Ivan Prelec (born 24 July 1987) is a Croatian professional
football manager
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who is the manager of
Danish Superliga
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club
Vejle
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.
Managerial career
He started as a
manager
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in 2006, with only 19 years. He led the youth team of
Dinamo Zagreb
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in 2014, while later he became the manager of the
U17 team.
In 2017, he went to
HNK Gorica, where, at first, he served as an assistant manager, but in February 2018, he was named the head coach of the club. Managing Gorica, he won the
2017–18 Croatian Second Football League
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. In June 2018, he left Gorica and became the assistant manager of
Legia Warsaw
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under the coaching staff of
Dean Klafurić.
On 15 June 2019, he was named the new manager of
NK Istra 1961
Nogometni klub Istra 1961 ( en, Istra 1961 Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Istra 1961, or simply Istra 1961 or Istra, is a Croatian professional football club from Pula, currently playing in the Croatian First League.
It is a commo ...
, succeeding
Igor Cvitanović
Igor Cvitanović (; born 1 November 1970) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently the head coach of Dinamo Zagreb II in the Druga HNL.
He is currently the 2nd all-time goalscorer of the Croatian F ...
.
On 15 March 2022, he became manager of
Danish Superliga
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club
Vejle Boldklub.
Managerial statistics
Honours
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Croatian Second Football League
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:
2017–18
References
1987 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Zagreb
Croatian football managers
HNK Gorica managers
NK Istra 1961 managers
Vejle Boldklub managers
Danish Superliga managers
Croatian expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Denmark
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
GNK Dinamo Zagreb non-playing staff
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