Ivan Javorčić is the new coach of Venezia. He will lead the orange and green in Serie B
The Croatian led Sudtirol to a historic promotion to the Cadet series with the best European defensive record. With him arrive the new second second coach and the athletic trainer
VENICE. Ivan Javorčić is the new coach of Venezia who will lead the orange and green in Serie B. This was announced by the club.
«Venezia FC announce the appointment of Ivan Javorčić as coach of the First Team. Javorčić, 43, has signed a three-year contract until the 2024/25 season ».
In the 2021/22 season, Javorčić led Südtirol to a historic promotion to Serie B to their first league championship with the club, finishing at the top of the Serie A Group A standings, with 27 wins, 9 draws, 2 defeats and the remarkable only 9 goals conceded in 38 games – Europe’s best defensive record in a professional league this past season.
Born in Split, Croatia, Javorčić played in the youth teams of RNK Spalato before starting his career as a professional footballer in Brescia, with whom he played in Serie A and Serie B between 1997 and 2000.
Retired from football at the age of 30 due to a series of knee injuries, he began his managerial career in 2009 by entering the youth sector of Brescia. After spending five and a half years with Primavera, in December 2014 Javorčić had the opportunity to govern Brescia’s first team ad interim, achieving two wins and one draw in four Serie B matches.
Javorčić left Brescia in October 2015 to become the manager of the Mantua first team, before moving to Pro Patria in April 2017, guiding the club to promotion from Serie D to Serie C in the following season to then conquer the fifth place in the Group A of Serie C in the following three seasons, before moving to Südtirol in June 2021.
Javorčić also joined Venezia FC by second-in-command Alessandro Gamberini and athletic trainer Alberto Berselli.
Venezia FC president Duncan Niederauer: «We are very happy that Ivan joins the club as our next manager. He has experience in Italian football and a successful path. Above all, Ivan has the leadership quality we look for in a coach. He has a strategic mindset and is deeply knowledgeable in every aspect of the role he holds. Ivan is open to new ideas, he expects a lot from his players and his communication style is absolutely transparent. He’s the right man and we can’t wait to work with him to take Venezia FC into the future ».
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