bordeaux 9 (0)
1999–2000 → Red Star Belgrade (loan) 23 (0)
2000 → 1. FC Köln (loan) 2 (0)
2001 → Red Star Belgrade (loan) 19 (0)
2002 → Rad (loan) 15 (0)
2002–2003 → Dynamo Moscow (loan) 14 (0)
2004 Alania Vladikavkaz 0 (0)
2005–2008 Lokeren 62 (4)
2008 → Maccabi Herzliya (loan) 11 (2)
2008–2009 Royal Antwerp 19 (0)
2010 Qingdao Jonoon
2011 Zandvliet Sport
Total 248 (12)
National team
1998–2000 FR Yugoslavia U21 5 (1)
Teams managed
2013–2014 Standard Liège (assistant)
2014–2015 Standard Liège
2016–2017 Slovan Bratislava
2019 Apollon Limassol (interim)
2021– Kerala Blasters
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Vukomanovic played as a defender during his playing days. He was also used as a defensive midfielder. He started his professional career at Serbian club FK Sloboda Užice. Vukomanovic later played for Obilić, where he won the 1997–98 First League of FR Yugoslavia title. Vukomanovic then moved to the Ligue 1 side Bordeaux.[2] With the French club, he won the 1998–99 French Division 1. Throughout his career, he played for several top tier clubs, which includes the Serbian side Red Star Belgrade, Bundesliga’s FC Köln, Belgian side Royal Antwerp F.C and Russian club FC Dynamo Moscow.[3] With Red Star Belgrade, he had won the 1999–2000 and 2000–01 season of First League of FR Yugoslavia along with the FR Yugoslavia Cup in 2000. Vukamanovic fully retired from professional football in 2011 at the age of 34.[4] At the national level, he had represented FR Yugoslavia national under-21 football team.

Managerial career

Standard Liège

Vukomanović started his coaching career at Belgian Pro League club Standard Liège, where he assisted Guy Luzon ahead of the club's 2013-14 season.[5] During this time, Leige played the Europa League after winning all the games in the qualifying stages. Following Luzon’s exit in October 2014, Vukomanovic took charge as their head coach.[6] His first game ever game as a head coach was against Spanish giants Sevilla in the Europa League, where the match ended in a goalless draw. Under his coaching, Standard Liege picked 28 out of a possible 39 points in the league. On February 2015, despite getting some good results, the club replaced him with Jose Riga midway into the season citing lack of experience as a head coach.[7] He was offered the assistant manager role under Riga, to which he responded; "To propose to me to remain in the staff, it is only to be politically correct towards the players and the supporters. I could have been fake and say yes. Tap Riga on the shoulder and then do nothing but I'm not like that. I'm a straightforward, honest person. So I decided to leave Standard".[8]

Slovan Bratislava

In 2016, Vukomanovic was appointed as the manager of the Slovak Super Liga side Slovan Bratislava.[9] Under his helm, the club finished second-place finish in the league. His first title as a manager came in 2017, where he guided Slovan Bratislava to the 2017–18 Slovak Cup title. Vukomanovic had a decent second season Slovan Bratislava. With just five defeats from 22 games, he parted ways with the club following a draw against FK Senica on 28 October 2017.[10]

Apollon Limassol

After a two year hiatus, Vukomanovic returned to coaching in September 2019 by signing with Cyprus top division club Apollon Limassol as their interim head coach and led them in four matches.[11]

Kerala Blasters

On 17 June 2021, Kerala Blasters announced that Vukomanovic has been appointed as the Indian Super League club's new head coach ahead of the 2021–22 season.[12][13]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 12 December 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Standard Liège 20 October 2014 02 February 2015 19 10 2 7 22 12 +10 052.63 [14]
Slovan Bratislava 18 August 2016 30 October 2017 56 34 9 13 77 46 +31 060.71 [14]
Apollon Limassol 09 September 2019 03 October 2019 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 025.00 [14]
Kerala Blasters 17 June 2021 Present 8 2 3 3 7 10 −3 025.00 [lower-alpha 1][16]
Total 87 47 15 25 110 74 +36 054.02
  1. Including 2021 Durand Cup matches[15]

Honours

Player

Obilić

Red Star Belgrade

Bordeaux

Manager

Slovan Bratislava

References
  1. Atrayo Bhattacharya (26 June 2021). Five facts you might not know about KBFC head coach Ivan Vukomanovic Khel Now. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  2. "Ivan Vukomanovic". ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  3. "OBILIĆ ME DOVEO I NIŠTA ME NISU PITALI: Ivan Vukomanović za MONDO o Arkanu, snovima u Zvezdi i pozivu Mančester sitija". Mondo Portal (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  4. "Kerala Blasters set to appoint Ivan Vukomanovic as head coach". Khelnow. 4 June 2021. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  5. "Guy LUZON et son staff" (in French). standard.be. 17 June 2013. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  6. "Un nouveau challenge pour Ivan VUKOMANOVIC" (in French). standard.be. 5 November 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  7. "José RIGA" (in French). standard.be. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  8. "ISL: Who is Ivan Vukomanovic - Kerala Blasters' new coach? | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  9. "Z Cypru na Balkán. Slovan povedie mladý Srb Ivan Vukomanovič". futbal.pravda.sk (in Slovak). 18 August 2016. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  10. "Slovan dokonal výmenu trénerov: Vukomanovič dostal padáka! Toto je náhrada" (in Slovak). 30 October 2017. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  11. "SRBI NA KIPRU: Vukomanović i Radenković preuzeli Apolon" (in Bosnian). 9 September 2019. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  12. "Kerala Blasters get new head coach as Serbian Ivan Vukomanovic takes up hot seat". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  13. "Ivan Vukomanovic joins Kerala Blasters as the new head coach". IFTWC. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  14. "Football: Ivan Vukomanović". footballdatabase.eu. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  15. "Durand Cup 2021: Fixtures, Results, Groups, Telecast and more". Khel Now. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  16. "Kerala Blasters » Fixtures & Results 2021/2022". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  17. "Girondins de Bordeaux 1998-99". bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
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