Ivan Jurić

Ivan Jurić
Jurić as Crotone coach in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-08-25) 25 August 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Roma (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1997 Hajduk Split 53 (2)
1997–2001 Sevilla 64 (6)
2000 → Albacete (loan) 17 (1)
2001 Šibenik 2 (0)
2001–2006 Crotone 148 (10)
2006–2010 Genoa 84 (1)
Total 368 (20)
International career
1993 Croatia U17 2 (0)
1993–1994 Croatia U18 2 (0)
1993–1994 Croatia U19 4 (0)
1995 Croatia U20 2 (0)
1995–1997 Croatia U21 16 (1)
2009 Croatia 5 (0)
Managerial career
2014–2015 Mantova
2015–2016 Crotone
2016–2017 Genoa
2017 Genoa
2018 Genoa
2019–2021 Hellas Verona
2021–2024 Torino
2024– Roma
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ivan Jurić (pronounced [ǐʋan jǔːritɕ];[1][2] born 25 August 1975) is a Croatian professional former player and current manager of Italian Serie A club Roma.

Jurić spent most of his playing career as a midfielder and his entire managerial career in Italy.

Playing career

Club career

A versatile and technically skilled midfielder or winger, Jurić started his career with Hajduk Split, where he played from 1993 to 1997. He then moved to Spain to join Sevilla FC, where he played from 1997 to 2001, except for a short loan to Albacete in 2000. After a short time back in Croatia with Šibenik, he moved to Italy in 2001 to join Serie B team Crotone, and then moved to Genoa in 2006, following his mentor Gian Piero Gasperini, his former head coach at Crotone. Since then, he established himself as a fan favourite, being the protagonist of the rossoblu's return to Serie A and then being appointed vice-captain for the team.

He announced his retirement in June 2010, at the age of 34, contemporaneously confirming his interest in becoming a football coach.[3]

International career

Jurić made his international debut for Croatia in a friendly match against Romania on 11 February 2009 and went on to play five times with his national team, though he did not score any goals. His final international was a September 2009 World Cup qualification match against Belarus.[4]

Coaching career

After retiring as a footballer, Jurić stayed at Genoa as a youth team coach for the 2010–11 season. He passed the UEFA A coaching exam in June 2011.[5]

On 5 July 2011, new Inter manager Gian Piero Gasperini unveiled Jurić as one of his first team coaches in the new club,[6] but was removed from his post the following September together with Gasperini and his entire staff. He reunited with Gasperini in September 2012, working alongside him at Palermo as assistant coach.[7]

His Crotone side won promotion in 2015–16 season to the top flight Serie A for the 2016–17 season for the first time in the club's history.[8]

After achieving promotion with Crotone, he was offered to replace his mentor Gasperini at his former club Genoa in June 2016, which he accepted, thus becoming the new head coach of the Grifone.

He was sacked on 19 February 2017 after a 0–5 defeat against bottom-placed Pescara.[9] He was reinstated as Genoa manager on 10 April 2017 after the sacking of Andrea Mandorlini. On 9 October 2018, he was appointed manager of Genoa for a third time. On 6 December 2018, he was sacked again after losing to third tier Virtus Entella on penalties in the Coppa Italia.[10]

In July 2019, he was appointed at the helm of the newly promoted Serie A club Hellas Verona. Under his tenure with the Gialloblu, he competed in two top-flight seasons with impressive results despite having one of the smallest budgets in the league. On 28 May 2021, Hellas Verona announced to have released him from his contract;[11] on the same day, he was unveiled as the new head coach of Torino, effective 1 July 2021.[12]

After three mid-table seasons with Torino, Jurić amicably parted ways with the Granata at the end of the club's 2023–24 campaign.[13]

On 18 September 2024, Jurić signed a deal to become the new head coach of Roma, following the premature sacking of Daniele De Rossi after earning just 3 points in the first four games of the season.[14]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 31 October 2024[15]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Mantova Italy 17 June 2014 9 June 2015 41 15 8 18 40 36 +4 036.59
Crotone Italy 9 June 2015 28 June 2016 45 25 13 7 64 39 +25 055.56
Genoa Italy 28 June 2016 19 February 2017 28 8 7 13 36 49 −13 028.57
Genoa Italy 10 April 2017 5 November 2017 20 4 4 12 20 33 −13 020.00
Genoa Italy 9 October 2018 6 December 2018 8 0 4 4 10 18 −8 000.00
Hellas Verona Italy 14 June 2019 28 May 2021 79 23 26 30 98 106 −8 029.11
Torino Italy 1 July 2021 30 June 2024 122 44 37 41 137 125 +12 036.07
Roma Italy 18 September 2024 Present 9 4 2 3 10 10 +0 044.44
Career total 352 123 101 128 415 416 −1 034.94

Honours

Coach

Individual

Personal life

Jurić is a self-described metalhead, with the passion for death metal music in particular. In the 2010 interview with the Italian edition of Rolling Stone, he cited Napalm Death, Obituary, Carcass, Death, Metallica, Megadeth, Ministry, Soundgarden, Soulfly as some of his favorite artists. He occasionally goes to rock and metal live shows.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Ìvan". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 18 March 2018. Ìvan
  2. ^ "Jȕraj". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 18 March 2018. Júrić
  3. ^ "Genoa, addio al calcio giocato per Juric" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 14 June 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Baggio's new life As a professional coach". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 18 July 2011. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  6. ^ "F.C. Internazionale – Technical staff 2011/12". Internazionale web site. 5 July 2011. Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  7. ^ "LO STAFF DEL MISTER" [THE COACHING STAFF] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 18 September 2012. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  8. ^ "Crotone promoted to Serie A for first time in their history". ESPN FC. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  9. ^ "GENOA CFC – COMUNICATO STAMPA" (in Italian). Genoa CFC. 19 February 2017. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Official: Ballardini out, Juric in". Football Italia. 9 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Ivan Juric e Hellas Verona FC si separano" (in Italian). Hellas Verona FC. 28 May 2021. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Ivan Juric allenatore del Toro" (in Italian). Torino FC. 28 May 2021. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  13. ^ "COMUNICATO STAMPA" (in Italian). Torino FC. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Ivan Juric è il nuovo responsabile tecnico dell'AS Roma" (in Italian). AS Roma. 18 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  15. ^ Ivan Jurić coach profile at Soccerway
  16. ^ "Sarri wins Panchina d'Oro". Football Italia. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  17. ^ "Calcio e musica metal le passioni di Ivan Juric". 10 November 2015.
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